March 29, 2021 Sumitomo says Ambatovy nickel project in Madagascar resumed March 23 Project had been shut since March last year due to the covid-19 pandemic.
March 29, 2021 Australia sees record $104bn of iron ore exports this financial year The country’s most valuable economic export is expected to earn more than A$100 billion per year for the next half-decade.
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.
Freeport says it’s on track to restart Grasberg mine after deadly mudslide The company declared force majeure on its Indonesian shipments in late September, estimating output would be curbed well into 2026. January 22, 2026 | 10:58 am
