April 17, 2025 Trump to approve land swap for Rio Tinto copper mine opposed by Native Americans The Forest Service said it will republish an environmental report needed for the Resolution copper project land swap to occur within 60 days.
April 17, 2025 Iron ore miners in rocky start to year as tariff turmoil begins BHP, Rio Tinto, and Vale all reported drops in quarterly shipments from the year before.
April 16, 2025 BHP warns of trade war fallout as it ramps up copper output The world’s biggest miner produced 67.8 million tons of iron ore compared with 68.1 million tons for the same period last year.
April 16, 2025 South32 third-quarter manganese output misses estimates The world's biggest producer of manganese ore produced 476,000 wet metric tons last quarter.
April 16, 2025 Ghana government takes control of Damang mine operated by Gold Fields Ghana's government has rejected an application from the South African company to renew its lease.
April 16, 2025 Epiroc wins largest order in history with A$350M contract from Fortescue Included in the order is a fleet of Epiroc blasthole drill rigs: the cable-electric Pit Viper 271 E and the battery-electric SmartROC D65 BE.
April 16, 2025 Newmont climbs to world’s No. 4 miner after $850M asset sales The miner finalized sales of its Akyem operation in Ghana and Porcupine operation in Canada.
April 16, 2025 MinRes board rocked as two governance directors resign Susie Corlett and Jacqueline McGill were privately very critical of the behaviour shown by outgoing managing director Chris Ellison.
April 16, 2025 Northern Star crosses last major hurdle in De Grey takeover Shareholders of De Grey Mining voted overwhelmingly in favour of a buy-out by Australia’s largest gold producer Northern Star Resources.
April 15, 2025 Rio Tinto posts lowest Q1 iron ore shipments since 2019, tempers forecast The company had earlier warned of total losses of 13 million metric tons of iron ore due to inclement weather.
Australia’s VHM scraps offtake deal with Shenghe Resources The Goschen project is VHM's flagship development, focused on extracting critical minerals such as rare earth elements and titanium. January 11, 2026 | 04:08 pm
US to push for quicker action in reducing reliance on China for rare earths Aside from Japan, G7 members remain heavily dependent on critical minerals from China, which has threatened to impose strict export controls. January 11, 2026 | 09:07 am
Rio Tinto’s bid for Glencore piles pressure on BHP If BHP keeps out of the current talks, it may consider another deal to retain its leadership. January 11, 2026 | 07:49 am