April 6, 2020

Covid-19 cuts $280bn swathe through top 50 mining companies

MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows a beleaguered industry at the end of the first quarter 2020.

April 6, 2020

Rio introduces covid-19 measures in Pilbara

The miner is enacting measures to help protect employees and the community while keeping operations running safely.

April 5, 2020

As China reopens, Africa’s woes threaten to starve its factories

Most African countries have closed their borders and several have limited internal travel or imposed lockdowns.

April 3, 2020

Virus curbs force oil, mine workers to move across a continent

Some of the biggest mining and energy companies are scrambling to respond to tightening controls on movement inside Australia.

April 3, 2020

Brazil shuts 47 mining dams deemed unsafe

More than half of them belong to Vale, whose Córrego do Feijão mine’s tailings collapsed last year, releasing a torrent of mining waste that killed about 270 people.

April 2, 2020

ARM says JV gets green light to load iron ore amid lockdown

Assmang, a 50-50 venture with Assore, had received authorization from the mines ministry to operate its load-out stations at the Khumani and Beeshoek mines.

April 2, 2020

Shanghai iron ore, steel futures recover from losses in early trade

Benchmark iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange recovered after a 3% drop earlier, ending up 0.9% at 647 yuan a tonne.

April 1, 2020

Vale ponders short-term options to raise Brucutu mine output

Operations at Brucutu, with an annual capacity of 30 million tonnes, have been halted at various times over the past year.

March 31, 2020

South32 files request for arbitration in Colombia royalty dispute

There is a dispute over royalty payments from its majority-owned Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine.

March 31, 2020

Vale says resumption of lost capacity could be slowed

Vale calculates roughly 18 million tonnes of output could be interrupted in the transoceanic market.