May 6, 2021 China suspends economic dialogue with Australia as relations curdle Bilateral ties were strained in 2018 when Australia became the first country to publicly ban Chinese tech giant Huawei from its 5G network.
May 6, 2021 Russell: Some commodity producers lagging the rallies in red-hot metals The share prices of major producers have not quite matched the stellar gains of the commodities they produce.
May 6, 2021 Australia approves A$100m in tax incentives for junior miners The Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive converts tax losses into exploration credits for investors and provides a tax offset for junior mining companies.
May 6, 2021 Rio Tinto shareholders reject former CEO’s exit package More than 60% of the votes cast at Rio's annual meetings in London and Sydney were against Jean-Sébastien Jacques' exit package.
May 5, 2021 World iron ore output to rise 5.1% by 2025 — report The growth with be possible as new projects come on-stream, GlobalData says.
May 5, 2021 Iron ore price surges as steel rally fires up demand Expectations are building that benchmark prices can get to $200 a tonne.
May 5, 2021 Iron ore to displace soybeans as Brazil’s main export earner Brazil's iron ore export revenues are set to surge 60% this year.
May 4, 2021 Vale raises number of independent board members to eight The group includes the former chief executive officer of state-controlled oil company Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco.
May 3, 2021 Russell: China seeks to cool red-hot steel sector, and aims at Australia Beijing and Canberra have been at loggerheads for more than a year over a variety of political issues, but the fallout has been concentrated in trade.
May 1, 2021 Record metals prices catapult mining profits beyond big oil The mining windfall is the latest sign of a boom in iron ore, copper and other metals that’s sending an inflationary wave through the global economy.
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