September 17, 2015

Codelco, Antofagasta halt operations after Chile earthquake

The companies said no damages have been registered at the mines, but operations were cancelled for safety reasons.

September 17, 2015

Barrick’s Veladero gold mine in Argentina halted over cyanide leak

The judge also ruled that a group of independent specialists should inspect the mine and take samples of soil, water and nearby vegetation.

September 16, 2015

BHP Mackenzie calls US Congress to lift four-decade ban on oil exports

More than a dozen energy companies have been pressing U.S. authorities to lift the nation's four-decade moratorium on oil exports.

September 16, 2015

Former Anglo CEO Cynthia Carroll is back, joins Vedanta’s unit board

Carroll, who led Anglo American from 2007 to 2013, will chair the company’s Vedanta Resources Holdings Ltd. unit and advise the group’s chairman.

September 14, 2015

Zambia orders Vedanta unit to get rid of Chilean copper

The country’s environmental management authority found the copper concentrate imported from Chile had high levels of arsenic, a toxic substance.

September 14, 2015

Anglo American completes sale of Chile copper mines

The announcement comes only days after Anglo announced a $330m deal to sell lossmaking South African platinum mines to Sibanye Gold.

September 10, 2015

Rio saves $200m a year using robots, big data

Rio's already cut $1bn fat in the Pilbara–autonomous vehicles and data analytics will save another $200 million a year on maintenance over the next 3 years.

September 10, 2015

Chile’s Codelco to cut top positions in response to weak copper prices

Chief executive Nelson Pizarro warned Codelco is ready to “cut costs to the bones,” and revealed the layoff process has already started.

September 10, 2015

BHP, SaskPower partner to accelerate development of carbon capture and storage

The companies will share access to data and lessons learned from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam facility — the world’s first full chain power sector CCS project.

September 8, 2015

Copper price rallies 6%

Glencore's bold move and huge jump in Chinese concentrate imports light fire under copper price.