Following its successful initial public offering on the TSX Venture Exchange and its acquisition of the Matagami property ...

The collapse of the dam at the iron ore mine, near the city of Mariana in south-eastern Brazil, unleashed a wave of tailings ...

Teck Resources plans to invest up to US$3.9 billion to boost its copper and zinc production, as reported by Engineering News.

The Queensland Government might not be keen to lift its nuclear ban, but if Peter Dutton claims victory in this year’s ...

Zijin Mining Group racked up record annual profit after a growth burst that made the Chinese firm as big as global commodities giant Glencore, although it has softened its output targets for this ...

Chile’s national development agency, Corfo, unveiled on Tuesday an initiative to promote the extraction of strategic minerals, including cobalt and rare earth elements, from mining waste.

Close up of Manganese rock being moved on a conveyor belt SOUTH32 said it had temporarily shut its Wessels manganese mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province during the December quarter at a time ...

Rio Tinto and Glencore have held early-stage talks about a deal valued at $260bn which would create the biggest mining company in the world. Rio and Glencore have held early-stage talks about deal ...

GLENCORE approached Rio Tinto late last year about combining the two big copper producers but the discussions are no longer active, a source familiar with the matter said. The talks between Rio, the ...

BHP still ranks as number one, with a market cap of around US$126 billion. While Glencore has a market cap of approximately US$55 billion. Should Rio Tinto shares come to encompass Glencore's ...

LONDON - Rio Tinto Group and Glencore have been discussing combining their businesses, which if successful would rank as the largest-ever mining deal and create a US$158 billion ($216 billion ...

Investing.com-- Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) Australian shares fell on Friday after reports said the mining giant had held talks with Swiss commodities giant Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) over a possible merger.