May 8, 2019 Rio Tinto and Caterpillar to build intelligent mine in Western Australia Once completed, the mine will have an annual capacity of 43 million tonnes, underpinning output of the Pilbara Blend, Rio Tinto’s flagship iron ore product.
May 7, 2019 ArcelorMittal to cut iron ore output, slash jobs in Bosnia Output will be reduced by a third to 1 million tonnes and the job cuts will be carried out from September.
May 7, 2019 Iron ore tugged between Brazilian supply shock, Trump’s trade war Brazil shipped 18.34 million tonnes of iron ore in April, down 17% from the prior month and a massive 29% from the same month a year earlier.
May 7, 2019 BHP hit by $5 billion lawsuit over 2015 dam failure in Brazil The group action suit describes in detail a series of failures and errors of judgment over several years leading to the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in 2015, owned…
May 6, 2019 Vale says court halts Brucutu iron mining operations World's top iron ore miner guides down production again for 2019 after earlier decision is reversed.
May 2, 2019 Brazil’s Vale asks court for inspection firm documents on burst dam Vale argues that if the German inspection firm TÜV SÜD had not fulfilled its contract it could be held responsible.
May 1, 2019 Australia iron ore exports rebound in April, but not enough Australian exports were about 69.1 million tonnes in April, up 20% from 57.5 million tonnes in March.
May 1, 2019 GFG to spend up to A$100m on Australian copper, iron ore developer GFG is building up a South Australian franchise to its global steel and energy business.
April 29, 2019 UK regulator drops big companies from responsible-payment list Five firms, including BHP, were removed from the Prompt Payment Code, an initiative to speed up settlement of invoices owed to suppliers.
April 29, 2019 Vale shareholders push to loosen company control over board elections Minority shareholders of Vale SA have enough votes to request that board members be elected independently using a cumulative voting system.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
