Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies

Union No. 1 was asking for a bonus scheme that would put the organization on equal footing with the Quebrada Blanca's two other unions.

"Now is the era of the Vale dividends. Vale will become a big payer of dividends if everything goes well," CEO Fabio Schvartsman said on Friday.

A new joint venture has been born.

New acquisition would increase the Canadian company's holdings in Salta to 8,664 hectares.

Auction of $2 billion Michiquillay project in northern Peru slated for this week is canceled by the embattled government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

More than half the 2017 combined market cap gains for the world's largest listed miners accrued to just five firms as gold producers drop out of top 10.

Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc said on Wednesday it had reached a new wage agreement with unionized workers at its Centinela mine.

Auction for $2 billion Michiquillay copper mine project in Peru was canceled by government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski but is now slated for February.

The suspension is in response to a 40-day long blockade at its El Limón-Guajes gold mine.