April 22, 2022

Global miners must overcome labour shortages, inflation pain to meet targets

Analysts expect earnings to be driven lower this year and next.

April 22, 2022

Ukraine miner Ferrexpo delays dividend, pauses some projects

The miner, which makes iron ore pellets used in the steel industry, has all its operations in Ukraine but away from the main conflict zones.

April 21, 2022

Liberia to review ArcelorMittal concession agreement

The announcement risks disrupting ArcelorMittal's plans to triple its iron ore production in Liberia.

April 21, 2022

Anglo American lowers output guidance after quarterly drop

Company's Q1 production fell 10% year on year, partly owing to operations running at reduced capacity because of higher rates of covid-19 infections among workers.

April 21, 2022

Mining giants struggle despite commodities price boom

The world’s biggest miners had a tough start to the year, struggling to hit production goals and keep costs under control.

April 20, 2022

BHP reports weaker-than-expected iron ore production on covid curbs

Iron ore production from Western Australia came in at 66.7 million tonnes in the three months to March 31.

April 20, 2022

Usiminas posts weather-hit income

Usiminas' iron ore sales fell 38% from the previous quarter and 17% year on year to 1.6 million tonnes.

April 20, 2022

Vale starts work on eliminating another upstream dam

The new effort will focus on eliminating a dike from its Barragem 5 dam at the Aguas Claras mine, located in the Minas Gerais city of Nova Lima.

April 19, 2022

Vale reports decrease in Q1 iron ore output

The miner sold 53.6 million tonnes of iron ore in the quarter, down 9.6% year-on-year.

April 19, 2022

Rio Tinto iron ore shipments drop on covid delays, flags China risks

Rio has also had to contend with a delay in production from a new greenfields mine.