January 9, 2022

French-owned mine in Brazil ordered to stop operating after dike overflow

The overflow of the dike cut off traffic on Saturday on the BR-040, a major highway linking Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.

January 9, 2022

Peru sees 60% increase in mining tax revenues

Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said regional and local governments saw a 60% increase in mining tax revenues in 2021.

January 8, 2022

Rains overflow dike at French-owned mine in Brazil, highway cut

Heavy rainfall caused a dike to overflow on Saturday at a Brazil iron ore mine owned by French steel pipe maker Vallourec.

January 7, 2022

Iron ore price extends gains on China demand hopes

Traders returned from the New Year holidays feeling optimistic about potential demand recovery in China.

January 6, 2022

Iron ore price rises on hopes of demand recovery after Beijing Olympics

"After the Winter Olympics, there is an opportunity to relax the production limit for steel," analysts at Zhongzhou Futures said.

January 5, 2022

Iron ore price extends gains despite renewed steel production controls in Tangshan

Dalian iron ore spot price hit highest since December 27.

December 31, 2021

Top 20 mining stories of 2021

Another record-setting year for the metals and mining industry and for MINING.COM.

December 31, 2021

Brazil secures $21m in mining land auction

This was the fifth round of a larger tender process ​​and it involved a total of 4,500 tenements of which 1,123 were purchased in the public offering stage.

December 30, 2021

Iron ore futures end 2021 with 12% drop amid China climate efforts

China's benchmark iron ore futures headed to their first annual decline in three.

December 28, 2021

Anglo, Vale in talks to jointly develop Serpentina iron ore mine

A potential partnership could leverage Anglo's existing logistics infrastructure in the region, Vale says.