October 16, 2018 Rio Tinto delays start of Oyu Tolgoi expansion due to technical issues First production from the $5.3 billion underground expansion of Oyu Tolgoi was originally scheduled for early 2020.
October 15, 2018 Rio Tinto Says Q3 production falls on planned maintenance and safety pauses Iron shipments fell about 5 percent, hurt by planned maintenance and safety pauses across all operations following a fatality.
October 12, 2018 World’s top copper producer faces lengthy smelter halt at major mine Chile's Codelco is in the midst of upgrading its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second largest operation by size, to comply with stricter emissions standards coming in effect in December.
October 11, 2018 Australia’s Fortescue announces $353m share buyback program The program will begin after the iron ore miner releases its quarterly report on Oct. 25 and will remain in place for a period of up to 12 months.
October 10, 2018 Top copper miner almost sold out on strong China demand Chinese copper demand has been so strong in the past few months that top producer Codelco has almost sold out of supplies for next year, well ahead of schedule.
October 10, 2018 The real cash cow in mining isn’t metals. It’s bad old coal For all the bullish talk about metals of the future, miners are making some of their biggest profits from heavy-industry stalwart coal.
October 10, 2018 Rio Tinto to restart sale of Icelandic aluminium plant Rio Tinto is close to restarting a sale process for some of its aluminium assets, including a plant in Iceland.
October 10, 2018 Australia’s Port Hedland iron ore shipments to China rise 5% in Sept Iron ore shipments to China from Australia's Port Hedland terminal rose 5.3 percent in September.
October 9, 2018 Proxy adviser PIRC tells shareholders to oppose BHP Billiton’s remuneration report PIRC has recommended that BHP Billiton shareholders oppose the mining company's remuneration report at its AGM on Oct. 17
October 9, 2018 Freeport CEO open to all options, even sale, after Grasberg Richard Adkerson says any strategic move is now possible, including acquisitions, partnerships, or even a sale of the entire company.
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