A court acquitted BHP, Vale and their iron ore joint venture Samarco as well as 22 former directors, executives and technicians in a case about criminal responsibility for the disaster that killed 19 people.
Companies linked to Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison’s daughter were asked to repay $158,000 they received in ‘rent relief’, the miner has revealed.
Santos has rejected claims its boss Kevin Gallagher is a potential replacement for embattled Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison.
Unhappy investors stripped $800m from Paladin Energy’s value in the wake of a production guidance downgrade for its flagship Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia.
A class action law firm has told more than 600,000 claimants they shouldn’t sign on to a compo plan set up by BHP and the Brazilian government over the fatal Samarco dam collapse.
Resolute Mining says its top priority is the safety of staff being held in west Africa’s Mali but investors have been spooked, wiping off a third of the company’s share value.
Just three months after opening the $950m mine, the Gina Rinehart-backed miner is in survival mode.
Lynas Rare Earths boss Amanda Lacaze predicts US-Australian co-operation on critical minerals supply chains will continue to grow under the new Donald Trump administration.
MinRes’ partner, New York-list Albemarle, says lithium prices will stay ‘lower for longer’ which is likely to increase pressure for a wind-back of operations at the Wodgina mine in WA.
Donald Trump has threatened to wind back green subsidies in a move that could spell more trouble for critical minerals producers grappling with weak prices.
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