August 1, 2019 Iron ore prices help Rio Tinto fork out $1bn dividend, despite Oyu Tolgoi setback Despite being its best half-year earnings since 2014, net profit dropped by 6% to $4.13bn as it wrote down $800 million from its investment in the Mongolian mine.
July 31, 2019 Vale posts loss after surprise new dam burst charges The Brazilian miner reported a second-quarter net loss of $133 million after a year-ago profit of $76 million.
July 31, 2019 Samarco poised to reclaim mining license lost after accident The venture, jointly owned by Vale and BHP, has already reached an agreement with the regulator and could get formal permission to operate as soon as mid-September.
July 31, 2019 Glencore warns of $350m hit on copper unit Setbacks at its mines in DRC and Zambia caused copper production to fall 5% to 663,000 tonnes in the six months to June.
July 29, 2019 Where BHP goes on climate change, will others follow? BHP Group may just have set the template for how resource companies are going to deal with the challenge of climate change.
July 28, 2019 Rio’s credit profile not affected by Oyu Tolgoi expansion Product diversification, among other things, is saving the credit profile of the world's No.2 miner.
July 26, 2019 Glencore starts copper concentrates blending facility in Taiwan Glencore has set up this blending facility because of an increase in the amount of dirty concentrates available in the market.
July 26, 2019 Vedanta June-quarter profit falls nearly 12%, misses estimates Profit came in at 13.51 billion rupees ($195.98 million) for the three months ended June 30, compared with 15.33 billion rupees a year earlier.
July 26, 2019 Brazil regulator probes Vale CFO over dam burst disclosures At issue was Siani's alleged failure to "fully and immediately" disclose information about the accident.
July 26, 2019 Canadian regulators recommend approving new Teck oil sands mine A joint provincial and federal review panel found the 260,000 barrel per day Frontier mining project would be in the public interest.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
