September 17, 2021

Venture Minerals suspends operations after one shipment

Company has temporarily suspended operations at its controversial Riley iron ore mine in northwestern Tasmania.

September 17, 2021

Vale makes bumper $7.6 billion dividend payout

It is the company's largest payout since the 2019 dam collapse which killed almost 300 people.

September 16, 2021

Vale and Asian miner seek Brazil nod to fast-track mine projects

Vale and Sul Americana de Metais S.A. have qualified for a new policy adopted by Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro administration that aims to streamline the licensing process.

September 16, 2021

Russia mulls new extraction tax and higher profit tax for metals firms

Russia's finance ministry proposed setting a mineral extraction tax linked to global prices for producers of iron ore, coking coal and fertilizers.

September 16, 2021

Iron ore price dives 7% on China’s lower steel output data

Mining stocks also slid, with BHP down more than 6% from the previous week, Rio Tinto down 5.3%, and Vale down 7%.

September 16, 2021

Rio Tinto hit with fresh tax bill in Australia

The country's tax authority is asking Rio to pay $277m related to a 2015 borrowing used to pay an intragroup dividend.

September 16, 2021

New database to help mining companies predict behavior of tailings flows

Researches at the University of Waterloo found that catastrophic tailings flows have happened once every two to three years since 1965.

September 15, 2021

Iron ore price plunges on falling steel output

China's monthly crude steel production slipped for the third straight month to 83.24 million tonnes in August.

September 15, 2021

How mining waste can be used for hydrogen fuel production

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology propose the idea of using feldspars found in mine tailings as part of a potential cheaper catalyst for hydrogen fuel production.

September 14, 2021

BHP’s net-zero targets don’t include its steelmaking customers

The company says it’s working with industry giants including Japan’s JFE Steel and China’s HBIS Group on ways to reduce manufacturers’ carbon footprint.