June 30, 2017 Output at world’s largest copper mine sank by 63% in Q1 Escondida, majority owned and operated by BHP, produced 97,103 tonnes of copper between January and March, down from 265,597 tonnes a year earlier.
June 29, 2017 Iron ore price jumps to 8-week high Physical markets, not just futures speculation behind the latest rally
June 29, 2017 Caterpillar reshuffles top management for mining divisions Doug Hoerr, Caterpillar's vice president of the material handling & underground division, is retiring in August after more than 20 years with the company.
June 29, 2017 Rio Tinto shareholders greenlight sale of Aussie coal assets to Yancoal The approval ends a three-week bidding war between Yancoal and Glencore over Rio's thermal coal assets in Australia.
June 27, 2017 Australia backs lithium mine to spur battery push Govt investing in lithium mine for first time
June 26, 2017 Iron ore price: BHP starts work on $3.2 billion mine South Flank will replace lost production from 80mtpa Yandi operation reaching end of its life.
June 26, 2017 Rio brushes off Glencore latest offer for coal mines, sticks with Yancoal The company has chosen to sell its Hunter Valley coal mines to China-backed Yancoal, but shareholders will decide.
June 23, 2017 Iron ore reverts to supply-driven market after 2016 aberration: Russell Iron ore's demand-driven price surge last year is increasingly looking like an aberration as supply factors once again start to weaken the price outlook.
June 23, 2017 Glencore fights back, sweetens deal for Rio Tinto’s Australian coal assets Fresh bid is far better than the $2.55bn it offered earlier this month and considerably more than the $2.45bn offered by Yancoal, the Chinese-backed miner that is Rio’s preferred buyer.
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge Company just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. February 08, 2026 | 06:36 am
