March 29, 2021 Australian Aboriginal group opposes billionaire miner’s plan to build dams Australia is considering new legislation to protect Aboriginal heritage after Rio destroyed the 46,000-year-old sites in Western Australia.
March 29, 2021 Proposed spin-off of Nornickel copper mine may ease dividend talks Nornickel said last week that the spin-off of the Bystrinsky mine near the Russia-China border would happen within two years subject to regulatory and other approvals.
March 29, 2021 Jiangxi Copper posts drop in annual profit, eyes higher 2021 output Company said in a filing that net income slipped 5.9% year-on-year to 2.32 billion yuan ($353.6 million) in 2020.
March 29, 2021 Nornickel stops water inflows at two Arctic mines The Oktyabrsky and Taymirskiy mines account for 36% of ore mined by the company in Russia.
March 27, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Class action against Rio Tinto over Oyu Tolgoi escalates; Taseko wins court battle over Florence copper project; Resolute Mining shares drop 25% on Ghana lease termination
March 26, 2021 Teck guilty of Fisheries violations in BC, fined $47m Teck Coal fined over charges relating to 2012 discharges of selenium and calcite to a mine settling pond and to the Fording River from its Fording River and Greenhills steelmaking…
March 26, 2021 Nornickel to spin off copper-gold mine near China Nornickel owns a 50%-stake in the Bystrinsky mine.
March 26, 2021 First Cobalt to issue shares to Glencore to repay $5.5m debt In 2019, First Cobalt entered into a loan agreement with the miner and commodity trader to fund engineering studies, metallurgical testwork and permitting activities.
March 26, 2021 Alrosa fetches $23.9m in three diamond auctions The world’s top diamond miner by output held three “special-size diamonds” auctions to celebrate its Jubilee Auction #100.
March 25, 2021 Vale executives investigated in Brazil over Simandou deal Police in Rio de Janeiro will investigate Vale CEO Eduardo Bartolomeo, and other executives and former directors over the deal to explore the giant iron-ore mine in Guinea.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
