June 14, 2023 Australia’s ANZ looks to expand lending to critical minerals sector ANZ has traditionally supported long-life, low-risk mine projects for Australia's staple resources including iron ore, gold, aluminum, copper, and nickel.
June 13, 2023 Rio Tinto inks deal to bring iron ore rail car manufacturing to Pilbara Rio intends to invest about $101 million to acquire 100 domestically built ore rail cars over six years.
June 13, 2023 Billionaire Forrest calls Musk a ‘muppet’ over fuel cell doubts Andrew Forrest, founder of Fortescue Metals, said doubters of hydrogen fuel-cell technology, including Elon, are “muppets.”
June 12, 2023 Hastings Technology Metals to supply rare earths to Neo Performance Deal is to negotiate the supply of rare earth concentrate from Hasting’s Yangibana project in Western Australia.
June 12, 2023 IGO names former Rio Tinto executive as CEO Ivan Vella was tasked with leading Rio’s Iron Ore business in Australia when he was appointed as interim CEO following the Juukan Gorge tragedy.
June 12, 2023 Visualizing the world’s largest lithium producers The global lithium-ion battery market was valued at $52 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $194 billion in 2030.
June 9, 2023 Mining’s changing ESG landscape Dean Slocum and Chris Anderson of Acorn International on artisanal miners, China in Africa, the NGO-industrial complex, Juukan Gorge and mining’s changing guard.
June 8, 2023 Nickel Industries plans to raise $633 million through share placement The Sydney-based miner has been working towards developing nickel for batteries.
June 8, 2023 CHARTS: Copper mining profits top $100 billion a year, but where are the new mines? Copper mining company profits topped $100 billion two years in a row, but building a new mine now takes on average 16 years.
June 8, 2023 BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals.
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