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.
October 22, 2024 Dam disaster deal should curb lawsuits against Vale and BHP, sources say The agreement could be signed this week, nearly nine years after the 2015 disaster in the city of Mariana.
October 22, 2024 Column: China iron ore imports head for record even as steel output slips China is likely to import as much as 120 million tonnes this month.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
