July 16, 2024 BHP posts second straight year of record iron ore production, beats estimates The world's largest listed miner said iron ore output from Western Australia on a 100% basis was 76.8 million tonnes in the three months to June 30.
July 16, 2024 Rio Tinto ready to build Simandou after almost 30 years of setbacks Simandou has faced delays due to legal disputes, political changes, and the challenges of building out 600 km rail and port infrastructure.
July 15, 2024 IGO to record impairment against nickel assets in strategy shift IGO has been undertaking a strategic review in an attempt to revaluate its resources.
July 15, 2024 Rio Tinto’s Q2 iron ore shipments miss after May train derailment The world's largest producer of iron ore shipped 80.3 million tons of the steel-making commodity in the quarter.
July 15, 2024 Rio Tinto to pursue development of solar farm for WA iron ore ops The solar farm could displace up to 11% of natural gas currently used for generation across Rio's integrated mining operations in the Pilbara.
July 15, 2024 SolGold secures $750m gold stream funding for Ecuador project Streaming deal will help SolGold finance feasibility studies, secure permits and later begin construction of the Cascabel copper-gold mine.
July 15, 2024 Seabed mining regulator meets amid mounting pressure for code Meeting is considered pivotal for the UN body, expected to finalize its decade-long effort to enact regulations by 2025.
July 14, 2024 Liontown signs new deal to supply spodumene to China The short-term deal is to ship 100,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate to Beijing Sinomine over 10 months.
July 14, 2024 Indonesian onslaught wipes out Australia’s nickel industry BHP’s Nickel West suspension could mark the death knell for Australia’s nickel sector and has widespread ramifications.
July 14, 2024 Column: After another boom and bust, where next for lithium? There was a similar boom-bust cycle in 2016-2017 but the difference this time is that no-one seems to be expecting a speedy recovery.
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm
