October 19, 2015

The $2 trillion mining value chain at a glance

All you need to know about mining and metals and the role the sector plays in key industries of the global economy in one simple table.

October 19, 2015

Iron ore price faces big China bail out test

Iron ore drops to 12-week low ahead of Beijing decision whether to bail out giant iron ore, steel trader and Rio Tinto JV partner on the brink of default.

October 19, 2015

Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamonds celebrated in China with a unique collaboration

Rio Tinto’s spectacular diamonds from its Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia are the centrepiece of a unique collaboration to celebrate five years of partnership with China’s premier diamond jewellery…

October 19, 2015

Vale iron ore output hits new record

The world’s largest producer of iron ore continues to flood the market with the addition of 88.2 million metric tons in the third quarter of the year.

October 19, 2015

Uranium to bring jobs, export boom back to Australia’s mining industry — report

A study commissioned by the Minerals Council of Australia shows the economic benefit from the sector could increase tenfold to $9.5 billion.

October 18, 2015

Two Aussie mines start moving all their iron ore with driverless trucks

Automated trucks at Rio Tinto's Yandicoogina and Nammuldi mines are being controlled through an operations centre in Perth 1,200 kilometres away.

October 15, 2015

Codelco-Mitsui stall Anglo American assets sale in Chile

A month after Anglo completed the sale of Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde copper mines in northern Chile, analysts are calling into question the firm’s chance to unload two other assets.

October 15, 2015

Australia’s Ranger uranium mine extension rejected

The traditional owners’ opposition could mean that Energy Resources of Australia (ERA), a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, has to write down the value of its assets.

October 14, 2015

Aussie billionaire Rinehart wins court battle with Rio Tinto

The mining giant will have to pay her more than $200 million in royalties and court fees.

October 13, 2015

Decades later $90 billion African mine still a distant dream

Guinea President Alpha Conde: "There have been people at Simandou for 15 years, 20 years, and they’ve never produced a tonne of iron."