BHP and Vale square off in London court over Samarco tailings disaster
Vale is challenging BHP’s claim that the two miners should split any fine over the deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil.
BHP
JV Article: Brixton Metals gains traction with BHP strategic investment
It took more than a decade quietly assembling a contiguous claim block about the size of half a million football fields in northwestern British Columbia, but the effort seems to…
Rio Tinto autonomous train back in operation after derailment
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) said on Wednesday it had reopened a rail line near the port of Dampier in Western Australia after an autonomous train carrying…
Aston sees future in Arctic copper by dropping local processing in favour of ore sorting
Aston Bay Holdings (TSXV: BAY; US-OTC: ATBHF) and American West Metals (ASX: AW1) are betting on new methods to prove the economics of a copper project farther north in Canada’s…
JV Article: BHP launches global call for innovative water treatment solutions at mine sites
Aligning with its vision for greater global water security by 2030, one of the world’s biggest miners, BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has launched the “Global Water Challenge”,…
Miners in Chile to pay more taxes as long-awaited reform approved
Chilean lawmakers have approved an amended mining royalty bill, in the works for almost two years, which will make companies operating in the country pay more taxes and royalties to…
Chile’s mining royalty bill heads for final vote
Chile’s senate has approved an amended mining royalty bill, in the works for almost two years, passing it back to the lower chamber for a final vote expected to come…
RANKED: The world’s longest-lived battery metals mines under construction
With growing demand for battery metals including nickel, lithium and graphite, The Northern Miner has teamed up with our data provider Mining Intelligence to rank the top battery metals projects…
BHP unveils first natural capital accounting results
Results of first pilot case study on the application of natural capital accounting principles in mining focused on former mineral sands operation in Australia.
BHP inks new contracts with First Nations communities at Jansen potash project
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) announced Friday that as construction progresses at its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan, it has awarded three new contracts in partnership with local…
Make metals with China not war, Friedland tells PDAC
Robert Friedland, founder and executive co-chair of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN), says the West shouldn’t go to war over Taiwan because it needs investment from China to mine metals for the global…
BHP seeks to tighten grip on South America’s copper sector
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), the world’s largest miner, is mulling expanding its investments in Argentina’s copper sector, where it already has a presence through its 5% stake…