Codelco taps new chief amid push to grow output

The world's largest copper producer has named Ruben Alvarado as the company's new chief executive.

Reuters | August 18, 2023 | 3:13 pm

Rio Tinto’s Diavik donates $184,000 to United Way NWT’s emergency wildfire efforts in Canada

The donated funds will directly assist registered charities to address…

Staff Writer | August 18, 2023 | 3:00 pm

Teck planning full exit from coal business, in event of partial sale will spin off remainder

The Vancouver-based miner has been entertaining a variety of bids…

Niall McGee - The Global and Mail | August 18, 2023 | 12:33 pm

BHP, Codelco, Freeport vie for title of biggest copper producer

After buying Australia’s OZ Minerals, BHP is challenging for the…

Bloomberg News | August 18, 2023 | 10:33 am

Anglogold Ashanti shareholders approve South Africa exit

The proposed reorganization also includes the relocation of Anglogold's headquarters…

Reuters | August 18, 2023 | 10:18 am

Piedmont Lithium looks abroad amid North Carolina uncertainty

Piedmont's first steps toward securing lithium supplies will be in Quebec or Ghana.

Reuters | June 22, 2022 | 7:38 am

Rio Tinto opens Gudai-Darri, its most technologically advanced mine in Pilbara

Its Rio's first greenfield mine in the Pilbara in more than a decade and a multi-billion-dollar investment.

Staff Writer | June 21, 2022 | 3:33 pm

Vale to spend $400 million in 2022 to remove tailings dams

The dam elimination program has already cost the company $857 million of the $4 billion it projects to spend by 2035.

Reuters | June 21, 2022 | 2:02 pm

Samarco and creditors to go through mediation about debt restructuring

A judge scheduled a conciliation hearing between the company and its creditors on Tuesday as the parties offered competing debt restructuring plans.

Reuters | June 21, 2022 | 1:05 pm

What is Australia doing about sexual harassment in mining camps?

In submissions to the inquiry last year, top miners acknowledged that sexual harassment is rife at mining camps in Western Australia.

Reuters | June 21, 2022 | 10:29 am

BHP, Vale reject Brazil steelmaker CSN’s interest, say miner Samarco is not for sale

Brazilian steelmaker CSN hired restructuring firm RK Partners to draft a proposal to buy control of Samarco.

Reuters | June 21, 2022 | 7:47 am

Glencore unit pleads guilty to bribery in Africa

Glencore Energy admitted to paying more than $28 million in bribes to secure preferential access to oil in five countries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2022 | 3:48 am

Civil society group flays diamond watchdog over Russia stalemate

The United States and Britain have imposed sanctions on Russia's Alrosa, the world's largest producer of rough diamonds, which accounted for around 30% of global output last year, and is partly state-owned.

Reuters | June 20, 2022 | 4:20 pm

Brazil steelmaker CSN drafting bid for miner Samarco

An agreement may not be easy, according to Reuters sources, due to Samarco's liabilities related to its 2015 disaster in the city of Mariana.

Reuters | June 20, 2022 | 9:39 am

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