March 15, 2019 China Jan-Feb refined copper output rises 6.3% year-over-year — stats bureau Output reached 1.34 million tonnes, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.
March 15, 2019 Ukrainian government relocates Black Iron’s processing plant and tailings facility The parcel of land proposed by state officials in September 2018 was deemed unsuitable from a social and environmental standpoint.
March 13, 2019 Sierra Leone sees IMF support as crucial to luring investors Once one of the great hopes of West African mining, Sierra Leone was hit by the iron-ore price collapse and the Ebola epidemic around the same time.
March 13, 2019 Mining’s dirty secret faces a climate reckoning Producing a single metric ton of steel in a blast furnace typically releases around 2.3 tons of carbon dioxide, not much less than you’d get from burning a ton of…
March 13, 2019 Brazil government kickstarts efforts to mine indigenous reserves: official Brazil's government wants Congress to reconsider a decades-old proposal to allow mining in indigenous reserves, which occupy 13% of the country's territory.
March 12, 2019 Workers put brakes on wrong train in BHP iron ore train derailment-regulator The train had to be deliberately derailed after it reached speeds of 162 km/hour (101 mph), destroying two locomotives, 245 ore cars and 2 km (1.2 miles) of track.
March 12, 2019 Mixed signals for China steel and iron ore point to prices drifting lower More certainty is needed on the demand outlook before prices can lock in a definitive direction.
March 11, 2019 China iron ore futures hit lowest in March so far on steel curbs The drop in futures mirrored weakness that has prevailed in the physical market since last week, as steel mills reduced output to comply with anti-smog measures.
March 10, 2019 Salary not top priority for mining jobseekers – Study Out of 800 people polled, 40% prioritize work-life balance.
March 8, 2019 Brazil’s Vale removes executives after request by dam burst prosecutors Vale did not identify the executives or say what relation they had with the operation in Brumadinho, where the Jan. 25 disaster occurred.
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am
