November 3, 2020 China’s iron ore market appears in supply-demand sweet spot The question for the market is whether the seeming return of balance between supply and demand is enough to maintain prices at their current levels.
October 29, 2020 No punishment 5 years after the Fundão dam tragedy Brazilian prosecutors have filed a new lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by BHP and Vale.
October 29, 2020 NASA finds rare metal asteroid worth more than global economy The heavy-metal object, called “16 Psyche”, is worth $10,000 quadrillion. That's 70,000 times the world's economy.
October 29, 2020 Investors worth $10.2 trillion press global miners for indigenous engagement talks A group of investors has written to the boards of 78 mining companies to seek assurances about how they gain their social licence to operate.
October 29, 2020 Vale nearly doubles net profit as output recovers Net profit for the three months through September climbed to $2.9 billion from $1.6 billion a year earlier.
October 28, 2020 Champion Iron reports record production in Q3 Bloom Lake produced 2.2 million tonnes of high-grade iron ore concentrate during the three months to September.
October 27, 2020 Vale dam-break trauma raises level of ESG funds in Brazil The company's second lethal dam disaster in three years was a formative moment for ethical investment in Brazil.
October 26, 2020 China’s new infrastructure plan to boost metal demand – report The plan will support the government's beneficiation ambition in the metals industry, Fitch says.
October 23, 2020 Brazil prosecutors accuse BHP, Vale of colluding to reduce payouts to disaster victims A mining waste dam burst in 2015 at BHP and Vale's Samarco joint venture in the town of Mariana, releasing a torrent of sludge that killed 19 people.
October 22, 2020 Protesters sit-in at Vale dam burst site, demand aid extension Roughly 150 demonstrators staged a sit-in at the Brazilian miner's administrative building in Brumadinho.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
