February 14, 2024 BHP flags $5.7 billion impairments on Samarco dam failure, nickel operations Last month, a Brazil judge ruled that BHP, Vale and their joint venture Samarco must pay up to 47.6 $9.67 billion in damages.
February 14, 2024 Horizon, Greenstone merge to create new gold miner in Western Australia The combined company would have global mineral resources of around 1.8 million gold ounces, as well as exploration assets.
February 13, 2024 Fleet Space Technologies launches expert-in-residence program, appoints former BHP VP The first appointee to the XIR program is Keenan Jennings, former vice president of Metals Exploration at BHP.
February 13, 2024 Carbon capture tech a ‘complete falsehood’, says Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest is asking political leaders to provide "real, non-greenwashed" commitments to encourage investment.
February 13, 2024 Rio Tinto autonomous train derails in Western Australia The incident involved an unloaded iron ore train and happened about 75 miles from Dampier port.
February 12, 2024 BHP Australia iron ore train drivers to strike for 24 hours The 24-hour work stoppage could interrupt supply from Western Australia mines to BHP's export hub at Port Hedland.
February 12, 2024 Perseus Mining confident in winning OK for OreCorp takeover Perseus and Silvercorp may both end up obtaining the greenlight from Tanzania's watchdog to buy OreCorp, which owns a gold project there.
February 12, 2024 Glencore to sell stake in troubled New Caledonia nickel operation Glencore will keep the nickel plant under care and maintenance for six months, during which its employees would continue to be paid.
February 11, 2024 Rio Tinto wrangles investors over water contamination claims A group representing UK pension funds has raised concerns about the water management at Oyu Tolgoi.
February 11, 2024 Australia’s International Graphite to commission $8 million plant The company plans to use graphite concentrate from its Springdale project to feed the plant's downstream processing operations.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
