Gates, Bezos-backed fund offers $1bn to clean energy start-ups
To be eligible, projects must have potential to cut global emissions by at least 500 million tonnes a year.
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Glencore seals Zambia copper sale
State mining investment arm ZCCM-IH will pay $1.5 billion, but Glencore will get just $1 upfront.
Trevali meets 2020 production guidance
The miner generated 313 million lb. of zinc in 2020, in line with its guidance for 312 million lb. to 327 million lb. for the year.
Ivanhoe’s Friedland taking ‘hard look’ at US projects
The US remains under-explored because previous administrations have considered mining a "toxic" industry, Robert Friedland said.
Lithium Americas shares surge on Thacker Pass approval
The US Bureau of Land Management gave final approval to the lithium mine in Nevada.
Iron ore price rallies on record-breaking China steel output
China's steel output crossed the 1 billion tonne mark for the first time.
China coal output rises to highest since 2015
China's coal mining sector was one of the first industries to resume operations when covid travel restrictions were gradually relaxed.
New Rio Tinto boss has Mongolian bullet to bite
Rio chief exec Jakob Stausholm has a challenging to-do list and atop it sits the troubled $10 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project.
Gold price recovers despite stronger dollar
Gold recovered from a near seven-week low on prospects of a historic US relief bill.