September 11, 2020

Rio Tinto heads roll over sacred Aboriginal site destruction

CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques, iron ore boss Chris Salisbury, and corporate affairs head Simone Niven will have to step down.

September 10, 2020

Freeport’s Grasberg go-go days back as gold, copper prices rally

Freeport's iconic open cut mine in Indonesia is going underground – nearly doubling copper and gold production and earning $8 billion per year in the process.

September 10, 2020

Carbon emission curves for iron ore, copper, met coal and nickel

Skarn has also created mine-by-mine carbon intensity curves for gold, silver and cobalt, to be published over the coming weeks.

September 10, 2020

India to restrict metals imports with an eye on China

Country is planning to raise surveillance of copper and aluminum imports while developing policies to curb shipments from China and other Asian nations to protect domestic producers, said two government…

September 10, 2020

Turquoise Hill stock tanks on Mongolia mine funding

Turquoise Hill shares dropped 23% after controlling shareholder Rio Tinto announced a $500m debt deal for the troubled Oyu Tolgoi expansion.

September 10, 2020

BHP 30% by 2030 emissions reduction target fails to impress

The miner has not set goals to cut its Scope 3 emissions — those indirectly generated by end-users.

September 9, 2020

Short seller says Northern Dynasty is “gaslighting investors”

In a scathing report, JCap says Vancouver promotors of giant Pebble copper-gold mine in Alaska are lobbying for bonuses, not producing minerals.

September 9, 2020

Cornish hits high-grade tin-copper at South Crofty

South Crofty is considered the most important tin mine in the UK and hosts one of the highest grade tin resources worldwide.

September 9, 2020

Callinex shares jump on new discovery in Manitoba

Callinex shares were up 20% after the company announced new high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc lenses at its Pine Bay project.

September 9, 2020

Rio board to debate CEO’s future as pressure mounts over blasts

Rio Tinto faces mounting pressure to respond more strongly to the destruction of ancient Aboriginal heritage sites in Australia.