March 24, 2021 Freeport, Tsingshan finalising $2.8bn copper smelter next week The smelter will have an input capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of copper concentrate and an output capacity of 600,000 tonnes.
March 24, 2021 Shareholder proposes Nornickel dividend policy changes, Interfax says Group also proposed minimizing Nornickel's final dividend payment for 2020.
March 24, 2021 Workers at Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres mine accept contract offer Negotiations over the 36-month contract have been lengthy and at times fractious, with members voting to reject a previous offer and strike on March 9.
March 24, 2021 Australian coal rail line to Newcastle port partly reopens as flood waters recede The Hunter Valley rail network serves mines run by BHP Group , Glencore Plc, New Hope Corp, Whitehaven Coal and Yancoal Australia.
March 24, 2021 Vast Brazil lawsuit in UK against BHP over 2015 dam failure hits buffers A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9 billion) English lawsuit against the mining giant over the Fundão dam failure.
March 23, 2021 Fundão dam disaster case judge’s impartiality under scrutiny Prosecutors alleged 'repeated abusive conduct' practiced by the court of the 12th Federal Court of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
March 23, 2021 Trafigura sees green copper supercycle driving prices to $15,000 The world’s biggest copper trader expects the metal to breach $10,000 a tonne this year, before entering a range of $12,000 to $15,000 a tonne over the coming decade.
March 23, 2021 Nornickel to cut emissions in Russia’s border region with Norway, Finland Company has shut down a metallurgical processing facility in Russia’s border region which had been the area’s main source of sulphur dioxide emissions.
March 23, 2021 Rio Tinto steps up efforts to repair damaged Indigenous ties The miner will form an Indigenous advisory group to help it better understand issues affecting Indigenous Australians, identify gaps in current protocols and re-establish trust over time.
March 23, 2021 Barrick sees win-win strategy in Golden Sunlight mine closure project By reprocessing tailings, Barrick Gold will obtain concentrated sulfur for its Nevada Gold Mines and eliminate a source of potential groundwater contamination.
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
