June 8, 2020

Giant spill in Russia offers a glimpse of the Arctic’s future

Investigators have determined that the leakage of of 20.000 tonnes of diesel was caused by damage from thawing permafrost.

June 7, 2020

US offers help with Nornickel’s Arctic fuel spill, Russia thankful

Since late May, Russian officials have been working to contain the spill of 21,000 cubic meters of diesel at Nornickel’s facility in Norilsk.

June 7, 2020

Vedanta books $1.7 billion loss in Q4 as oil prices plunge

The company took a one-time loss of 171.3 billion rupees in the March quarter, mainly due to an impairment of assets at its Oil & Gas business.

June 7, 2020

Vale reaffirms iron ore output forecast after court decision

Vale said it is keeping its monthly production forecast at Itabira at 2.7 million tonnes "for the next months."

June 7, 2020

Zijin takes control of Tibet copper miner for $548m

The move is aimed at boosting Tibet Julong Copper's resource base and achieving sustainable development.

June 5, 2020

Vale gets preliminary license to expand Serra Leste

Company plans to increase the production in Pará from current 6 million tonnes per year to 10 million tonnes per year.

June 5, 2020

Traditional owners say Rio Tinto knew importance of caves razed for mine

The caves, for which Rio funded at least four excavations, revealed thousands of archaeological remnants subsequent to its 2013 approval to destroy the site.

June 5, 2020

Indonesia to ask Freeport to build copper smelter

Government aims to build an integrated smelting hub in Weda Bay, a new metal industrial park.

June 5, 2020

Alrosa sees covid impact lingering after Q1 slide

Russian diamond producer reported an 87% slide in first-quarter net profit.

June 5, 2020

PNG threatens Barrick over alleged gold export attempt

Papua New Guinea said it will take Barrick's JV to court for illegally attempting to export $13 million in silver and gold to Australia.