February 15, 2019

Trust in tailings? Vale dam disaster spurs investors into action

The disaster has called into question the willingness of investors and lenders to continue funding the broader industry.

February 15, 2019

EU starts investigation into Chinese steel wheel imports

The investigation could lead to provisional duties being applied within nine months and definitive duties, typically in place for five years, in 15 months.

February 15, 2019

China won’t come to the rescue in global iron ore supply crisis

“If China’s mines could produce more they would already be doing so."

February 15, 2019

Not so autonomous: Wifi outage results in driverless truck crash at Fortescue mine

One of the trucks was traveling at low speed and ran into another that was parked at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in Australia's Pilbara region.

February 15, 2019

Eight Vale employees arrested in Brazil as part of dam collapse probe

Four people from the German consulting group Tüv Süd, company that certified the safety of Vale’s dams, were also detained.

February 14, 2019

Technology to redesign 77% of Australian mining jobs over next five years — report

An injection of A$5 billion to A$13 billion in workforce capability will be needed over the next decade.

February 14, 2019

China iron ore imports rise on pre-holiday restocking

Iron ore supply is expected to tighten after the Vale accident, but actual effects in the Chinese market will not occur until late March.

February 14, 2019

Brazilian mine tragedy will not be the last tailings dam disaster

Our current prediction is for 19 very serious failures between 2018 and 2027.

February 13, 2019

Brazil’s Vale resumes operations at Espírito Santo port terminal -filing

The authorities had closed the port terminal operated by the miner and fined it 35 million reais ($9.43 million) for throwing mining residues in the sea.

February 13, 2019

‘Let’s make Vale private again,’ but just not yet

State-development bank BNDES intends to sell shares in the miner, but has yet to find a good moment to do so.