June 4, 2021 Bristow, Marape meet as Porgera moves closer to restart Barrick CEO said that if everything goes as planned, the Porgera gold mine will resume operations later this year.
June 4, 2021 BHP to pay $93m for environmental harm at Escondida The figure is part of a plan drawn up to resolve a lawsuit from the state over water use and related damage to a sensitive area.
June 3, 2021 Rio Tinto appoints Aboriginal Australian former minister to board Company strives to rebuild its reputation following last year's destruction of the Juukan Gorge rockshelters.
June 3, 2021 Copper price crashes through $10,000 as China premium hits 9-year low China's appetite for overseas metal seems to be fading, with Yangshan copper import premiums falling to $28.50 a tonne, the lowest since at least 2012.
June 2, 2021 Russell: Rising iron ore supply may cool prices where China jawboning fails The best chance for lower iron ore prices comes from rising supply, and there are signs this is now being delivered.
June 2, 2021 Anglo American flags restarts of Australian metallurgical coal mines Company has restarted underground mining at its Moranbah North coal mine in northern Queensland state.
June 2, 2021 BHP to spend up to $93 million under Chilean environmental court agreement The lawsuit related to BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world's biggest, and the agreement involves the payment of compensation for environmental damage due to overdrawing water from the Punta Negra…
June 2, 2021 Ivanhoe’s Congo copper JV inks 10-year processing deal with nearby smelter The processing deal will account for just under 40% of the total volumes of concentrates produced by Phase 1.
June 2, 2021 Mining industry to continue flying high through 2022 – report Capex budgets are on the rise after major mining companies were able to weather the covid-19 pandemic.
June 2, 2021 Chile’s Codelco, Escondida copper mines saw production drops in April Codelco copper mine's production fell 0.5% year on year to 132,700 tonnes in April.
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