May 18, 2022 Samarco’s financial creditors plan to take over the company Vale and BHP are expected to ask the court for the right to vote on the plan. If not allowed, the creditors' plan could be easily approved.
May 18, 2022 BHP to speed up Jansen potash mine as Ukraine war weighs on supplies BHP would bring forward first potash production at Jansen, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, to 2026 from 2027.
May 17, 2022 Forrest back at Fortescue helm to speed clean energy push Andrew Forrest will become executive chairman of a combined Fortescue Group and also lead the metals business for an interim period.
May 17, 2022 Russia’s biggest gold producer’s largest shareholder donates 100% of shares Polyus said Wandle Holdings donated shares to the Fund for support of Islamic foundations.
May 17, 2022 Freeport expects copper leaching technology to go mainstream Prodded by rising copper prices and demand, Freeport and others have developed new ways to extract the red metal from piles of waste rock stored at mine sites.
May 17, 2022 BHP CEO says supply disruptions may last years; could speed up Jansen project Mike Henry said the miner may accelerate its potash project in Canada by a year.
May 16, 2022 Battery boom pulls trading giant Trafigura into lithium business The agreement to back the plant being developed by startup Green Lithium brings the world’s top independent commodities trader into a market struggling to create new supply.
May 15, 2022 Chile copper mines dodge radical changes as Convention vote ends Major copper producers from BHP to Freeport-McMoRan will likely avoid drastic changes in the way they do business in Chile.
May 13, 2022 Brumadinho won’t break Vale, but the piper still hasn’t been fully paid U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against Vale related to the Brumadinho tailings dam failure three years ago is a reminder that the total consequences for the catastrophe are still…
May 13, 2022 Billionaire eyes Washington’s last coal plant for green hydrogen Fortescue is considering building a green hydrogen facility near Washington State’s last operating coal-fired power station.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
