Global miner BHP reached a preliminary deal with the supervisors’ union at its Escondida mine in Chile, avoiding a strike at the world’s largest copper deposit, the company announced. In late September, the union’s members rejected a proposal from...
A 2014 toxic spill in a Mexican river blamed on Grupo Mexico was not an accident but a result of negligence, the country’s Environment Minister said while urging the mining conglomerate to create a new plan to remediate the damage. Grupo Mexico failed to...
Anglo American and Mitsubishi Materials have agreed to collaborate on a responsible copper value chain in Australia. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding on the creation of a copper product offering that responds to the growing demand for metals...
North West Phosphate will begin mining operations on 65,000 square kilometres of untapped phosphate tenements in north-west Queensland, the ABC reported. The $350 million project will focus on one of the largest deposits, Paradise South, with the company...
Nuton, Rio Tinto’s copper leaching technology venture, will invest a further $US10 million ($16 million) in McEwen Copper, a subsidiary of McEwen Mining, through a binding agreement. The McEwen Copper shares will be acquired by Nuton through a two-part...
