May 26, 2013 Tony Blair called to rescue mining employees in Guinea Ibrahima Touré and Issaga Bangoura have been in prison for over a month.
May 24, 2013 Vedanta raises $1.7bn, India’s largest ever offshore bond sale This is a landmark transaction for Vedanta, which is joining domestic peers in catching the flood of US dollars being unleashed by central banks.
May 23, 2013 Glencore trade with Iran may have helped Tehran avoid UN sanctions: report The company's head of aluminum, Gary Fegel, is set to leave the company this summer.
May 22, 2013 Aluminum chief first senior executive to leave Glencore Xstrata The unconfirmed news came as a surprise for analysts as Fegel was reconfirmed in the post only weeks ago.
May 15, 2013 Rio Tinto’s $1.4bn bauxite mine approved in Australia Project on the Cape York peninsula could produce up to 50 million tonnes per year.
May 15, 2013 BHP Billiton’s disappearing exploration budget "We need to squeeze returns from our installed infrastructure."
May 9, 2013 BHP’s new CEO Mackenzie takes charge amid mining austerity Andrew Mackenzie to tour Pilbara iron ore mine on first day as CEO.
May 3, 2013 Glencore Xstrata up on first day of trading after merger The newly combined company’s stock price rose over 4%
May 2, 2013 Meet the world’s largest commodities trader: Glencore Xstrata Glencore announces the completion of its takeover of Xstrata.
April 30, 2013 Fatality at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Quebec facility The company has suspended the activities at the facility's anode plant until further notice.
Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project, with planned LiOH production of around 15,000 tonnes per annum. January 19, 2026 | 01:57 pm
