The world’s largest gold miner is also progressing towards receiving regulatory approvals in other jurisdictions, with a transaction close expected in the fourth quarter of the year.

There are millions of end-of-life tires buried or piled high at mines around the world. A unique Canada-Japan joint venture is tackling this problem head-on in the heart of global copper mining.

Rio Tinto's move marks its first public step into the graphite sector, as it continues to boost its exposure to battery minerals.

Vale is challenging BHP’s claim that the two miners should split any fines over the deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil.