December 2, 2015 The iron ore price is in free-fall Following a heavy selloff in November, iron ore is down another 7% just this week with no support in sight.
December 2, 2015 World’s two biggest miners walking away from coal, but they are not telling BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have significantly cut their investments in coal, while repositioning behind the scenes.
December 2, 2015 The changing of an era in Argentina Argentina last week voted in a new pro-business President, Mauricio Macri.
December 1, 2015 Brazil mine spill not hazardous to human health Concentrations of metals in Rio Doce river after catastrophic dam burst "do not significantly differ" from tests by Brazilian Geological Service in 2010.
December 1, 2015 Barrick completes sale of 50% of Zaldívar copper mine to Antofagasta The proceeds of the sale will be used to reduce a debt pile of $13 billion with a target of wiping out $3 billion this year.
December 1, 2015 BHP Billiton to slash copper production costs, increase output The miner expects to lower production costs to $1.08 per pound during the 2017 financial year, from a projected $1.21 per pound in the year ending June 2016.
November 30, 2015 Even the iron ore price will bottom Big three close to falling victim to their own scorched earth strategy.
November 27, 2015 Brazil sues BHP, Vale for ‘initial’ $5 billion over spill Federal government, two states sue iron ore giants over devastation from dam burst that washed mud 600km down Brazil's second largest river system.
November 27, 2015 Toxic elements found in water weeks after Brazil’s mine disaster — Vale Company confirms that the Institute for Water Management in Minas Gerais (IGAM) found levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic elements many times higher than the legal maximums along the…
November 26, 2015 BHP questions UN probe that said Samarco spill ‘toxic’ The UN’s human rights agency also said the companies did not take enough measures to prevent the disaster.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
