July 27, 2024 Tianqi appeals Chile ruling on SQM-Codelco lithium deal The partnership would grant SQM the ability to extract lithium in the prized Atacama salt flat through 2060.
July 26, 2024 Rio Tinto, Aymium partner on decarbonization initiative in Québec The companies formed Évolys Québec to manufacture a renewable metallurgical biocarbon product to reduce carbon emissions in large-scale industrial processes.
July 26, 2024 Teck draws M&A attention from big miners in rush for copper Teck is seen as a logical merger partner, in particular for Anglo American or Vale SA’s base-metals business.
July 26, 2024 Indigenous groups block Vale’s Carajás Railroad in Pará The miner has an injunction to release the Carajás Railroad, used to transport iron ore produced from the Northern System.
July 26, 2024 Vale on track to hit top end of iron ore guidance, CEO says Vale guidance for iron ore production in 2024 is between 310 million and 320 million tonnes.
July 26, 2024 Codelco says output falls 8% in first half of 2024 Coldelco has said this year's output should top the 1.325 million tons produced last year.
July 26, 2024 Australia rejects Rio Tinto unit’s uranium mine lease renewal Decision ends a decades-long dispute over Jabikula, one of the world’s largest untapped deposits of high-grade uranium.
July 25, 2024 Vale says Q2 net profit triples, iron ore sales up The net profit was 65% higher than in the first quarter, when it totaled $1.68 billion.
July 25, 2024 Rio Tinto, BYD and LG Energy show interest in Chile’s Altoandinos lithium site A total of 12 companies have submitted proposals to develop a lithium project in Chile's Altoandinos salt flats.
July 25, 2024 Brazil government mulls ‘tougher measures and sanctions’ on Vale, minister says Brazil's government has regularly criticized the miner for two dam collapses in Minas Gerais state, and for not investing enough in the country.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
