November 6, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week China to expand ban on Australian imports to copper; Rio Tinto closes Argyle diamond mine after 37 years; Tanzania finalizing permit for its first rare earth mine
November 5, 2020 Brazil’s CSN keeps original schedule for IPO of mining unit Company owns the Casa de Pedra mine and is Brazil's second-largest iron ore exporter.
November 4, 2020 Billionaire Gina Rinehart’s wealth swells with Hancock’s A$4bn profit Hancock Prospecting reported a A$4 billion ($2.9bn) net profit after tax for financial 2020, a 56% improvement from the A$2.6 billion logged last year.
November 3, 2020 China to expand ban on Australian imports to copper Reports suggest that copper and sugar exports from Australia into China will be halted.
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.
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