Iron Ore

Vedanta investing US$8.8B in base metal expansion

Having received the go-ahead from India’s Supreme Court, Vedanta Resources (VED-L), an India-focused resource giant, is proceeding with a bauxite project in Lanjigarh, in the state of Orissa. An alumi…



Rio Tinto to expand Corumba

Strong iron ore prices and rising demand in South America and the Middle East are behind Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) latest announcement that it will invest US$2.15 billion in a major expansion of its …









Drilling at Aura Minerals' Arapiraca project in Alagoas state, Brazil. Infill drilling at the copper-gold-iron-nickel deposit is aimed at upgrading resources.

Aura set to update Arapiraca resource

VANCOUVER–After a long delay at the lab, the final set of assay results before a resource calculation for Aura Minerals’ (ORA-T, ORAUF-O) Arapiraca project are in and look likely to bolster the size …


Potassium storage at Vale's Taquari-Vassouras potash mine in Sergipe state, Brazil.

Vale has big money to spend

Almir Rezende has a problem that most of us would love to have: How to spend US$1 billion a month over the next five years.


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