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.

April 28, 2019

China’s iron and steel association warns on over-capacity, shrinking profits

The country's sprawling steel sector, which has cut 150 million tonnes of steel production over the past three years, was "far from achieving its tasks" amid Beijing's supply-side reforms, the…

April 28, 2019

Still a way to go to achieve gender balance in the mining industry

According to the Responsible Mining Foundation, most of the companies assessed show little or no evidence of efforts to strengthen the gender balance of their leadership and governance teams.

April 28, 2019

Iron ore miners should take advantage of high prices and improve their credit scores: Fitch

The credit ratings and research division of the Fitch Group says producers should take advantage of the current environment of lower supply, healthy demand and higher prices.

April 26, 2019

India’s 2019 elections bode well for mining sector — report

The results of the election will be released May 23.

April 26, 2019

Transnet installing new iron tippler to sustain iron ore exports

The $208 million project, which includes infrastructure such as a conveyor belt leading to the port, railway tracks and three bridges, is expected to start operations by July next year.

April 25, 2019

Coal hurts Anglo American’s Q1 production, 2019 guidance unchanged

Production dropped 6% in the quarter.

April 25, 2019

The brash billionaire who wants to make Australia great again

Clive Palmer, who made his fortune in mining, is running for the Senate on his right-of-center United Australia Party ticket.

April 25, 2019

Brazilian miner Vale files $2B lawsuit over Guinea project

The arbitration case stemmed from a dispute between Vale and BSG Resources Ltd over a joint venture to develop the Simandou mine.

April 24, 2019

Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines

The document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level…