June 24, 2021 W. Australia says Aboriginal groups will be at centre of new heritage laws Western Australia has been redrafting its 50-year-old heritage laws which currently give the minister the ultimate say in whether miners can destroy heritage sites.
June 24, 2021 Chile’s decades-old mining deals may hinder bid to lift copper royalties Major foreign miners operating in the world´s largest copper producer have tax stability agreements which do not expire for two to 15 years.
June 23, 2021 BHP looks to double base metals exploration budget, executive says Global exploration spending for base metals will nearly double within five years from the current annual $70 million to $80 million, CTO Laura Tyler says.
June 23, 2021 Newmont sets GHG limits in first climate strategy report Newmont has set its 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 32% lower for Scope 1 and 2, and a further 30% lower for Scope 3.
June 23, 2021 Polyus to boost gold output as global production slips The company's Olimpiada mine in Siberia will increase ore processing capacity to 15 million tonnes in 2022 from 14.3 million tonnes this year.
June 23, 2021 Rusal to get $1.4bn from Nornickel share buyback Nornickel said on Wednesday it is buying 3.4% of its shares for $2 billion to compensate for a smaller recent dividend.
June 22, 2021 Australian Aboriginal opposition mounts to new state heritage laws Western Australia has been redrafting its 50-year-old heritage laws which give the state Aboriginal Affairs minister the ultimate say in whether miners can destroy heritage sites.
June 22, 2021 Copper supply needs to double by 2050, Glencore CEO says The nickel and cobalt markets are facing similar supply deficits over the next few decades, Glasenberg says.
June 22, 2021 Trafigura, Mubadala to launch sale of Spanish copper miner MATSA Lundin Mining and Hudbay Minerals as well as South32 are likely to show an interest, a source told Reuters.
June 22, 2021 Nutrien to further boost potash output amid Belarus sanctions The increase, which will bring total annual sales volumes to 13.8 million tonnes, comes on top of the half a million tonne output increase the company announced on June 7.
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