Robots help ‘smart mines’ drive China’s coal build-out
China invested $79 billion in coal production last year, according to the IEA, while the rest of the world combined spent $37 billion.
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Peru wants to seize lithium ‘window of opportunity,’ says minister
The world's second largest copper producer, Peru has a lithium exploration project in the region of Puno, on the border with Bolivia.
Canadian Conservatives want Glencore takeover of Teck blocked
Thousands of jobs would be at risk, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said in a statement.
Vale taps ex-Anglo CEO Cutifani to chair battery metals board
Cutifani will join Jerome Guillen, a former Tesla executive, on Vale’s so-called energy transition board.
Suncor Energy to acquire TotalEnergies’ Canadian operations for $4 billion
TotalEnergies holds a 31% working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project and a 50% working interest in the Surmont in situ asset.
Ivanhoe taps Glencore for $250 million to start Kipushi zinc mine ahead of schedule
Glencore will take all of the mine’s zinc concentrate for five years and fund the operation.
Hudbay on track for carbon-neutral operations at Constancia in Peru
The company is on track to achieve its 2030 climate change target of a 50% reduction in GHG emissions.
South32 aims for downstream production of battery chemicals
Miner will consider moving into the production of manganese sulphate in the US.
China’s property pain deflates ‘overhyped’ iron ore market
Iron ore price dipped below $100 a tonne this week for the first time since early December.