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 on the success of our…
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Rio Tinto executives lose millions over Aboriginal site blast in Australia
Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) top bosses will pay millions of dollars for the destruction of two ancient caves in Australia as the group has decided to cut short-term…
Rio Tinto cuts 2020 copper targets on Kennecott delay
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has cut its refined copper production target for fiscal 2020 due to delays in restarting a smelter at its Kennecott mine in Utah. The…
Fortescue backtracks on plan that endangers Australian heritage site
Australian iron ore major Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) said today it would reevaluate an expansion plan at one of its iron ore mines in the Pilbara region, after an…
Star Diamond reports sample results as Rio Tinto legal battle looms
Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) has begun to receive results from Rio Tinto‘s bulk-sampling program at the Star-Orion South project in central Saskatchewan. Rio so far has processed material from four…
Chinese funding may resurrect Rio Tinto’s troubled Simandou project in Guinea
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) is once again discussing the development of the controversial large-scale Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, as half-year earnings support an investment case for…
Rio Tinto sees promise at Winu copper-gold project in Australia
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) says it has made a “promising” discovery in Western Australia, 2 km east of its Winu copper-gold project, which is on track to begin…
Rio Tinto shifts responsibility for coal power plant at Oyu Tolgoi
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has reached an agreement with Mongolia regarding the construction of a power plant to supply the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine, located…
US markets fall, June 22-26
A surge in coronavirus cases in parts of the United States undermined market sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3.31% to 25,015.55 and the S&P 500 dropped 2.86% to…
Rio Tinto to drill Janice Lake copper-silver project in Saskatchewan
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has started exploration at Forum Energy Metals’ (TSXV: FMC) Janice Lake sedimentary copper-silver project in northern Saskatchewan. The major is earning up to an…
Glencore hit by another probe over Congo dealings
Mining and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is facing a criminal investigation in its home country for failing to have organizational measures in place to prevent alleged corruption in the…
Dominion Diamond sues partner in Diavik mine
Dominion Diamond Mines is suing DDMI, its associate in the iconic Diavik mine and a subsidiary of Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO), for alleged breach of contract and acting…