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ASX-listed Mineral Resources has reported record earnings for the full year ended June, driven by the sale of its 60% interest in the Wodgina lithium project during 2019, and increased production.

Mineral Resources on Wednesday announced record statut…

Commodity price volatility brought about by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has seen mining major BHP’s profits fall of the full year ended June, however, the miner remained upbeat about future outlook.

“BHP delivered a strong set of results for th…

Diversified miner South32 on Thursday announced that the Samacor Manganese joint venture (JV), in which it holds a 60% stake, had inked a deal with Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance to divest of its shareholding in the Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Compan…

Mining major Rio Tinto has admitted to missing ‘various opportunities’ to re-evaluate the mine plan for its Brockman 4 operation, in the Pilbara, which resulted in the destruction of two sacred Aboriginal caves.

Blasting operations undertaken in May…

Diversified miner BHP on Monday announced that up to 30 new jobs would be created in Queensland’s Bowen Basin as a result of a new partnership with Novum Energy to recycle mining truck tyres for the first time in Australia.

Used earth moving tyres fro…

Major Rio Tinto has announced a 20% fall in net earnings and a 28% decline in free cash flows for the six months ended June, compared with the previous corresponding period.

Net earnings for the interim period reached $3.3-billion, down from the $4.1-…

For the Krenak indigenous people who live along the Rio Doce in southeastern Brazil, the waterway was their community’s lifeblood, a source of food and spiritual presence, where children were baptized and learned to swim.

But in 2015, a dam co-owned …

ASX-listed Mineral Resources has reported a record quarter for iron-ore production, while its Mt Marion lithium project also reported a record quarter.

Iron-ore production for the quarter ended June was up by 22% on the previous quarter, to 4.2-millio…

Major BHP on Tuesday announced that it had met its full year production targets for iron-ore, metallurgical coal and its operated copper and energy coal assets, despite impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic.

“BHP safely delivered a strong operational per…

An uneven global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and concern over the prospects for second waves of infections are weighing on the outlook across commodities markets, according to Rio Tinto Group.

While demand is strong in China, the top raw ma…