BHP and Vale’s Samarco hit with nearly $1 billion suit
Noteholders accuse the miner of ignoring their requests to restructure their debt.
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Rio Tinto Group improved its score but continued to be weighed down by explosions that damaged two Aboriginal Australian sites.
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The world's biggest gold deposit –Pebble mine project in Alaska – just got a lifeline.
Silver price surges as GameStop traders move into precious metals
Shares in small nickel and cobalt explorer GME Resources also jumped as much as 53%, apparently driven by the similarity of its stock ticker code to the US videogame retailer.
Gold price set for worst January in 10 years
Bullion's slow start to the year may be explained by weaker demand for gold during the past quarter.
LME stocks shock sends zinc price reeling
Stocks of the galvanising metal surged to a three-year high of 294,500 tonnes this week thanks to the “arrival” of 106,000 tonnes in the space of just two days.
Turquoise Hill seeks interim order against Rio over Mongolia mine funding
Moves aims to "protect viability" of Turquoise's funding strategy for the vast Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine.
Fast-charging EV batteries closer to hitting the market
Researchers at Penn State University have developed a lithium-iron-phosphate battery with a range of 250 miles.
Max Resource expands landholdings in Colombia by 300%
The Vancouver-based miner acquired 2,000 square-kilometres of highly prospective areas for copper-silver mineralization in northeastern Colombia.