February 23, 2022 Rio Tinto rides iron ore gains to post record profit, pay $17bn dividend The world's no.2 miner posted its best ever annual profit and a record full-year dividend of $16.8 billion.
February 22, 2022 Zijin announces expansion plan for Congo copper joint venture Its "de-bottlenecking plan" will increase the combined design processing capacity of the concentrator plants.
February 22, 2022 Vale resumes operations at Totten mine in Ontario The copper, nickel and precious metals venture in Sudbury, Ontario, had its operations halted in September.
February 22, 2022 Newmont declares industry-leading dividend Newmont shareholders of record will receive 55c per share on March 24.
February 22, 2022 Ivanhoe Mines approves plan to expand Kamoa’s processing capacity to 9.2mtpa The de-bottlenecking project has an estimated cost of approximately $50 million and is expected to take about 12 months to complete.
February 22, 2022 Vale seeks more time to remove upstream tailing dams The Brazilian miner told regulatory bodies it was "technically impossible" for it to meet Minas Gerais' current Feb. 25 deadline.
February 22, 2022 Antofagasta profit, dividend hit records on soaring copper prices The copper miner's EBITDA increased about 80% to $4.8 billion in 2021, allowing it to pay the biggest dividend in its 134-year history.
February 21, 2022 AngloGold starts asset review to close performance gap with rivals Costs were up "mainly due to lower gold production, the drawdown of ore stockpiles at certain operations, higher operating costs and inflationary pressures," the company said.
February 21, 2022 Aluminum shortages to deter blanket sanctions on Rusal The possibility of the market losing Rusal's aluminum pushed prices on the LME to $3,333 a tonne last week, close to a record high.
February 21, 2022 Amplats sees ‘softening’ PGM prices after record payout Amplats said the rand price of its platinum group metals basket had increased by 22%, while sales volumes were up 82% for the year.
Vale’s iron ore output hits seven-year high in 2025, surpassing Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Vale's iron ore production for 2025 reached 336.1 million tons, up 2.6% from the previous year. January 27, 2026 | 02:18 pm