June 14, 2021 Iron ore price up after mine closures in Brazil and China Vale is considering the use of remote-controlled trains near the Xingu dam for the flow of its production.
June 14, 2021 Vale mulls remote-controlled trains to work around risky dam in Brazil It would take around 60 days for Vale to implement the solution, according to a person familiar with the plan.
June 14, 2021 Centerra CEO weighs ‘divorce’ with Kyrgyzstan on seized mine A split would be just one way for Centerra to resolve issues with Kyrgyzstan’s government, which also owns 26% of the company.
June 11, 2021 Iron ore prices firm up above $200 a tonne Chinese port stocks drop to four month low while Brazilian exports remain far off guidance.
June 11, 2021 BHP dodges copper strike in Chile with eleventh-hour wage deal The deal will ease concerns over a potential stoppage that would have further tightened global supplies of the metal.
June 11, 2021 Gold Fields, unions agree on a wage deal for Deep South mine Company concluded a three-year wage agreement with unions representing employees at its gold mine.
June 10, 2021 Anglo’s coal retreat may boost South African fossil fuel output Expansion at Thungela’s could mean the spinoff generates more greenhouse gases than had the mines been gradually run down by Anglo.
June 10, 2021 Vale ordered to pay $26 million to families of Brumadinho victims The disaster killed 270 people but the court action only benefits the families of 131 workers directly hired by Vale.
June 10, 2021 Albemarle to boost extraction in search for green growth The US company is introducing a way of extracting more of the lithium that’s normally captured in salts, thereby lifting yields to 80-85% from 50-55%.
June 10, 2021 Ganfeng Lithium to sell $630m of shares to fund expansion The company in March announced an ambitious plan to increase its production capacity roughly fivefold to 600,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent a year.
Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project, with planned LiOH production of around 15,000 tonnes per annum. January 19, 2026 | 01:57 pm
