February 27, 2025 Workers seek collective bargaining at Rio Tinto Pilbara mine Workers are voting on making an agreement that would guarantee annual pay increases as living costs rise.
February 27, 2025 Rusal to launch production of rare-earth metal scandium this year The announcement came days after President Vladimir Putin called for Russia to step up its output of rare earths.
February 26, 2025 Rio Tinto completes first biofuel trial in Australia Rio Tinto is actively exploring the potential of biofuels as part of its ongoing efforts to achieve its Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction targets.
February 26, 2025 Barrick begins Phase 3 drilling at Pueblo Grande project in Dominican Republic The program will focus on high-priority targets identified within the Pueblo Grande Norte and Pueblo Grande Sur zones.
February 26, 2025 Chile power grid flickers back to life after huge outage and copper mines come back online The power outage, caused by a transmission line failure in northern Chile, struck mid-afternoon on Tuesday.
February 25, 2025 Power outage hits swaths of Chile, from largest copper mine to Santiago streets Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, was without electricity, while state-owned copper miner Codelco said all its mines had been affected.
February 25, 2025 BHP to advance $2 billion concentrator optimization at Escondida mine The optimization is the first initiative of its decade-long $10.8 billion investment plan it announced in November.
February 25, 2025 Column: Massive Simandou mine can end Australia’s golden iron ore age, or start new one The term gamechanger is often over used enough to be rendered meaningless, but the huge Simandou mine in the West African country of Guinea is going to be just that.
February 25, 2025 First Quantum steps up campaign to reopen Panama copper mine The company has switched from a low-profile approach to engaging with Panamanians.
February 25, 2025 Alcoa warns Trump’s aluminum tariff could cost 100,000 US jobs The tariffs alone would not be enough to entice Alcoa to restart some of its shuttered US facilities, its CEO said.
As gold hits records, Indians opt for bars and coins over jewelry India's total gold demand fell 14% year on year in the first nine months of 2025. December 30, 2025 | 06:06 pm