Rio Tinto Posts Best First-Half Earnings in Four Years on Copper Demand
Rio Tinto reported its highest first-half earnings in four years, with copper demand from the data-centre boom a key driver, a positive read on the miner.
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Net news sentiment 0.14 (Neutral) across 101 stories · last 90 days. Not a price prediction.
What's driving Mining now
Over the last 90 days, Mining shows 47 positive, 14 neutral and 40 negative news signals across its constituents. The auto-generated sector insight (top drivers with direction + rationale) appears here once the analysis worker has processed enough items.
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Constituent stocks
AAL
Anglo American plc
11 · 1 · 618 stories
ANTO
Antofagasta plc
6 · 2 · 614 stories
EDV
Endeavour Mining
1 · 1 · 35 stories
FRES
Fresnillo plc
4 · 1 · 510 stories
GLEN
Glencore
6 · 2 · 816 stories
RIO
Rio Tinto
19 · 7 · 1036 stories
ATYM
Atalaya Mining
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HOC
Hochschild Mining
0 · 0 · 22 stories
Latest Tidings
The most recent stories affecting Mining, across all of our coverage.
Anglo American Misses Earnings Estimates Even as Copper Costs Fall
Anglo American has reported an earnings miss despite lower copper production costs, pointing to weakness elsewhere in its diversified mining portfolio.
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Antofagasta Restarts Los Pelambres Mine as Chile Investigates Water Incident
Antofagasta has restarted operations at its Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile, even as authorities continue to investigate a water related incident at the site.
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Antofagasta Stock: Heavy Rain Hits Los Pelambres Copper Operations
Antofagasta says high precipitation has affected operations at Los Pelambres, its largest copper mine in Chile.
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Rio Tinto Stock: Miner Signs Bio Pellet Supply Deal With SuperChar
Rio Tinto has signed a supply deal for bio pellets with SuperChar, a small step in cutting the carbon-intensive fuel it uses in metals processing.
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Antofagasta Restarts Los Pelambres Copper Mine After Storm Shutdown, Guidance Held
Antofagasta said its Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile was halted by storms and has resumed, and it kept full-year production guidance unchanged.
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Fresnillo Stock: Silver Output Falls 12.6% in the Quarter
Fresnillo reported a 12.6% quarterly decline in silver output, a direct production update for the world's largest primary silver producer.
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London Deal Activity Keeps Gold Stocks In Focus As Fresnillo (LSE:FRES) Sets The Tone
London Deal Activity Keeps Gold Stocks In Focus As Fresnillo (LSE:FRES) Sets The Tone
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Rio Tinto Divests Aluminium Composites Business to Cymat
Rio Tinto has reached a commercial agreement with Cymat to divest its aluminium composites business, allowing the mining giant to focus on core minerals and mining operations.
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New Vessel Type Accelerates Guinea-China Iron Ore Trade
A new vessel design speeds up iron ore shipments from Guinea to China, potentially increasing supply and affecting global pricing.
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Rio Tinto Stock Falls 2% After Oyu Tolgoi Loan Renegotiation With Mongolia
Rio Tinto shares dropped more than 2% after the miner renegotiated the shareholder loan terms underpinning its Oyu Tolgoi copper mine with the Mongolian government.
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Rio Tinto Stock Decline: Reasons Behind Today's Move
Rio Tinto shares decline amid market-wide selling or company-specific headwinds affecting mining valuations.
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Antofagasta Stock: Copper Output Falls 9.5% but Full-Year Guidance Held
Antofagasta says first-half copper production fell 9.5% from a year earlier, but the miner has kept its full-year output guidance unchanged.
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Glencore Stock: Congo Copper Recovery Clouded by Mining Code Risk
Glencore is leaning on Congo to recover copper output just as rising mining code risk in the country threatens to raise its operating costs.
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Rio Tinto Stock: Miner Reaffirms Production Targets Amid China Demand Worries
Rio Tinto has reaffirmed its production targets, a reassurance for investors as concerns about Chinese demand weigh on mining stocks.
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Mining Stocks Fall as China Growth Slows and Precious Metals Retreat
FTSE mining shares including Rio Tinto, Glencore and Fresnillo have fallen as slowing Chinese growth pressures industrial metals and gold and silver prices retreat.
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