October 27, 2014 De Beers CEO to be guest speaker, at WDC’s 2014 Annual Meeting in Antwerp Philippe Mellier will address a special all-day session focused on issues associated with the Kimberley Process.
October 27, 2014 Anglo American ships first iron ore from Brazilian Minas-Rio project Once again Cutifani delivers — freight from Minas-Rio leaves for China by year-end and within the latest estimated budget.
October 27, 2014 BHP to sell US shale assets, limit annual capex to $14 billion The world’s biggest miner unveiled details about how it expects to meet cost-reduction and productivity improvement targets.
October 24, 2014 Kinder Morgan wins battle over pipeline expansion in Canada The National Energy Board said Kinder Morgan can conduct survey work at Burnaby Mountain, despite opposition from the city.
October 24, 2014 A$20 Million Partnership A Win for Western Australian Kids In the largest donation in Telethon history, BHP Billiton has committed $20 million over the next five years to the Telethon Kids Institute to improve the health and wellbeing of…
October 23, 2014 Rio’s Walsh gets big backing from shareholders, to stay longer as CEO The move is seen by analysts as an attempt to strengthen the firm’s image.
October 21, 2014 BHP shoots the lights out Petroleum, met coal, iron ore production set new quarterly records. Fall in copper volumes not enough to dent 9% overall output growth.
October 21, 2014 Chile’s Codelco to seal $1 billion deal with the UK The giant copper miner is also planning to sell about $8 billion of bonds over the next five years to help finance a nearly $30bn investment program aimed to revamp…
October 20, 2014 Global unions converge in Mongolia in campaign for Rio Tinto workers’ rights Leaders of IndustriALL Global Union’s Rio Tinto Network will gather in Mongolia on 22 October to plan the next moves in the worldwide campaign to improve worker rights at the…
October 17, 2014 Chilean authorities divided over Goldcorp’s $3.9bn El Morro mine The country’s environmental authority criticized the Top Court decision saying the miner conducted proper consultation with local indigenous groups and shouldn’t have to do it again.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am