October 14, 2019

Vale’s Q3 iron ore output falls 17.4% year-on-year following Brazil dam break

Quarterly sales of the key raw material fell 11.8% from a year ago to 74.039 million tonnes.

October 11, 2019

De Beers sends helicopter from Victor mine to rescue stranded hot air balloonists

The balloonists were competing in the 23rd Annual America's Challenge Gas Balloon race headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico and were racing to Duluth, Minnesota.

October 11, 2019

Barrick’s $1 billion Zambian mine draws Chinese interest

The world’s second-largest bullion producer is working with advisers to solicit interest for the Lumwana mine.

October 11, 2019

Rio Tinto signs its first Renminbi portside trading contract

Portside sales of Rio Tinto's products at Chinese ports are currently sold via traders.

October 11, 2019

Canadian court approves $3bn securities class action against Barrick Gold

Ontario Superior Court of Justice only allowed the suit to deal with alleged misrepresentations in the company’s 2012 environmental disclosures related to the long-stalled Pascua-Lama project.

October 11, 2019

Rio Tinto and Minmetals look for copper, zinc and lead in China

Move is part of an exploration venture with state-owned China Minmetals Corp., set in 2018.

October 10, 2019

As Fortescue taps Guinea, China eyes broader iron ore supply sources

Fortescue confirmed it has submitted a bid to develop two blocks in the giant Simandou iron ore deposit.

October 9, 2019

Top 5 BHP investor Aberdeen Standard piles on climate pressure ahead of AGM

Shareholders are intensifying pressure on resource companies because of the urgency of preventing potentially catastrophic climate change.

October 9, 2019

Peñasquito blockade lifted, operations still suspended

Newmont Goldcorp said operations at the Mexican mine remained temporarily halted.

October 8, 2019

Miners rate social licence, climate change as top concerns. Really?

Columnist Clyde Russell calls miners' motivation to tackle climate issues into question.