January 17, 2022 Rio Tinto sees soft 2022 iron ore shipments on labour issues, project delays The world's biggest iron ore producer shipped 84.1 million tonnes of the commodity in the three months to Dec. 31.
January 17, 2022 Workers at Teck Resources’ BC mine to hold ratification vote The union will schedule a ratification vote to be concluded no later than January 24.
January 17, 2022 South32’s PFS for Taylor supports ‘multi-decade’ critical metals operation in Arizona South32 says it is designing Taylor to be its "next generation mine."
January 17, 2022 Kirkland Lake Gold hits production record ahead of merger with Agnico Eagle The gold miner posted record production for the year, with a total of 1.4 million oz.
January 17, 2022 De Beers makes diamond buyers cough up cash with fresh price rise The world's largest diamond miner by value is said to have hiked prices by about 8% for big stones and 20% for small ones at the latest sale.
January 17, 2022 Nornickel says 2021 nickel sales were unaffected by export tax Russian exporters of nickel, steel, aluminum and copper paid extra export taxes in the last five months of 2021.
January 17, 2022 Boliden to resume nickel output at Harjavalta smelter soon The company said three weeks ago that nickel output at the smelter in Finland had been stopped due to a slag explosion.
January 17, 2022 BHP to introduce electric trains at Pilbara mines The four locomotives, scheduled for delivery in late 2023, will be supplied by Progress Rail, a unit of Caterpillar, and Wabtec Corp.
January 17, 2022 Vale, other Brazil miners ramp up production as rains subside The weather-triggered stoppages affected production of about 1.5 million tonnes of iron ore.
January 14, 2022 Chile court halts lithium auction days after quotas awarded An appeals court ordered the suspension, which was requested by the regional governor of the Atacama region and local indigenous communities.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am