Codelco can do more if given a better partner for the Atacama salt flatCodelco, Chile's top copper producer, has entered the lithium business mandated by the country's national lithium strategy, unveiled in 2023.José Cabello | April 15, 2024 | 5:06 am
Vedanta Group asks JPMorgan to arrange $300 million India bondInvestors include global private credit funds, Bloomberg sources say.Bloomberg News | April 15, 2024 | 3:49 am
LME bans Russian-origin metal after UK, US impose new sanctionsThe London Metal Exchange (LME) on Saturday banned from its…Reuters | April 13, 2024 | 11:59 am
Alcoa starts job cuts at alumina refinery in Western Australia The company said it has “initiated a restructuring program” at the Kwinana alumina refinery located near Perth. Bloomberg News | October 18, 2023 | 3:15 pm
BHP CEO says ‘ship has sailed’ on potential acquisition of Canada’s Nutrien The world’s biggest mining company is concentrated on building its own potash business instead. Niall McGee - The Globe and Mail | October 18, 2023 | 10:49 am
Rio Tinto aims to add more iron ore with stronger China outlook The producer will spend $70 million to lift production at Gudai-Darri, its newest mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Bloomberg News | October 18, 2023 | 10:25 am
Antofagasta shares fall after 2024 copper output forecast disappoints The Chilean miner said it produced 469,100 tons of copper in the first nine months of 2023, 4.1% higher than the same year ago period. Reuters | October 18, 2023 | 8:53 am
Grupo Mexico proposes work group to address Sonora river contamination Nine years ago, a toxic mining acid spill into the Bacanuchi river in Mexico's Sonora state became one of the country's worst ecological disasters. Reuters | October 18, 2023 | 4:08 am
Vale Institute of Technology, ICMBio to execute genetic sequencing of plants and animals in Brazil By the end of 2027, the GBB will produce 5,000 genomes of species from Brazilian biodiversity, with 80 species initially defined. Staff Writer | October 17, 2023 | 4:13 pm
Vale’s iron ore output falls as operations failure hits key mine The firm produced 86.2 million metric tons of iron ore between July and September. Reuters | October 17, 2023 | 3:17 pm
Whitehaven to buy BHP’s Queensland coal mines in $4.1bn deal The decision furthers BHP's push to exit its coal operations in Queensland. Reuters | October 17, 2023 | 2:42 pm
Teck faces $8 million fine for alleged breach of environmental permit in Chile It could face two "serious" charges around its Carmen de Andacollo copper-gold mine in Chile's central Coquimbo region. Staff Writer | October 17, 2023 | 10:04 am