May 20, 2022 BHP still sees room to negotiate with Samarco’s creditors Samarco became unable to pay its $10.2 billion debt after its waste dam collapsed in 2015, killing 19 people.
May 19, 2022 Peru fails yet again to broker truce allowing Las Bambas mine restart On Thursday, Prime Minister Anibal Torres traveled to the Andean region of Apurimac, but he arrived late and then abruptly left the meeting only an hour after it had started.
May 19, 2022 ESG to decide winners-losers in mining, says Friedland "Companies that get it right will inherit the industry. Companies that don’t, will die.”
May 19, 2022 Teck, University of British Columbia open $1.8 million geological field station in south Okanagan The new facility will be used by UBC geology, earth science and geological engineering students to gain critical field skills and for sustainability research.
May 19, 2022 Woodside shareholders back BHP petroleum merger Deal creates a top ten global independent oil and gas producer worth $40 billion, with assets in Australia, the US, Mexico, Senegal and Trinidad.
May 18, 2022 Mapped: The 10 largest gold mines in the world, by production Together, they accounted for around 13 million ounces or 12% of global gold production in 2021.
May 18, 2022 Turquoise Hill to receive debt funding from Rio Tinto as it evaluates $2.7bn offer Rio Tinto said it will provide interim debt funding of up to $400 million.
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.
Fortescue’s second-quarter iron ore shipments rise 2% Shipments from the company's flagship Iron Bridge project in Western Australia's Pilbara region rose 44% from last year. January 21, 2026 | 02:03 pm
