February 12, 2019

NGOs push to expel Brazil miner Vale from UN pact over dam disaster

"The Brumadinho disaster shows that favoring profit over safety has been Vale's standard operating procedure."

February 12, 2019

Livent to export Chinese lithium in 2019 due to subsidy uncertainty

The action will increase Livent's sale taxes in China but give it greater access to growing markets for lithium in Japan, South Korea and elsewhere.

February 12, 2019

Nickel rally fades, electric vehicle buzz doesn’t

Was it another false dawn for the nickel market?

February 12, 2019

Inside the global iron ore crisis: What’s next in four charts

Iron ore’s dramatic rally will raise costs for steelmakers, potentially crimping their profit margins, unless they are able to pass on the additional burden to customers.

February 12, 2019

Iron ore futures tumble in Singapore as Vale-driven rally frays

Vale has flagged production cuts of as much as 70 million tons in the wake of the deadly dam breach, spurring worries about a substantial loss of seaborne supply.

February 11, 2019

Brazil miner Vale knew deadly dam had heightened risk of collapse

We used to say these kinds of mining incidents were acts of God, but now ... we consider them failures in engineering.

February 11, 2019

Southern Copper reports $293.2m in Q4 net income

The companies 112 percent rise in net income in all of 2018 was due mainly to higher sales and lower taxes.

February 11, 2019

Grupo Mexico net profit falls by a third in Q4

The company reported $2.567 billion in revenues for the fourth quarter, down slightly from a year earlier.

February 11, 2019

Livent swings to quarterly profit on rising lithium demand

The company, which produces lithium in Argentina, posted net income of $25.9 million, or 18 cents per share.

February 11, 2019

Fura promotes transparency in coloured gem industry

Fura Gems has launched the Provenance Proof Blockchain designed to promote transparency in the coloured gemstones industry.