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.
October 22, 2020 Anglo American output in Q3 jumps, thanks to Collahuasi Total production climbed by 24% from Q2 on the back of continued strong performance of Collahuasi copper mine in Chile.
October 21, 2020 Anglo American sued for alleged lead poisoning in Zambia Class action claims there are more than 100,000 in Kabwe who are likely to have suffered lead poisoning as a result of pollution caused by Anglo.
October 21, 2020 Miners speed up automation as covid-19 impacts linger About 20% of people currently working in the mining and metals industry are at risk of being replaced by robots, says the the World Economic Forum.
October 20, 2020 Brazil metal exports up 36% in Q3 vs Q2, driven by Vale Iron ore exports totaled around $8 billion, 62% higher than in Q2.
October 20, 2020 Vale ramps up faster than thought in new blow to iron ore price bulls Company produced more iron ore than expected last quarter amid a record haul at its newer mines in northern Brazil.
October 20, 2020 Pilbara set for major hydrogen plant The Asian Renewable Energy Hub, which would use electricity from wind and solar to produce hydrogen and ammonia, hopes to soon be awarded major project status by the Australian government.
October 20, 2020 BHP scraps $2.5bn Olympic Dam expansion plan It has decided against the brownfield expansion project after studies of the ore body revealed weaker than expected results.
October 19, 2020 Vale reports rise in quarterly iron ore output Company produced 88.7 million tonnes of iron ore in Q3, up 31.2% from the previous quarter and up 2.3% from the same period a year before.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
