Investors call for greater Rio Tinto accountability over destroyed caves

British and Australian investment funds say that Rio Tinto's testimony last week raised questions about the accountability of its senior leadership.

Reuters | August 10, 2020 | 7:45 am

Rio Tinto didn’t inform cave blast owners of other mine plans

Rio CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques faced an Australian Senate inquiry after the miner in late May legally destroyed sacred caves in Pilbara region.

Reuters | August 7, 2020 | 7:56 am

Fortescue rethinking expansion that endangers Australian sacred site

Decision comes as an Indigenous group said the project threatened heritage sites, including a 60,000 year-old rock shelter.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 7, 2020 | 3:52 am

New global tailings standard guidelines aim for zero harm

The first-ever Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management is aimed at strengthening current best practices around tailings dams in the mining sector.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2020 | 5:04 am

Miners need more engineers to meet new tailings dam safety standard

More than a third of the world’s tailings dams are at high risk of causing catastrophic damage to nearby communities if they crumble.

Reuters | August 5, 2020 | 7:55 am

BNDES raises $1.5 billion from sale of Vale shares

The share sale reduced the development bank's stake in the company to 3.7% from 6.3%

Reuters | August 4, 2020 | 4:03 pm

Japan’s steel woes set to be laid bare as top mills give updates

The country’s top producers have been pummeled this year as the coronavirus pandemic hurts already weak Japanese demand.

Bloomberg News | August 3, 2020 | 2:55 pm

HBIS lines up investment in Peru iron ore mine

China's second-biggest steelmaker has signed an initial deal to develop the Pampa de Pongo mine.

Reuters | August 3, 2020 | 8:49 am

Researchers produce magnetic ‘Fool’s gold’

For the first time ever, US-based scientists turned non-magnetic pyrite into a magnetic material.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 2, 2020 | 6:56 am

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