June 22, 2022

Road to Las Bambas mine blocked again by residents

The new conflict comes just two weeks after the mining firm resumed operations following another protest that forced Las Bambas to shut down for more than 50 days.

June 22, 2022

Inflation hits Canadian metals, mining stocks, erasing 2022 gains

The S&P/TSX Composite Materials Index is now negative for the year after peaking in mid-April.

June 22, 2022

CEO of sanctions-hit Nordgold steps down

Nordgold produces about one million troy ounces of gold a year from eight mines in Russia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Kazakhstan.

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.