France’s ERAMET raises bid for Australia’s Mineral Deposits ERAMET said it would pay A$322 million for the shares it did not already own in the company. Reuters | June 13, 2018 | 11:08 am
Australia’s Incitec Pivot wins explosives’ contract with Fortescue Metals The contract with the two units of the world's fourth-largest iron ore miner will last until December 2023 Reuters | June 13, 2018 | 10:54 am
China wants more high-grade iron ore? Not according to the import data: Russell There may be a slight problem with the prevailing theme for the iron ore market this year, namely that China is increasingly interested in using higher-grade ore as part of efforts to boost output and lower per unit pollution. Reuters | June 13, 2018 | 3:08 am
Rio Tinto hires CFO from Danish shipper Maersk Major miner Rio Tinto named Jacob Stausholm to replace outgoing financial boss Chris Lynch when he retires in September. Reuters | June 12, 2018 | 12:03 pm
Vedanta to double output at Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines – regional CEO Vedanta's Deshnee Naidoo told Reuters, adding that KCM is on track to produce 400,000 tonnes of copper a year in the next few years. Reuters | June 12, 2018 | 11:53 am
China’s Tsinghua University unit to buy aluminium firm for $3.7bn Tianshan has annual aluminium smelting capacity of 1.4 million tonnes. Reuters | June 12, 2018 | 11:44 am
Death toll rises to four at South Africa’s Sibanye mine Search for the fifth miner continues. Reuters | June 12, 2018 | 10:14 am
Australia’s Port Hedland iron ore shipments to China rise 2.4 pct in May Iron ore shipments from the world's biggest export terminal rose to 45 million tonnes in May from 42.6 million tonnes in the previous month. Reuters | June 11, 2018 | 3:20 pm
China’s Inner Mongolia to close 22 small coal mines this year Inner Mongolia expects to complete a 2020 target of cutting 54.14 million tonnes by 2018. Reuters | June 11, 2018 | 3:19 pm
Mitsubishi Materials unveils boardroom shake-up as data tampering scandal deepens The boardroom shake-up comes a few days after fresh cases of misconduct at its Naoshima copper smelter and refinery in western Japan was found. Reuters | June 11, 2018 | 12:09 pm
Workers at BHP’s Spence copper mine in Chile approve labor contract The deal also includes a 2 percent increase over current base salaries. Reuters | June 11, 2018 | 11:50 am
Escondida union in Chile optimistic will reach deal with BHP The union at the world's largest copper mine said BHP has promised to respond to its recent proposal for a new contract by 3 pm local time on Monday. Reuters | June 10, 2018 | 6:07 am