September 11, 2020

Rio Tinto exits seen reverberating across boardrooms

CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques and two deputies resigned on Friday after weeks of shareholder pressure.

September 11, 2020

De Beers sales hint diamond market has bottomed out

Improved sales show the diamond market may have bottomed out and be on the slow road to recovery, say analysts.

September 11, 2020

No fear over Brazil meeting iron ore export demand – secretary

IBRAM projects that the country will export 310 million tonnes in 2020.

September 11, 2020

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Barrick CEO faces stark test; Definitive feasibility study for Kakula confirms giant mine; Freeport’s Grasberg go-go days back.

September 11, 2020

Rio Tinto heads roll over sacred Aboriginal site destruction

CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques, iron ore boss Chris Salisbury, and corporate affairs head Simone Niven will have to step down.

September 10, 2020

OceanaGold extends mine life, boosts reserves at Macraes

Life of the Macraes operation now extends to 2028, with 240,000 ounces of reserves added.

September 10, 2020

Shareholder group seeks Fortescue moratorium on Australian cultural site damage

The miner says the moratorium would disempower traditional owners, and it already has proper procedures in place.

September 10, 2020

Turquoise Hill stock tanks on Mongolia mine funding

Turquoise Hill shares dropped 23% after controlling shareholder Rio Tinto announced a $500m debt deal for the troubled Oyu Tolgoi expansion.

September 10, 2020

BHP 30% by 2030 emissions reduction target fails to impress

The miner has not set goals to cut its Scope 3 emissions — those indirectly generated by end-users.

September 10, 2020

Russia’s richest man owns more melting Arctic than anyone

The Arctic is warming with such rapid speed—more than twice as fast as the global average—that it serves as a leading indicator.