June 10, 2021

Nature-related financial risk opens new can of worms for miners

Verisk Maplecroft believes that funds and international creditors have an opportunity to drive conservation improvements by tying finance to ESG milestones.

June 9, 2021

Vale’s decomissioned Brazil dam at risk of collapse, labor body says

Engineers and technicians told the auditors that the tailings at Xingu had not been properly drained.

June 9, 2021

Neo Lithium more than doubles 3Q project’s high-grade zone resources

The resource is "strategically important" because it requires smaller evaporation ponds to put the project into production, the company says.

June 9, 2021

Iron ore price jumps as Chinese inventory drops to the lowest since February

Shipments from Rio Tinto were seen declining, while Vale has interrupted production at two mines over safety concerns, reducing its output by 40,000 tonnes a day.

June 9, 2021

Politics set to keep a lid on investments in Peru

There are signs that Peru’s likely next president will be less of an enemy to mining than first feared.

June 8, 2021

Copper price lower, China price curb fears weigh

Copper prices drifted lower on Wednesday as high factory gate prices in China raised concerns of price curbs by the government.

June 8, 2021

BHP, Spence workers to extend talks for two days – union

The union representing 1,100 workers at the mine in Chile's northern Atacama Desert said it hoped to reach agreement by the end of Thursday.

June 8, 2021

Moody’s flags significant ESG risks to mining with new ratings

The ratings agency has released new ESG issuer profile and credit impact scores for the global metals and mining sector.

June 7, 2021

Chile calls for debate on how to best tap the boom

In its current form, a royalty bill approved by the lower house last month would take company taxes well beyond the range of other major copper jurisdictions.

June 7, 2021

ESG to assume center stage in lithium extraction – report

Government pressure and a rise in environmental, social and corporate governance investing will motivate firms to alter existing techniques, Fitch says.