March 5, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.

March 5, 2021

Activist investor Pentwater takes aim at Turquoise, Rio boards over CEO exit

Pentwater is Turquoise Hill's largest shareholder after Rio with a 9% stake.

March 5, 2021

Top nickel producer sets out end-to-end battery ambition

Indonesia has drafted a plan that would see four state firms supplying nickel ore, processing nickel sulphate and cobalt sulphate, and then producing cathodes and batteries.

March 4, 2021

Nickel prices: How did we get here and what comes next?

To understand today’s pricing, we have to look back to pre-2007, when there was a squeeze on nickel prices.

March 4, 2021

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.

March 4, 2021

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

Global ETFs have retraced the last six months of overall inflows over the past four months, the WGC says.

March 4, 2021

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

There are signs that the price and demand surge for coal during the recent colder-than-expected winter across North Asia is starting to ease.

March 4, 2021

Flights halted from PNG copper mine to Australia over virus cluster

Five new confirmed infections were linked to the Ok Tedi copper mine.

March 4, 2021

Turquoise Hill CEO quits on Rio Tinto meddling

Ulf Quellmann has resigned after top shareholder Rio Tinto told the Canadian miner it plans to vote against his re-election.

March 4, 2021

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners

Resource nationalism has been on the rise over the past year, but Verisk Maplecroft believes the worst is yet to come for miners as governments try to claw back the…