Production goals for Vale's Carajas project, the world's largest open-air iron ore mine, are directly tied to cargo shipments on its railroad there, which carries output to Brazil's Ponta da Madeira port.
The Century zinc mine in Queensland could be churning out ore again thanks to a $52.9 million private placement raised by owner New Century Resources (ASX:NCZ).
The buzzword in the Brussels energy and climate bubble is 450, a number that is dividing European Union lawmakers and making coal-dependent Poland fume over upcoming reforms to the world’s biggest carbon market.