March 15, 2019

Prosecutors seek $13 billion from Vale for environmental restoration

Brazilian prosecutors requested that mining company Vale SA be ordered to guarantee the funds.

March 15, 2019

Turquoise Hill’s 2018 financial results report 250% income jump over 2017

Gold production surged 150% year-on-year to 285,000 ounces, while copper production of 159,100 tonnes marked a 1.1% increase over 2017.

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.