Iron ore price retreats on steel output curbs China's crude steel output from January-August grew 5.3% from a year earlier, despite production controls intensifying beginning in July. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 12, 2021 | 8:42 am
Saudi mining plan gets $3 billion EV boost from Australian firm EV Metals Group Plc’s spending will be on building plants to process minerals including lithium and nickel, and later expand into exploring. Bloomberg News | October 12, 2021 | 7:52 am
Physical coal prices in China surge on nationwide shortage Beijing is urging domestic mines to ramp up production even as it tries to strike a balance between energy security and its carbon neutral goals. Bloomberg News | October 12, 2021 | 7:41 am
Freeport Indonesia breaks ground on $3 billion copper smelter The facility in Indonesia will have capacity of 1.7 million tonnes of copper concentrate and is expected to start operations in late 2023 or early 2024. Reuters | October 12, 2021 | 7:30 am
Ivanhoe’s DRC copper mine to double production ahead of schedule Kamoa-Kakula Phase 2’s concentrator plant, which will double copper output, to start operations a quarter earlier. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 12, 2021 | 7:09 am
Barrick CEO, PNG Prime Minister to meet on potential fast-track of Porgera restart Bristow hopes to speed up negotiations for the reopening of Papua New Guinea's vast open pit and underground gold mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 12, 2021 | 3:51 am
Scientists propose using CO2 to create Martian fuel An updated chemical process could cheaply bring astronauts back from Mars and help mitigate climate change. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 12, 2021 | 1:30 am
Newcrest sees drop in costs, higher copper output Newcrest expects to produce around 2 million ounces of gold a year until at least 2030. Reuters | October 11, 2021 | 5:33 pm
Zijin’s lithium foray adds to China’s push for battery materials Zijin shares jumped as much as 8.8% in Hong Kong on Monday, and are up 17% this year. Bloomberg News | October 11, 2021 | 2:42 pm