April 21, 2017 BHP top shareholders step up pressure for oil spinoff They're pressing the company not only to accept a proposal by activist investor Elliott Management to spin off its US petroleum business, but to fully demerge all of its oil…
April 21, 2017 Strike at Escondida hurt Rio Tinto copper output Production for the first three months of the year slumped 37% compared with the same period of 2016.
April 20, 2017 Post cyclone coking coal price plunge Drops 4% to $289.50 a tonne despite greater than expected Australian supply outage.
April 20, 2017 Vale’s iron ore output just hit another record Production of the steelmaking raw material jumped 11% to 86.2 million tonnes in the January-March period, compared to the same quarter a year earlier.
April 19, 2017 Newmont gets fresh shot at top gold miner spot Chinese back out of $1.5 billion deal for Barrick's Kalgoorlie stake – JV partner Newmont has long expressed interest in acquiring half of Super Pit.
April 19, 2017 Minjar Gold attempt to grab Barrick’s stake in Super Pit falls through The firm, a unit of Shanghai-listed Shandong Tyan Home, reportedly walked away from the deal due to recent tightened controls in China on outbound investment.
April 19, 2017 Ecuador mining industry to grow eightfold by 2021 — report Experts believe the value of the nation's dawning industry is set to jump from $1.1bn this year to $7.9bn in 2021 on a combination of revised regulatory framework and significant…
April 18, 2017 Iron ore price collapse wipes billions off top mining stocks Another 5% iron ore price drop Tuesday slashes $30 billion from top 5 producers' market value in one month.
April 18, 2017 South32 drops $200 million plan to buy Peabody coal mine The miner said it was unwilling to take the steps required to satisfy Australian steel makers to get the approval of the transaction, which would have its major deal since…
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm