March 16, 2023 Glencore won’t renew Rusal aluminum deal as things stand Glencore Plc is willing to walk away from a $16 billion deal to buy aluminum from Russia’s No. 1 producer.
March 16, 2023 Vale scrubs coal from iron ore pellets for first time During Vale's pilot, 15,000 tonnes of coal-free pellets were made with 100% biocarbon from certified supplies.
March 16, 2023 BHP’s Project Dig unearths 100-million-year-old fossil in Western Queensland A team of palaeontologists found Australia’s first head and associated body of an elasmosaur, a long-necked plesiosaur that co-existed with dinosaurs in the early Cretaceous Period.
March 16, 2023 Rio Tinto appoints directors with mining, renewable energy experience Dean Dalla Valle and Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, the latest appointments, will join Rio's board on June 1.
March 16, 2023 Glencore CEO says his company is cheapest way to benefit from copper price boom Larger rivals BHP Group and Rio Tinto Group have already made billion-dollar moves to grow in copper in the past year.
March 16, 2023 Gold Fields, AngloGold rule out merger after Ghana joint venture deal Ghana JV will be Africa's biggest gold mine.
March 16, 2023 Fortescue, NREL partner to boost green hydrogen development West Australian Fortescue Future Industries and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have launched a green hydrogen research center in Colorado.
March 15, 2023 First Quantum resumes operations at Panama copper mine Miner suspended ore processing operations on Feb. 23 after a Panama government order halted its loading permissions at the port.
March 15, 2023 Northern Star halts Pogo gold mine in Alaska The company expects repair work to the ball mill motor at its Pogo operation to take up to six weeks.
March 15, 2023 Polyus reports 27% drop in core profit as sales fall Net profit declined 32% to $1.6 billion on the back of a 14% fall in revenue to $4.3 billion.
Vale’s iron ore output hits seven-year high in 2025, surpassing Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Vale's iron ore production for 2025 reached 336.1 million tons, up 2.6% from the previous year. January 27, 2026 | 02:18 pm