August 20, 2020 BHP and Rio Tinto show the swings and arrows of China commodity exposure It may be a bit of an oversimplification, but in the current situation the world of commodities is effectively split between China and the rest.
August 18, 2020 BHP broadens plans to exit coal operations The miner is accelerating the sale or spinoff of interests in mines in Australia and Colombia, as well as other coal and oil assets.
August 17, 2020 Coal’s days may be over in the US President Trump has demonstrated that even a fervently pro-coal, anti-renewables administration can’t halt the decline of the former or the rise of the latter.
August 16, 2020 Four people die in accident near coal mine of Russia’s Severstal The workers were demolishing a building near a coal mine owned by Severstal.
August 14, 2020 Metro Mining to shut mine early as virus chokes sales The Bauxite Hills Mine in Queensland is expected to cease shipping ore earlier than usual in mid-September and restart next April.
August 14, 2020 Australian billionaire woos Canadians to build coal mine in Rockies Grassy Mountain mine, which is forecast to produce 4.5 million tonnes of steelmaking coal per year, would span 2,800 hectares.
August 14, 2020 BHP to steer mining lobby groups’ climate change policies Company said it will closely monitor the work of industry associations to ensure they match its climate position on keeping the world’s warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius.
August 14, 2020 China approves merger of two coal giants Shandong Energy Group and Yankuang Group's business combination creates China’s second-largest coal producer.
August 13, 2020 New South Wales greenlights Vickery coal mine expansion The approval comes with 184 conditions aimed at mitigating environmental and social impacts.
August 10, 2020 BHP to pay $840 million to break from coal in Chile Escondida and Spence mines have ended a 2008 energy contract with a coal-fired thermoelectric plant early.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
