October 22, 2019 Rio considering options for New Zealand aluminium smelter The move comes a week after the miner downplayed its annual aluminium production guidance and flagged challenging conditions in the industry.
October 22, 2019 Anglo American cuts annual copper forecast on Chile water woes Anglo reported an 8% drop in output of the red metal in the quarter as its Los Bronces mine in Chile struggled with water shortage.
October 22, 2019 Investors with $11 trillion urge miners to cut lobby funding In an open letter, investors including Aberdeen Standard Investments, M&G Investments and Legal & General Investment Management said that all lobbying by third parties should be consistent with mining companies’…
October 22, 2019 Rio Tinto kicks off $10m pilot hoping to become the largest lithium miner in US The miner will be extracting lithium from the tailings of its California Boron mine.
October 21, 2019 Vale nudges sales guidance lower after new dam halt Vale said on Monday it has temporarily shut down its Itabiruçu tailings dam.
October 21, 2019 Norway’s $1 trillion fund builds Rio stake after dirty mine sold After freezing out Rio Tinto for more than a decade for owning a highly polluting copper mine, one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds has brought the company back…
October 21, 2019 BHP switches to green power for Chilean copper starting 2021 Miners, which often use fossil fuels as the energy source in their operations, are shifting to renewable generation as the cost of wind and solar power drops.
October 20, 2019 Protests expected against Teck, Mitsubishi’s project in Peru A group of farmers is organizing a protest against the Zafranal copper project located in the Arequipa department.
October 20, 2019 Barrick Gold reaches deal with Tanzania over Acacia Mining The miner reached a deal to settle a long-running tax dispute between Tanzania and mining group Acacia.
October 18, 2019 Australia backs solar farm for two Fortescue iron ore mines Fortescue said the project would cut carbon emissions by about 40% at its Christmas Creek and Cloudbreak mines.
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