June 23, 2021 Brazil to ease licencing of newly listed strategic minerals projects The government has issued a list of specific metals which production aims to boost with its new policy for strategic minerals.
June 22, 2021 Australian Aboriginal opposition mounts to new state heritage laws Western Australia has been redrafting its 50-year-old heritage laws which give the state Aboriginal Affairs minister the ultimate say in whether miners can destroy heritage sites.
June 22, 2021 China iron ore price plunges on government price monitoring plan The most-traded iron ore contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange hit its lowest in two weeks.
June 21, 2021 Iron ore price dives as Chinese regulators launch spot market probe China's state planner and the market regulator have pledged to crack down on hoarding and speculation.
June 21, 2021 GRAPHICS: What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals More than 40 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, report shows.
June 21, 2021 Australia’s mining hub needs workers for boom times Some $105 billion in projects in Western Australia’s resources sector may not be fully realized unless the state addresses a chronic shortage in skilled workers.
June 21, 2021 World’s first fossil-free steel plant fueled by hydrogen Sweden’s Hybrit is developing a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas, which will be used in the pilot plant for direct reduction in Luleå.
June 18, 2021 Copper, gold price bulls nurse their wounds but fight’s not over yet While there are many reasons to still bet on a so-called supercyle, it’s unlikely to be plain sailing.
June 18, 2021 Iron ore price retreats on news of further restrictions in China China's state planner said on Friday that it had jointly launched an investigation into coal prices with the market regulator and will crack down on speculation and hoarding.
June 18, 2021 Anglo commits to provide eDNA data to protect biodiversity Anglo American has become the first mining company to subscribe to the IUCN’s eBioAtlas.
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