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Nickel price drops most since 2016 on Tsingshan deal

The nickel and stainless steel giant will provide 100,000 tonnes of nickel matte to Huayou Cobalt and battery materials maker CNGR Advanced Material.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 4, 2021 | 9:34 am

Gold price slump led to $4.6bn monthly loss in ETFs

Global ETFs have retraced the last six months of overall…

MINING.com Editor | March 4, 2021 | 9:16 am

Asia seaborne coal prices start to retreat, China-Australia dispute lingers

There are signs that the price and demand surge for…

Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 7:56 am

Flights halted from PNG copper mine to Australia over virus cluster

Five new confirmed infections were linked to the Ok Tedi…

Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 7:28 am

Turquoise Hill CEO quits on Rio Tinto meddling

Ulf Quellmann has resigned after top shareholder Rio Tinto told…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2021 | 3:55 am

Hedge fund to take Vedanta dispute to US regulators

Kyma Capital is set to complain to US regulators in a dispute with Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal over nearly $1 billion in loans.

Reuters | January 19, 2021 | 9:01 am

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 19, 2021 | 3:55 am

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.

Reuters | January 18, 2021 | 9:31 am

Researchers use niobium, molybdenum to find heat-tolerant alloys for aircraft

Japanese researchers are testing materials that can stand high temperatures and improve the efficiency of gas turbines in power plants and aircraft.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 18, 2021 | 6:16 am

Stakes high for Rio Tinto, Mongolia as Oyu Tolgoi talks loom

The next three to six months will be crucial to the future of the vast copper-gold mine, as the companies behind the operation negotiate with the government.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2021 | 6:11 am

India gold demand set to climb as buyers unleash pent-up demand

Demand in India, which trails only China, slumped in 2020 as the pandemic restricted movement and hit logistics.

Bloomberg News | January 14, 2021 | 11:11 am

Tension in India over plan to turn Goa into coal hub

Opponents say New Delhi's projects would cut through ecologically sensitive areas, such as the Mollem National Park.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2021 | 7:05 am

China’s ban on Australian coal forces trade flows to realign

While Indonesia was China’s second-biggest supplier, it has now seen demand surge as imports from Australia dropped to nearly zero.

Reuters | January 12, 2021 | 8:11 am

India sees $55bn investment in clean coal over next decade

The investment will be made in clean coal facilities, including coal gasification and coal-bed methane.

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2021 | 8:51 am

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Nickel price drops most since 2016 on Tsingshan deal

Gold price slump led to $4.6bn monthly loss in ETFs

Asia seaborne coal prices start to retreat, China-Australia dispute lingers

Flights halted from PNG copper mine to Australia over virus cluster

Turquoise Hill CEO quits on Rio Tinto meddling

Hedge fund to take Vedanta dispute to US regulators

Gates, Bezos-backed fund offers $1bn to clean energy start-ups

New Rio Tinto boss has Mongolian bullet to bite

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