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.
February 18, 2019 Brazil bans upstream mining dams after Vale’s latest disaster All so-called upstream dams need to be decommissioned or removed by August, 2021, according to a resolution the National Mining Agency published on Monday.
February 16, 2019 Vale evacuates 200 people from town near its Mar Azul mine The tailings dam at the iron ore mine is inactive so the miner said the evacuation is precautionary.
February 15, 2019 Fire shuts down Vale’s Malaysia distribution center The majority of material from the Malaysian distribution center is Brazilian Blend fines destined for China.
February 15, 2019 Kinross stock rallies after reporting record production at Paracatu and Bald Mountain Operating cash flow reached $790 million in 2018, and cash and equivalents of $349 million, $1.9 billion in liquidity, and no debt maturities until 2021.
February 15, 2019 Trust in tailings? Vale dam disaster spurs investors into action The disaster has called into question the willingness of investors and lenders to continue funding the broader industry.
February 15, 2019 Miner Vale says fire to halt operations at Malaysia distribution center The company said the fire should have a reduced impact on shipments as 10 days of preventive maintenance was already programmed at the terminal.
February 15, 2019 Brazil’s Usiminas more than doubles profits in 2018 Brazil's Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais posted $223.21 million in profit in 2018.
February 15, 2019 Silver One starts drilling at Peñasco Quemado in Mexico Historical measured and indicated resource at the property are of 2.57 million tonnes at a grade of 117 g/t Ag for a silver resource of 9.63 million ounces.
February 15, 2019 Eight Vale employees arrested in Brazil as part of dam collapse probe Four people from the German consulting group Tüv Süd, company that certified the safety of Vale’s dams, were also detained.
ERG earmarks $1B for Kazakhstan operations Operations of the private, Luxembourg-headquartered miner in Kazakhstan represent more than one-third of the country’s metals and mining industry. January 23, 2026 | 09:36 am
