May 4, 2021 Civil society groups urge halt to Barrick’s Pueblo Viejo expansion Barrick has proposed a $1.3 billion expansion of the processing plant and waste storage facility to extend the mine through 2040.
May 4, 2021 New Nutrien CEO to carry out current strategy, focus on potash price The company expects US plantings of corn and soybeans to exceed Department of Agriculture estimates by 2 million acres each this year.
May 4, 2021 Mongolia threatens to cancel Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement The dispute relates to taxes paid by Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Rio Tinto’s unit, between 2013 and 2015.
May 4, 2021 Vale raises number of independent board members to eight The group includes the former chief executive officer of state-controlled oil company Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco.
May 4, 2021 Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter certified for responsible aluminium production The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative granted Rio Tinto a provisional responsible aluminium production certification for ISAL.
May 3, 2021 Anglo American CEO: “45% of the world’s economic activity is driven by the mining sector” There remains a gulf between the public perception of mining and the reality of mining.
May 3, 2021 Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula to begin copper production within a month Overall construction of the Kamoa-Kakula project's first phase 3.8-Mtpa concentrator plant is 98% complete.
May 3, 2021 Major tin producer MSC won’t resume pre-covid output for 9 months MSC accounts for about 7% of global supplies estimated at around 330,000 tonnes last year.
May 3, 2021 World’s top miner warns against Chile’s mining tax BHP says charging higher rates at times of high prices for copper and lithium could scare global investors away.
May 3, 2021 Russell: China seeks to cool red-hot steel sector, and aims at Australia Beijing and Canberra have been at loggerheads for more than a year over a variety of political issues, but the fallout has been concentrated in trade.
US lawmakers propose $2.5B critical minerals reserve Priority will be given to recycled materials, but minerals extracted from mines could also be eligible. January 15, 2026 | 11:31 am
