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State of the sector: Worker health, safety and equality in ASM — report

While women make up a large percentage of the ASM workforce —they are largely invisible within the data.

Amanda Stutt | July 30, 2021 | 1:41 pm

Turquoise Hill’s profit surges over 33% on strong output

Turquoise's second-quarter copper production from Oyu Tolgoi stood at 36,735…

Reuters | July 29, 2021 | 2:55 pm

Gupta pays $25 million to end long-running spat with Rio Tinto

The dispute with Rio dates back to the miner’s sale…

Bloomberg News | July 29, 2021 | 9:37 am

Rio Tinto faces UK finance watchdog probe into value of Oyu Tolgoi

The expansion of the Mongolia mine, Rio's biggest copper growth…

Reuters | July 27, 2021 | 10:31 am

Record profits and blockbuster dividends: Here come the miners

The top-five western diversified miners may have earned a combined…

Bloomberg News | July 25, 2021 | 3:47 pm

Sumitomo Metal to invest $424m to boost battery materials output

The Japanese firm will hike production capacity of cathode materials for rechargeable batteries used in EVs to meet burgeoning demand.

Reuters | July 6, 2021 | 6:42 am

Indonesia sets coal benchmark price at highest in a decade on Chinese demand

The ministry set the benchmark coal price at $115.35 per tonne in July, higher than the $100.33 per tonne in June.

Reuters | July 5, 2021 | 3:07 pm

Accelerating energy transition promises big returns – report

Data by the International Renewable Energy Agency show that accelerating energy transitions on a path to climate safety can grow the world’s economy by 2.4%.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 4, 2021 | 12:11 pm

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | July 2, 2021 | 12:00 pm