SEC Sues Vale Over Dam Disclosures Before 2019 Disaster
WASHINGTON—U.S. securities regulators on Thursday sued Brazilian mining company
Vale SA
VALE 3.66%
over how the company disclosed its…
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KoBold Metals Raises $192.5 Million to Use AI to Find Battery Minerals
ADELAIDE, Australia—KoBold Metals, a startup backed by
Bill Gates’s
Breakthrough Energy Ventures that aims to use artificial intelligence to find metals needed…
Coal Is a Gold Mine for Producers After Blistering Rally
Miners are printing money from a business many are trying to exit: digging up thermal coal.
Prices for thermal coal, the variety burned to generate electricity, have shot…
Chile Workers at World’s Biggest Copper Mine Vote to Strike
The union representing workers at Chile’s La Escondida copper mine said its members voted to reject the most recent contract offer from the mine’s owner and go on strike,…
The World’s Biggest Miner Picks Profit Over Production
SYDNEY—
BHP Group Ltd.
BHP -2.74%
’s chief executive earlier this year reminded investors that mining companies that bet big on new…
Rio Tinto’s Mines Hit By Covid-19 Restrictions
SYDNEY—
Rio Tinto
RIO 0.61%
PLC said pandemic-related restrictions are affecting its mining operations from Australia to Mongolia, slowing…
Commodity Price Surges Add to Inflation Fears
The run-up in commodity prices is casting a cloud over the global economic recovery, slamming vulnerable businesses and households and adding to fears that inflation could become…