Scores feared dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine
About 80 people were swept into a lake in the remote Hpakant area of Kachin State.
About 80 people were swept into a lake in the remote Hpakant area of Kachin State.
Dominic Barton will join the board in April and take over as chair after Rio's annual general meeting on May 5, replacing Simon Thompson.
Over 100 miners were evacuated from a Siberian coal mine after fire sensors were triggered.
Rio Tinto's Jadar lithium project is facing opposition in Serbia, as are other miners' projects around the world.
So far, gold has rather ignored the unfolding energy crisis, but we’ve already seen that market narratives can change quickly.
The 2011 rough diamond sales deal in which the venture, Debswana, sells all of its output to De Beers was set to expire in 2020.
Illegal gold mining in the north Amazonian territory of Brazil's indigenous Munduruku people has led to more than half of several hundred people tested showing unsafe mercury levels.
Angela Bigg, previously general manager, operations, will be the first female to lead the mine and its 1,100 employees.
Battery production capacity is being added faster than supply chains can grow.
Illegal gold miners moved from the Madre De Dios biodiversity hotspot to nearby areas.