September 20, 2019

Brazil to lay criminal charges against Vale, auditor in dam burst

Police said the companies presented fake documents backing the stability of the dam that collapsed in January.

September 20, 2019

SL Mining to halt operations at Marampa iron ore mine in Sierra Leone

The move follows a shipment ban imposed by the government in July.

September 19, 2019

Iron ore price plunges, “panic” selling of coking coal

“What has happened has definitely irked policymakers in China. That puts a lot of pressure on coal imports for the end of the year.”

September 18, 2019

CHARTS: Mining is riding out US-China trade war

There is weakness elsewhere, but China's commodity business model of importing raw material is in fine shape, says new report.

September 18, 2019

BHP CEO’s pay cut by almost 25% after worker’s death, runaway train

While Andrew Mackenzie's base salary was kept at $1.7m, earnings including benefits totalled $3.5m, down from the $4.6m he pocketed in 2018.

September 17, 2019

China’s August zinc output at highest since December 2017 — stats bureau

Also, China's August alumina output rose 3.5% year-on-year to 6.04 million tonnes.

September 17, 2019

Vale misled public on dangerous dams, prompting Brazil probe — source

Brazilian prosecutors are looking into ex-CEO Schvartsman's declaration that Vale had already shuttered nine upstream dams in response to the 2015 collapse.

September 16, 2019

Most valuable steel mill in India sees iron ore drop to $60

Iron ore prices are moving in a completely different direction to other materials.

September 15, 2019

Brazilian state signs $2.2bn ‘mega-dam’ deal with Chinese miner – report

The "mega-dam" would be some 70 times bigger than the tailings dam that collapsed at Vale's site in the town of Brumadinho in January.

September 13, 2019

Vale partially halts work at second-largest iron ore mine

Brucutu, which has an annual capacity of 30 million tonnes of iron ore, is Minas Gerais state's largest mine.