Rio Tinto’s next chair must navigate between China and Australia
Whoever replaces Simon Thompson as chairperson of Rio Tinto Group will face a raft of complex and problematic global issues.
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Home: China’s aluminum imports underpin physical premium surge
Even the world’s largest producer - China - seems to be running short of aluminum.
Japan’s Mitsui Mining expects 9.5% rise in H1 zinc output
Company plans to produce 109,100 tonnes of refined zinc in the first half of the 2021/22 financial year that started this month.
Codelco clinches deal with workers at Radomiro Tomic mine, strike fears defused
Company said in a statement that it had reached a collective agreement with the mine's worker union, which included a bonus payment of around 4.16 million Chilean pesos ($5,776) but no salary adjustment.
South32 to pay clean-up costs to close South African coal unit sale
South32 Ltd will provide up to $250 million in funds to smooth the sale of its South African energy coal business to mining group Seriti Resources.
Australian court orders Tianqi Lithium to pay $29m to court fund
Company had refused to pay Perth-based MSP Engineering for building a lithium hydroxide plant, saying the project ran over budget.
DBS co-leads $625m finance deal in Indonesia battery metals project
The project by PT Halmahera Persada Lygend (PT HPAL) is expected to be the first smelter in Indonesia to use high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) technology to produce nickel and cobalt chemicals.
DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining
Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says.
How the US top coal-producing state is moving to net-zero emissions
With 16 active mines, Wyoming accounts for almost 40% of US coal production.
