April 27, 2022 Column: Global miners rank ESG as their top concern. Really? Not one of the biggest listed Western mining companies has an executive with the title of chief ESG officer, writes Clyde Russell.
April 27, 2022 Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out.
April 27, 2022 Australian universities get $173m in funding to turn critical minerals into products, services The funds will go towards the development of the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer hub.
April 25, 2022 South32 quarterly metallurgical coal output jumps as operations normalize South32, along with mining giants like BHP and Rio Tinto, have faced operational disruptions due to worsening labour supply issues.
April 25, 2022 Column: Bears tip-toe back into copper market as demand fears grow Copper has spent the last few weeks hanging in suspended animation, writes Andy Home.
April 22, 2022 Global miners must overcome labour shortages, inflation pain to meet targets Analysts expect earnings to be driven lower this year and next.
April 21, 2022 Musk wants more lithium for EVs but very few places have it Elon Musk wants more lithium, but only a handful of countries can supply the material key to the electrification of transportation, at least for now.
April 21, 2022 New tech will free cheaper, cleaner lithium supply – report Elon Musk warns investors about lithium supply, but a new McKinsey report says geothermal, oilfield brines and new extraction technology can meet seven-fold demand growth.
April 21, 2022 Mining giants struggle despite commodities price boom The world’s biggest miners had a tough start to the year, struggling to hit production goals and keep costs under control.
April 20, 2022 BHP reports weaker-than-expected iron ore production on covid curbs Iron ore production from Western Australia came in at 66.7 million tonnes in the three months to March 31.
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