November 24, 2020

Brazil’s lower house to evaluate Brumadinho compensation

Commission will evaluate talks between Vale and Minas Gerais state officials over compensation for tailings dam collapse.

November 24, 2020

Australia’s 50 mid-tier miners outperform the market – report

PwC finds the MT50 have maintained consistent revenues and profits, with revenue up 6%.

November 23, 2020

LKAB eyes huge investment in CO2-free production

The energy required corresponds to around a third of Sweden's current electricity production of around 160 terawatt-hours.

November 23, 2020

Billionaire miner Forrest aims to be a global clean energy giant

Forrest’s Fortescue will begin green fuel production in 2022 or 2023. It also aims to move into the hydrogen and ammonia markets.

November 18, 2020

Luxembourg to set up Europe space mining centre

Luxembourg aims to become Europe's space mining hub.

November 18, 2020

Supercritical CO2 power plants may help miners reach renewable energy targets

CSIRO and GTI are joining forces to develop a sCO2 power plant that they say could be a game-changer for power generation applications in Australia.

November 18, 2020

Brazilian state affected by Vale dam burst rejects $4bn offer

Minas Gerais’ Secretary General said the state opposed both the amount and some of the terms offered by Vale.

November 17, 2020

Vale ends meeting without dam burst disaster settlement

Vale said in a statement that the meeting was "constructive".

November 17, 2020

Champion Iron to acquire Kami out of Alderon restructuring

The high-grade Kami iron ore project is located in the Labrador Trough, close to the Quebec border.

November 17, 2020

Australian institutional investor sees heritage risk across mining industry

Fund said that Rio Tinto's destruction of ancient sacred rockshelters in Western Australia has highlighted structural risk around heritage management practices.