July 16, 2022

End of coal ban would stabilize China relations, Australia says

Chinese bureaucrats are proposing that senior leaders should authorize the resumption of coal purchases as tensions between Beijing and Canberra begin to ease.

July 14, 2022

Rio Tinto faces labour crunch in Western Australia, warns of inflation hit

Rising covid-19 cases at its Pilbara operations have led to "elevated levels of unplanned absences."

July 14, 2022

Lake Resources refutes short seller’s lithium tech allegations

Company said short seller J Capital Research's report criticising partner Lilac Solutions Inc's extraction technology had "inaccurate assertions" and pertained to the wrong process.

July 14, 2022

China studies ending Australia coal ban on supply fear

Officials are looking to boost fuel supplies to avoid a repeat of last year’s power disruptions -- particularly ahead of a key party congress.

July 13, 2022

Glencore expands coal mining in an Australian methane hotspot

The Hail Creek mine spewed between 123,000 and 263,000 metric tons of methane last year, according to scientists at the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research.

July 12, 2022

CSIRO contracted to plan environmental monitoring for deep-sea nodule collection

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation to create a framework for the development of an ecosystem-based management and monitoring plan.

July 12, 2022

Cost reductions for renewables may stall in Australia – report

Inflation and supply chain disruptions are to blame for the stall of cost reductions for renewable energy in Australia, according to the 2022 GenCost report.

July 11, 2022

Lake Resources shares hit by short seller’s lithium tech allegations

It's the latest attack against a wave of new technologies aiming to produce the electric vehicle battery metal.

July 8, 2022

Top 50 mining stocks lose $600bn in market value from peak

After a brutal second quarter, investors in the world’s 50 biggest mining companies are in full retreat as metal prices slump and uncertainty grips the sector.     

July 8, 2022

BHP loses appeal to multibillion lawsuit over Samarco disaster

The lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilians over the deadly dam failure in 2015 alleges the miner ignored safety warnings.