July 29, 2021 Vale revises down year-end iron ore output The company revised down its guidance for year-end iron ore production capacity to 343 million tonnes per annum from 350 million tonnes previously.
July 29, 2021 FLSmidth grabs Thyssenkrupp’s mining unit for $386 million Business combination will create a global mining technology provider with operations from pit to plant.
July 28, 2021 Vale’s second-quarter buoyed by iron ore prices, hit by provisions Vale reported a Q2 net income of $7.586 billion, up over 600% from the same period a year ago, but slightly below the Refinitiv consensus estimate of $7.67 billion.
July 28, 2021 World’s top copper mine moves step closer to strike over wages The powerful union at Escondida in Chile set to vote on BHP's contract offer between Thursday and Saturday - leaders are urging a strike.
July 28, 2021 Court documents reveal ex-Glencore trader’s political bribes in Nigeria Former Glencore trader said he was part of a bribery scheme to win oil contracts from Nigeria transferred $300,000 of company funds in 2014 to an intermediary who’d requested the…
July 28, 2021 Rio Tinto pays $9.1 billion dividend as profit hits record Rio Tinto is the first of the majors to post earnings, kicking off a reporting season that’s expected to see record results across the board.
July 28, 2021 Bandits steal truckloads of copper worth millions in southern Africa Crime gangs have stolen dozens of truckloads of copper owned by miners and traders including Glencore, Trafigura and Traxys this year.
July 28, 2021 Ex Rio Tinto chief Walsh joins Aboriginal group’s board Appointment comes after a particularly fraught period in relations between traditional land owners and Australia's powerful mining companies.
July 27, 2021 Rio Tinto’s lithium market entry likely only start of battery metals ambitions "Lithium M&A likely a formality in the coming years" as Rio Tinto plans $2.4 billion mine in Serbia from entirely new mineral source – jadarite.
July 27, 2021 Rio Tinto faces UK finance watchdog probe into value of Oyu Tolgoi The expansion of the Mongolia mine, Rio's biggest copper growth project, has seen costs balloon up to $6.75 billion.
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