Fortescue investors invited to vote on Western Australia heritage law

The state is reforming laws to protect the heritage of Aboriginal Australians after global miner Rio Tinto Ltd legally destroyed rock shelters for an iron ore mine last year.

Reuters | September 1, 2021 | 4:43 am

Chilean court backs Caserones environmental remediation plan

Environmental court has approved a $42 million compliance plan to rectify environmental damage in the country's north.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2021 | 4:28 am

Iron ore price plunges on steel production curbs in China

Steel prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were also undermined by a drop in raw materials and tepid economic data.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 31, 2021 | 11:00 pm

Codelco reaches new agreement with union workers

The miner has reached an early agreement with the five unions representing workers at its key El Teniente mine.

Reuters | August 31, 2021 | 9:21 pm

Centerra says 40 metres of water at Kumtor pit a threat to workers, environment

In the three months Kyrgyzstan has been running the seized mine, it has flooded with more water than Centerra ever saw collect in 25 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 31, 2021 | 7:00 pm

Value of battery metals in new electric cars already beyond 2020 total

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surpasses 2020 full year total in just six months as lithium, cobalt and nickel prices bounce and tonnes deployed globally set records.

MINING.com Editor | August 31, 2021 | 1:51 pm