Iron ore shipments that departed from Australia and Brazil stood at 23.54 million tonnes in the week ended Oct. 17, down 589,000 tonnes from the previous week.

The miner has 2021 production guidance of 315 million to 335 million tonnes, with BI analysts assuming it reaches the low end of that range.

Traders are paying huge premiums for quickly deliverable copper after stockpiles in the LME warehouse system tumbled to their lowest level in decades.

Local leaders say Las Bambas has brought pollution to the area and little in the way of economic development.

According to a report from the NGO Finnwatch, Vale operations generated deforestation and polluted the Cateté river.

Companies on the global hunt for lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt, and PGMs wherever they are.

Lopez Obrador's proposed legislation will no longer award concessions to mine lithium "and other strategic minerals" needed for the country's energy transition.