May 7, 2019 Iron ore tugged between Brazilian supply shock, Trump’s trade war Brazil shipped 18.34 million tonnes of iron ore in April, down 17% from the prior month and a massive 29% from the same month a year earlier.
May 7, 2019 BHP hit by $5 billion lawsuit over 2015 dam failure in Brazil The group action suit describes in detail a series of failures and errors of judgment over several years leading to the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in 2015, owned…
May 7, 2019 Newmont Goldcorp to account for over 7% of global gold output this year The world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves, is expected to churn out 8.4 million ounces of the precious metal in 2019.
May 7, 2019 SolGold confident in new major copper-gold find in Ecuador The Australian miner believes that Cascabel and now Porvenir are the first in a long, large and rich string of copper-gold projects it will develop in Ecuador.
May 6, 2019 Vale says court halts Brucutu iron mining operations World's top iron ore miner guides down production again for 2019 after earlier decision is reversed.
May 6, 2019 Gold miners continue to cut costs, up production and finally – raise more money Gold mining industry entered 2019 in much better shape.
May 6, 2019 Codelco not giving away gold watches anymore For decades, the National Copper Corporation gave away expensive gold watches to workers that have been with the company for over 30 years.
May 5, 2019 Community around MMG’s Las Bambas mine holding its breath The Nueva Fuerabamba community is pushing for laws that decriminalize their protests.
May 3, 2019 Rio Tinto speeds up exploration at Winu copper find in Western Australia Rio has so far drilled 24 holes at the site and will continue extensive drilling in months to come as part of its $250 million exploration program.
May 3, 2019 Hudbay Minerals settles board battle with shareholder Waterton Canadian miner will elect 11 nominees of Waterton Global Resource Management, its second largest shareholder, as part of the settlement that ends a long-dragged out battle over control of Hudbay.
Key Chinese Rio Tinto shareholder backs Glencore bid to gain copper access Chinalco is already in talks with authorities and is expected to back the ambitious tie-up, Bloomberg sources said. January 19, 2026 | 07:36 am
