August 27, 2014 Chinese investment to make Peru world’s second-largest copper producer Chinese backers are now behind one-third of all Peru’s new mining investments by value.
August 19, 2014 The BHP show obscures Australian mining’s deeper problems Australia's non-bulk mining industry "will die without a strong pipeline of projects moving to development stage," says study.
August 18, 2014 Demerged BHP may not hold on to coal assets for long: analysts The division contributed just $746 million of the $21.12 billion earnings BHP reported for the 2013 financial year.
August 14, 2014 Guinea on national emergency over Ebola, mining operations threatened Tighter border controls are set to disrupt the flow of essential supplies and even workers trying to get to work at the African country's mining operations, companies say.
August 10, 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak forces miners to lock down operations, delay projects After the WHO declared the current outbreak an “international public health emergency.”
August 7, 2014 Rio Tinto’s cuts are the deepest Profits double after CEO Sam Walsh trims $3.2 billion of fat six months ahead of target and announces another $1 billion in cuts by end-2015.
July 13, 2014 BHP sell-off could undo Billiton historic deal As BHP considers the sale of almost all of the businesses that Billiton brought to the 2001 merger deal, experts say the firm is likely to end up leaving London.
July 11, 2014 Peru set to become world’s second largest copper producer in 2016 Currently China is the second largest producer of the red metal, with an annual output of about 1.6 million tonnes per year.
June 10, 2014 BHP Billiton a step closer to selling-off non-core operations World's largest mining company said to be unloading all of the non-core units acquired after the merger with Billiton 13 years ago.
May 14, 2014 BHP Billiton announces major shake-up of non-core operations The news comes of the heels of the creation of a new aluminum division, BHP Billiton Aluminum Pty Ltd.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am