BHP scraps US$2.5B Olympic Dam expansion plan
Mining giant BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) has shelved a planned US$2.5 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine in South…
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BHP strikes heritage deal ahead of annual meeting
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LON: BHP) has reached an eleventh-hour deal with a coalition of Aboriginal land councils, as shareholders were pushing for a halt to…
Gold rally lifts top 50 mining stocks above US$1T for first time
MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows an industry recovering from its Covid-19 slump and moving into positive…
Cleveland-Cliffs to acquire ArcelorMittal USA in US$1.4B deal
Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) is buying “substantially all” of Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal’s (NYSE: MT) operations in the United States in a US$1.4 billion deal that will make…
Raymond James raises price forecasts for base metals, iron ore
Raymond James forecasts higher average prices for copper, nickel, lead, zinc and iron ore, but lower prices for uranium, its analysts wrote in a research…
US markets slip, Sept. 14-18
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.03% to finish the Sept. 14-18 trading week at 27,657.42 and the S&P 500 Index dropped by 0.84% to…
BHP halts expansions on heritage sites in Australia
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) acknowledged on Thursday it was aware of Australian Aboriginal groups’ concerns about the future of dozens of heritage sites before…
BHP asks traditional owners to voice concerns on cultural heritage sites
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) has told Australian Aboriginal groups to freely speak their mind about the way it manages cultural heritage as the miner…
BHP targets 30% reduction in emissions by 2030
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) has unveiled a revamped strategy to cut operational emissions by 30% by 2030 from this year’s levels, but it stopped…
FPX sees ‘large-scale’ mine at Baptiste nickel project in BC
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX) has released the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Baptiste nickel project in the company’s Decar nickel district,…
Miners use on-site testing to keep operations coronavirus-free
Timothy Ray Sewell is no stranger to pandemics. In the early 2000s, he developed emergency management plans in Indonesia and Borneo for BHP Billiton during…
Editorial: Global Mining Symposium underscores importance of ESG
More than 1,800 people from over 80 countries tuned in to The Northern Miner’s first Global Mining Symposium last week. The three-day virtual event built…