April 8, 2022 Chile sues BHP, Albemarle, Antofagasta over water use Lawsuit singles out BHP’s Escondida copper mine, Antofagasta and Barrick’s 50-50 Zaldívar operation and Albemarle’s lithium assets.
April 8, 2022 World’s top diamond miner Alrosa hit by US sanctions The measure against the Russian state-owned diamond miner seeks to cut off additional sources of revenue for Moscow.
April 7, 2022 Europe’s other energy problem: relying on Russian nuclear fuel Nuclear fuel differs from commodities like gas or coal because it requires precision-engineered assemblies that conform to licensing requirements set by safety regulators.
April 7, 2022 New lithium technology can help the world go green — if it works DLE technologies would challenge traditional miners such as Albemarle and prospective miners like Lithium Americas.
April 7, 2022 Rio takes full control of Rusal alumina partnership in Australia Rio was asked by the QAL management to step in and take full control of the asset.
April 7, 2022 Brothers behind Brazil’s $18 billion meat empire are getting into mining J&F Investimentos SA, owned by the Batista family, emerged as the surprise buyer of some of Vale SA’s operations in Brazil.
April 7, 2022 Sanctioned Russian’s family sells $6 billion stake in Polyus Said Kerimov, the son of sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, resigned from the board of gold miner.
April 6, 2022 Vale to build $345 million ‘green’ pig iron plant in Brazil The plant will use technology that reduces the carbon footprint of traditional steelmaking production processes.
April 6, 2022 Amplats CEO says women don’t feel safe in South African mines While the abuse of women is also a societal issue in South Africa, the mining industry must take responsibility for addressing the challenges it faces, Amplats CEO said.
April 6, 2022 Fortescue makes foray into green-bond market Proceeds from the iron ore giant's debut sale of green bonds will be used to finance or refinance new or existing eligible green projects.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
