February 1, 2023

Search team finds Rio Tinto’s radioactive capsule lost in Australia

The capsule was recovered after a nearly week-long search involving around 100 people along a 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) stretch of highway.

January 31, 2023

Vale’s fourth-quarter iron ore output edges down

Vale blamed seasonally higher rainfall levels in its mines in Brazil for missing its forecast.

January 31, 2023

Yamana Gold, Pan American shareholders approve Agnico Eagle deal

Toronto-based Yamana inked a deal with the two miners after South Africa’s Gold Fields waived its right to match the rival bid.

January 31, 2023

Agnico Eagle’s dealmaking brings top gold mines into fold

Yamana shareholders have endorsed a $4.8 billion deal that sees Agnico consolidate the Canadian Malartic mine.

January 31, 2023

Teck’s zinc production up; copper, coal miss guidance for 2022

Total refined zinc output was 248,900 tonnes, below the lower guidance number of 257,000 tonnes.

January 31, 2023

Australia deploys more experts, equipment to search for lost radioactive capsule

The capsule was part of a gauge used to measure the density of iron ore feed that had been entrusted by Rio Tinto.

January 31, 2023

Vedanta said to scrap plans to sell mega Indian copper smelter

The copper smelter, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, accounted for almost 40% of the metal’s production in the country.

January 31, 2023

Diamond sales at Botswana’s Debswana hit record high in 2022

Sales of diamonds from Debswana stood at $4.588 billion in 2022 compared to $3.466 billion in 2021.

January 31, 2023

Canada injects $75 million into BHP’s Jansen potash mine

BHP is building Jansen in stages, with the first one estimated to cost $5.7 billion and yield 4.35 million tonnes of potash per year.

January 30, 2023

Teck Resources launches podcast on sustainable mining

The first episode is available now, with new episodes following every two weeks.