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Iron ore miners should take advantage of high prices and improve their credit scores: Fitch

The credit ratings and research division of the Fitch Group says producers should take advantage of the current environment of lower supply, healthy demand and higher prices.

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Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines

Document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual ) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level and needs.

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Iron ore price rally could give BHP, Rio Tinto 30% earnings boost

The supply/demand dynamics benefit Australia’s iron ore miners, according to the latest research by the Macquarie Group.

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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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Fertilizer Canada decries lack of consultation as Saskatchewan ups tax burden

Saskatchewan potash producers had no input before the surprise provincial budget announcement that they may pay an estimated C$117m more next year.

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BHP steps up efforts to win neck and neck battle for Ecuador’s copper riches

The world’s largest miner has signed an earn-in and joint venture deal with Canada’s Luminex Resources over the Tarqui copper project.

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