Vale eyed dam design changes in 2009 that may have prevented disasterThe International Coalition of Large Dams (ICOLD) group "is recommending that dams, especially large dams, be built by dam professionals.Reuters | January 29, 2019 | 12:19 pm
Five Vale staff and contractors arrested after Brazil dam disasterTwo other engineers, who worked for Germany’s TUEV SUED on…Reuters | January 29, 2019 | 11:52 am
Vale’s management team on thin ice as spill fallout snowballs“Before pointing out fingers we need to see what happened…Bloomberg News | January 28, 2019 | 4:21 pm
BHP Billiton promotes Andrew Mackenzie to CEO Australian miner plans transition to start in May as Marius Kloppers retires. Kerry Hall | February 19, 2013 | 10:36 pm
New report shows just what a disaster 2012 was for juniors IPO and secondary market all but collapsed. Frik Els | February 19, 2013 | 7:15 pm
$170 here we come: Iron ore rally continues despite China’s move to cool down construction sector Rising concerns about overheating building sector, could cool demand for steelmaking ingredient. Frik Els | February 19, 2013 | 6:19 pm
Australia’s Arrium appoints new CEO The company has promoted one of its own employees to head the steelmaker and iron ore mining company. Kerry Hall | February 19, 2013 | 7:41 am
Carroll: Minas Rio, Grosvenor protects Anglo from takeover Two greenfields projects will throw off cash. Frik Els | February 18, 2013 | 11:52 pm
Back from holidays, Chinese traders continue to chase iron ore higher Rio Tinto even signs a deal at 3.5% premium to spot. Frik Els | February 18, 2013 | 7:57 pm
Drop in iron ore prices to hit BHP profit again The mining giant's profit is expected to slide for the third consecutive on Wednesday, driven mainly by last year's plummeting iron-ore price. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 17, 2013 | 7:01 pm
Goa mulls banning all new iron ore projects Officials claim Goa should be focused instead on exploiting existing low-grade iron ore dumps worth billions. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2013 | 1:59 pm
Asteroid miner ready to ‘save the Earth’ from falling celestial objects Planetary Resources says it has already developed the prototype for a spacecraft that can help detect and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2013 | 12:53 am