Anglo American

De Beers, Namibia to spend $468m in world’s first custom-built diamond searching ship

New vessel is expected to add about 500,000 carat a year of production capacity to Debmarine Namibia, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the African nation’s government.

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INFOGRAPHIC: metals and minerals used in green and renewable power generation

Global demand for strategic minerals like lithium, graphite and nickel will skyrocket by 965%, 383% and 108% respectively by 2050, according to the World Bank’s updated 2018 projections.

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Miners challenged to urgently reveal tailings safety records

Move is aimed at providing a tool for institutional investors to assess the risk from their holdings in mining companies.

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U.N., ethical investors join miners quest for global tailings rules

Currently there are no established global standards defining what a tailings dam is, how to build one and how to care for it after it is decommissioned.

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Anglo American rides out iron ore hitches in strong 2018

Copper production reached a five-year high, more than offsetting output declines at Minas Rio in Brazil and Kumba in South Africa.

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