Rio Tinto invests $51m in Canadian alumina refinery
Upgrades, to be completed in early 2021, include three new energy efficient buildings and a centralized control room.
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Vale expects stronger iron ore sales in fourth quarter
Company said recovered inventories in China will give the producer more flexibility on sales going forward.
Newmont reports best quarter ever, raises dividend by 60%
Newmont produced 1.5 million attributable oz. of gold at all-in-sustaining costs of $1,020 per oz. in Q3, plus 273,000 gold-equivalent attributable oz. from coproducts.
Silver Sands kicks off drilling at Argentina project
An initial, 2,500-metre program will focus on seven untested or minimally tested epithermal silver veins at Virginia projects.
Glencore cuts coal target again as Colombian strike hits output
Glencore lowered its 2020 coal guidance by 5.7% to 109 million tonnes as a strike at the Cerrejon mine in Colombia entered its 60th day on Friday.
Yamana Gold confirms Malartic underground potential
Drill results back Canada’s biggest gold mine prospects of growing beyond the current open pit.
How Olympic Dam went from mother of all digs to debottlenecking
The final chapter on the world's most ambitious – and costly – mining project has closed.
No punishment 5 years after the Fundão dam tragedy
Brazilian prosecutors have filed a new lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by BHP and Vale.
Gold price to climb regardless of election result, analysts say
A "fragile" US economy and ongoing central bank "money printing" will lift gold prices, analysts say.
