March 12, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week BHP moves exploration team to Toronto to grow copper, nickel pipeline; Tesla gets involved in New Caledonia mine to secure nickel supply; Newmont to buy GT Gold for $311 million;…
March 5, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.
February 19, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Copper price keeps soaring as bullish sentiment prevails; Iron ore price retreats on higher steel inventories in China; Gold price dealt ‘fatal blow’ by bond yield rally
February 17, 2021 Why Tesla isn’t a “battery company” Even when assigning zero value to automakers’ non-EV business, Tesla’s valuation based solely on battery capacity deployed are multiples of Volkswagen, GM, BYD, Hyundai, Nissan and others.
February 4, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Vale and Brazil state sign $7bn deal over Brumadinho; Gina Rinehart targets EV boom with ‘green’ lithium play; Silver price regains ground after two-day wild swing
January 31, 2021 Antarctic ice shows traces of Martian mineral Jarosite is abundant on Mars’ surface, but not so much on Earth.
January 28, 2021 Silver price surges as GameStop traders move into precious metals Shares in small nickel and cobalt explorer GME Resources also jumped as much as 53%, apparently driven by the similarity of its stock ticker code to the US videogame retailer.
January 21, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Fire at Vale iron ore terminal could cut shipments by 32m tonnes; China’s imports of Australian copper ore plunged to zero; Kabanga, Tanzania to develop world’s largest nickel deposit
January 17, 2021 Hardy bacteria turn out to be good cobalt miners Geobacter could become the basis of new biotechnology to reclaim and recycle cobalt from lithium-ion batteries.
January 8, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week What’s next for Rio Tinto’s Arizona copper project?; Cornish Lithium granted rights for offshore exploration; Agnico snaps up Nunavut miner TMAC in $226m deal
Harmony Gold says newly acquired Australian copper mine requires two-year revamp Harmony officially took over the CSA mine in New South Wales last October after acquiring it from Australian miner Mac Copper. February 09, 2026 | 10:15 am
