February 19, 2019 Dry bulk market prospects worsen after Brazil dam disaster-shipper Golden Ocean The final effect on seaborne volumes is yet to be seen, but it is likely that an expected increase in exports from Brazil for 2019 will instead be a small…
February 19, 2019 BHP can’t rescue iron ore market after Brazil dam disaster 'We don’t see the case for any major investment in iron ore' - Mackenzie
February 19, 2019 Miners’ waste problem will only get worse It’s taken two tragedies in just over three years, but the mining industry is finally starting to clean up its act.
February 19, 2019 Lumina Copper faces charges, up to $55m fine for environmental breaches in Chile This is not the first time the Chilean watchdog has fined Lumina.
February 19, 2019 South Africa’s AngloGold looks to streamline assets, Argentine mine up for sale It is very important that we can see the assets in our mix have long-term potential and to the extent that they don't or there is other strategic reasons to…
February 19, 2019 Canadian regulator clears Newmont’s $10B merger with Goldcorp The companies announced their planned all-share tie-up in January, just two weeks after the Barrick-Randgold merger was finalized.
February 19, 2019 LiCo Energy Metals withdraws from Chilean lithium project facing community opposition The Vancouver-based miner said that management decided to leave Purickuta due to “unworkable property conditions."
February 19, 2019 Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals CEO, board of directors Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is pushing for an overhaul of Hudbay Minerals’ board and the exit of the CEO, Alan Hair, over alleged "mismanagement."
February 19, 2019 BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco…
February 18, 2019 Copper cops play game of cat and mouse around desert convoys The new police unit has already had some success, arresting 11 people and seizing about 60 tons of mineral stolen from the copper mines.
Portugal’s Lifthium wins $210 million grant for lithium refinery Bondalti, Portugal's largest chemicals producer, already operates sites there and Lifthium aims to start operations by 2030. January 20, 2026 | 08:36 am
