June 29, 2017

Malaysia extends bauxite mining moratorium for six months

Moratorium aims to restrict illegal mining activity on private land and companies that ignore mining guidelines, resulting in environmental pollution.

June 29, 2017

Caterpillar reshuffles top management for mining divisions

Doug Hoerr, Caterpillar's vice president of the material handling & underground division, is retiring in August after more than 20 years with the company.

June 29, 2017

Rio Tinto shareholders greenlight sale of Aussie coal assets to Yancoal

The approval ends a three-week bidding war between Yancoal and Glencore over Rio's thermal coal assets in Australia.

June 26, 2017

Mongolian herders ink historic agreement with Oyu Tolgoi mine, government

Accompanied by OT Watch and Accountability Counsel, herders in the South Gobi used the IFC’s complaint office to negotiate agreement.

June 26, 2017

Rio brushes off Glencore latest offer for coal mines, sticks with Yancoal

The company has chosen to sell its Hunter Valley coal mines to China-backed Yancoal, but shareholders will decide.

June 25, 2017

China shuns Indian iron ore in favour of Australia’s

Chinese steel mills are turning their backs on India and embracing Australia as a source of higher-grade ore for steelmaking.

June 23, 2017

EUR/JPY exchange rate and gold

Some analysts claim that the cross rate between the euro and the yen affects the price of gold (the term “cross” meaning here that the quote does not involve the…

June 23, 2017

Glencore fights back, sweetens deal for Rio Tinto’s Australian coal assets

Fresh bid is far better than the $2.55bn it offered earlier this month and considerably more than the $2.45bn offered by Yancoal, the Chinese-backed miner that is Rio’s preferred buyer.

June 22, 2017

Freeport Indonesia says giant copper mine running as normal despite strike

Company says Grasberg copper mine is running as normal

June 21, 2017

Freeport Indonesia workers to extend strike for a month – union

Thousands of mine workers at the Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan Inc will extend their strike for another month to protest against layoffs, a union official said on Wednesday.