January 16, 2020 Rio Tinto’s full-year iron ore shipments drop on disruptions from cyclone and fire Rio Tinto posted a 3% drop in iron ore shipments in 2019.
January 16, 2020 Vale halts Esperança tailings operations Vale cited the need to do a technical evaluation and potentially carry out work to improve safety at the site.
January 16, 2020 Brazil police say key part of Vale dam probe to wrap up in June The police probe is one of several parallel investigations into the causes of the dam's collapse, which killed at least 255 people just under a year ago.
January 14, 2020 Australian Vanadium signs agreement with Chinese steelmaker AVL signed a letter of intent with Hebei Yanshan Vanadium and Titanium Industry Technology Research.
January 14, 2020 Iron price gains as China imports leap to over 1 billion tonnes December cargo volumes highest since September 2018 as Beijing's economic stimulus pays off.
January 14, 2020 Vale mulls raising stake in power generation company Vale is a majority owner in Aliança Energia with a 55% stake.
January 13, 2020 BHP says Westpac chairman will not stand for re-election on its board Lindsay Maxsted remain a member of the board, and on the risk and audit committees until the 2020 annual general meeting.
January 13, 2020 INFOGRAPHIC: The periodic table of commodity returns Today’s visualization compares individual commodity returns between 2010 and 2019.
January 13, 2020 Ferrexpo full-year production drops marginally as demand wanes Steel demand in China is expected to fall 0.6% in 2020.
January 13, 2020 South Africa’s mining industry calls for action to end power crisis Analysts say the government needs to procure more generating capacity fast.
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