June 22, 2022

Australian state’s coal royalty hike could nudge others to follow suit – analysts

Queensland's bigger-than-expected hike in coal royalties could embolden other Australian states and resources-heavy countries around the world to make similar moves.

June 22, 2022

Piedmont Lithium looks abroad amid North Carolina uncertainty

Piedmont's first steps toward securing lithium supplies will be in Quebec or Ghana.

June 21, 2022

Rio Tinto opens Gudai-Darri, its most technologically advanced mine in Pilbara  

Its Rio's first greenfield mine in the Pilbara in more than a decade and a multi-billion-dollar investment.

June 21, 2022

Vale to spend $400 million in 2022 to remove tailings dams

The dam elimination program has already cost the company $857 million of the $4 billion it projects to spend by 2035.

June 21, 2022

Samarco and creditors to go through mediation about debt restructuring

A judge scheduled a conciliation hearing between the company and its creditors on Tuesday as the parties offered competing debt restructuring plans.

June 21, 2022

What is Australia doing about sexual harassment in mining camps?

In submissions to the inquiry last year, top miners acknowledged that sexual harassment is rife at mining camps in Western Australia.

June 21, 2022

BHP, Vale reject Brazil steelmaker CSN’s interest, say miner Samarco is not for sale

Brazilian steelmaker CSN hired restructuring firm RK Partners to draft a proposal to buy control of Samarco.

June 21, 2022

Glencore unit pleads guilty to bribery in Africa

Glencore Energy admitted to paying more than $28 million in bribes to secure preferential access to oil in five countries.

June 20, 2022

Civil society group flays diamond watchdog over Russia stalemate

The United States and Britain have imposed sanctions on Russia's Alrosa, the world's largest producer of rough diamonds, which accounted for around 30% of global output last year, and is…

June 20, 2022

Brazil steelmaker CSN drafting bid for miner Samarco

An agreement may not be easy, according to Reuters sources, due to Samarco's liabilities related to its 2015 disaster in the city of Mariana.