Last month, a Brazil judge ruled that BHP, Vale and their joint venture Samarco must pay up to 47.6 $9.67 billion in damages.

The combined company would have global mineral resources of around 1.8 million gold ounces, as well as exploration assets.

The first appointee to the XIR program is Keenan Jennings, former vice president of Metals Exploration at BHP.

Andrew Forrest is asking political leaders to provide "real, non-greenwashed" commitments to encourage investment.

The 24-hour work stoppage could interrupt supply from Western Australia mines to BHP's export hub at Port Hedland.

Perseus and Silvercorp may both end up obtaining the greenlight from Tanzania's watchdog to buy OreCorp, which owns a gold project there.

A group representing UK pension funds has raised concerns about the water management at Oyu Tolgoi.