March 2, 2021 First claimants paid in South African silicosis settlement The companies, which reached the settlement agreement in 2018, are Harmony Gold, Gold Fields, African Rainbow Minerals, Sibanye-Stillwater, AngloGold Ashanti and Anglo American.
March 2, 2021 Glencore’s Australia mine expansion threatens sacred sites – authority head Glencore unit McArthur River Mine received approval from the territory's mining minister last year to proceed with the expansion.
March 2, 2021 Alrosa reports 49% fall in profit in 2020 Company output fell by 22% to 30 million carats as it suspended mining at less profitable mines amid the pandemic.
March 2, 2021 Rio Tinto, Mongolia agree to replace Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan News of the agreement comes as the Australian Taxation Office has hit the miner with a new $317 million bill.
March 1, 2021 US Forest Service rescinds environmental report for Rio’s Arizona copper mine The decision effectively reverses one made by officials in the waning days of former President Donald Trump's administration.
March 1, 2021 Vale drills caused Brumadinho dam collapse, police say Investigation concluded that the disaster was triggered by vertical perforations in a weak point of the structure.
March 1, 2021 To go electric, America needs more mines. Can it build them? Biden plans to allow mines that produce EV metals to be developed under existing environmental standards, rather than face a tightened process that would apply to other materials.
March 1, 2021 Rio Tinto hikes investment in the Pilbara It has spent over $385 million (A$500 million) in the past year to continue developing the Greater Tom Price iron ore operations.
March 1, 2021 Combination with Freeport had a lot of logic – Barrick CEO Freeport Chief Executive Richard Adkerson said he has no desire to combine Freeport with Barrick or another gold producer.
March 1, 2021 Nornickel operations chief to leave in management shake-up Chief Operating Officer Sergey Dyachenko is leaving the company as part of a management restructuring.
Codelco gets environmental permit for $2.8B Ministro Hales mine extension The world's largest copper producer said the initiative will allow the mine to increase production to 200,000 tons per year. January 14, 2026 | 12:36 pm
