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Environmental activists and opposition groups are set to gather in the center of Serbia’s capital on Saturday to demand a halt to the Rio Tinto Group’s $2.4-billion plans to open Europe’s biggest...
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Vedanta Zinc International subsidiary Black Mountain Mining (BMM) plans to add a new product line, iron-ore (magnetite), to the BMM portfolio and is set to add significant financial benefits to the...
Diversified mining company Exxaro says it expects its headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six-month period ended June 30 to be between 31% and 45% lower than that reported for the six-month...
BHP Group, the world’s No. 1 miner, is planning to sell Brazilian copper and gold assets it acquired with the takeover of Oz Minerals, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has...
Australia-headquartered uranium miner Paladin Energy is set on transforming itself from a single-asset entity into a "serious global producer with scale and upside potential", said COO Paul...
Industrial metals found firmer footing on Tuesday, the day after commodities were swept up in a tumultuous global selloff of risk assets. Copper, aluminum and zinc all steadied after a frenzied...
Vitol Group has agreed to buy the last remaining piece of fallen Asian commodity trader Noble, as the energy trading giant recycles its blockbuster profits to go on an acquisition spree. Vitol...
JSE- and NYSE-listed Gold Fields has appointed Shannon Leigh McCrae and Zarina Bibi Mahomed Bassa as nonexecutive directors, with effect from August 2. Bassa will also serve as a member of the...
The project is set to contribute to the world’s decarbonisation efforts.
A downturn in the critical minerals sector that has triggered a wave of job losses in Australia's top earning resources state has also struck a blow to the country's hopes to build out a critical...
This week: Anglo's eyes are firmly on a copper, iron-ore and crop nutrient prize; Seriti’s wind move may be further energy transitioned by solar and, Kumba Iron-Ore says public-private partnership...
Australia — one of the world’s most important mining nations — is planning to tighten rules that govern how companies announce their exploration results, with a revised code for listed companies...
Canadian miner Baffinland Iron Mines on Tuesday announced the resignation of Brian Penney as CEO. Penney has decided to leave his position to allow more time with his family on the east coast of...
BHP's iron-ore supply has not been affected after a minor incident at a railyard near Port Hedland in Western Australia, the company said on Wednesday. “A single rail car has come off the tracks...
Rio Tinto may consider a large acquisition but it would have to provide value that is hard to find amid a copper market that is running hot, CEO Jakob Stausholm said on Wednesday while discussing...
The successful development of the Simandou iron-ore project will have a transformative impact on the Guinean economy and its people and bring green solutions to the steelmaking industry in China...
Mubadala Capital and commodities trader Trafigura have hired UBS BB and Goldman Sachs to help sell a Brazilian iron-ore port they bought a decade ago from former oil and mining tycoon Eike Batista,...
Guinea’s giant Simandou iron-ore project, which is expected to start exports in two years’ time, is set to contribute to the world’s decarbonisation efforts, according to Rio Tinto. “With an iron...
Shares of Australia's Fortescue fell more than 9% on Tuesday to hit their lowest levels in 21 months, after stocks worth A$1.9-billion ($1.24-billion) were sold in a discounted block trade...
Brazilian miner Vale is confident it will manage to meet the top end of its outlook for iron ore production in 2024, which stands between 310 million and 320 million metric tons, chief executive...
The world’s biggest miners are back in serious dealmaking mode and Teck Resources is taking center stage. The Canadian miner, which has exited its coal business with a sale this month to Glencore,...
Martin Creamer talks about job creation, sun and wind energy and iron-ore.
Brazilian miner Vale, one of the world's largest iron-ore producers, said on Thursday its second-quarter net profit soared to $2.77-billion, triple the year-earlier period and above analyst...
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the Minerals Council South Africa's support of beneficiation where the economics make sense; Seriti Resources advancing into wind energy through Seriti...
The Saldanha Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT), owned and operated by State-owned freight logistics company Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), recorded a volume increase of 6.2% year-to-date in March, it...
Kumba Iron Ore has reiterated that the project remains an important element in the positioning of its business for a sustainable future.
Although the South African iron-ore sector showed a “healthy recovery” in 2021 and 2022 after emerging from the Covid-19-induced slump in 2020, figures have again trended downwards since 2022...
By the end of 2025, the new Anglo American is going to be focused 100% on copper, iron-ore and crop nutrient mining. By that time, the demerged Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Anglo American...
Diversified mining company Anglo American, which is in the process of restructuring itself, on Thursday delivered $5-billion underlying half-year earnings for the six months to the end of June....
Open pit mining of the F’derick deposit began in 1967, marking a significant chapter in Mauritania’s industrial history. After a 38-year break, the Societe Nationale Industrielle et Miniere (SNIM)...
ustralia's Fortescue said on Thursday it will increase spending on its energy division to advance several new green hydrogen projects next year, disappointing analysts who had expected a company...
Anglo American investors will keenly scrutinize CEO Duncan Wanblad on Thursday as he gives an update on the London-based miner's strategy, just months after fighting off a $49-billion takeover bid...
The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) has begun the process of restarting operations in Labrador City, Quebec. This comes as provincial authorities on Monday lifted an evacuation order for the town...
Iron-ore dropped to near the $100 a ton threshold as a policy meeting in China failed to deliver major stimulus, while supplies remained robust. The steelmaking material fell as much as 2.3% to...
BHP Group must stop funding legal action seeking to halt some Brazilian municipalities from bringing a multi-billion pound claim over one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, London's High...
ASX-listed Macro metals on Tuesday announced an agreement to acquire an 80% interest in three manganese projects in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia. The company entered into an...
The commitment of South Africa’s new multi-party government to continued reform of this country’s iron-ore logistics was hailed on Tuesday by Kumba Iron Ore. During the presentation of half-year...
Mining company Kumba Iron-Ore has reported a robust set of results for the six months ended June 30 despite a challenging market. CE Mpumi Zikalala says the company’s first-half results reflect...
ASX-listed Avira Resources has completed the Stage 2 earn-in requirements for the prospective Puolalaki nickel/copper/cobalt project, in Sweden. “We are thrilled to have completed the Stage 2...
All conditions have now been satisfied for Rio Tinto’s investment to develop the Simandou project.
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