Rio Tinto rolls out ‘world’s biggest robot’ in Pilbara

CEO Andrew Mackenzie expects to have something to say about the expansion "within a year.”

Somebody's going to get rich cleaning up China's environment.

"I do think that this is an entry point for many of the intermediate and senior producers."

The Brazilian miner is considering more non-core asset sales by the end of the year... and it is also working on a secret, "surprising" deal.

Species living in declining reef habitats, such as Australia’s Great Barrier, likely to go extinct.

The figure is up from just 2% only 12 months ago.

Remediation at Century, the world’s third largest open cut zinc mine, is expected to take 120 years.

The move surprised investors, especially since Chalco had previously held the lease and was willing to develop the resource.

Only half the total resources discovered since 1990 has been converted into reserves or put into production to date.