October 25, 2024 Vale taps Marcelo Bacci as new CFO Bacci, who served as finance chief for pulp maker Suzano, will replace Murilo Muller, who is temporarily serving in the job.
October 25, 2024 BHP, Vale and Samarco reach $30 billion Fundão dam settlement The collapse of the dam at an iron ore mine owned by Samarco killed 19 people.
October 25, 2024 China to offer Taliban tariff-free trade as it inches closer to isolated resource-rich regime Selling Afghanistan's lithium, copper and iron deposits to feed China's enormous battery and construction industries would help the Taliban prop up their economy.
October 25, 2024 Rio Tinto signs MOU with China’s Nanjing Steel on decarbonization Upstream mining giants have accelerated cooperation with their big consumers on decarbonizing the steel value chain to cope with climate change.
October 24, 2024 Vale’s third-quarter profit falls 15% on dam collapse provisions, lower ore prices Vale reported a 10% decline in its net revenue year-on-year to $9.55 billion, in line with analyst expectations.
October 24, 2024 Anglo American copper, diamond output down in Q3, 2024 guidance unchanged Copper will make up 60% of Anglo's business after it sells its Australian steelmaking coal assets and nickel mines in Brazil.
October 23, 2024 Fortescue posts 4% rise in first-quarter iron ore shipments The Perth-based miner also reaffirmed its iron ore shipments guidance for fiscal 2025.
October 23, 2024 Brazil to sign compensation deal with miners over 2015 dam disaster on Friday The agreement will be signed in a ceremony attended by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
October 23, 2024 BHP says claim it put profit over safety ‘unjustified’ in Brazilian dam collapse case More than 600,000 Brazilians are suing BHP over the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam.
October 22, 2024 Column: Electric vehicles prove a bumpy ride for battery metals Explosive price rallies in 2021 and 2022 resulted in too much new production capacity being brought online too quickly.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
