June 21, 2016

Rio Tinto may be planning a $9bn spinoff a la BHP

Rumours follow Rio's decision to group its least loved units — coal, uranium salt, borates and its Iron Ore Co. of Canada — under a new umbrella branded as the…

June 21, 2016

BHP just forecast ‘another 10 years’ of iron ore glut

Chief executive Andrew Mackenzie believes the iron ore market will take longer to balance out than other commodities due to an excess of supply coming on stream in the next…

June 21, 2016

Rio Tinto to boot iron ore chief in fresh management shake-up

Andrew Harding, once tipped as the most likely person to take the company’s reins, is being replaced by Chris Salisbury, currently leading the copper and coal division.

June 20, 2016

Gold supply to drop by 7 pct by 2021 – Newmont CEO

"We are one of the few who are building."

June 20, 2016

Samarco said to be in restructure talks

30 million tonnes per year iron ore mine owned by BHP and Vale idle since November.

June 17, 2016

Mosaic in talks to acquire Vale fertilizer unit in $3bn deal — report

A cash-and-stock deal is said to be the favourite option at this point, though the parties are also discussing other alternatives.

June 17, 2016

Lundin Gold getting closer to developing Fruta del Norte in Ecuador

With construction expected to start in 2018, the US$669-million Fruta del Norte project could finally begin production before the end of the decade.

June 16, 2016

Samarco iron ore won’t restart this year

Vale-BHP joint venture was shut after deadly dam spill in November – Samarco produced a fifth of global seaborne iron ore pellets supply before the disaster.

June 15, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: The trajectory of Venezuelan hyperinflation looks familiar…

Extreme shortages of food and power continue to ravage the country of Venezuela, and ordinary people have been paying the price.

June 14, 2016

An evaluation of the lithium mining environment in South America

The extent to which the lithium market will grow is contested, but market trends indicate that lithium will be an increasingly profitable sector within mining in the next five years.