May 2, 2022

Australian court greenlights MMG’s Tasmania tailings dam study

Chinese-owned MMG may proceed with tailings dam assessment near Tasmania rainforest habitat.

May 2, 2022

South32 boosts Brazil green aluminum supply with bauxite mine buy

South32 now owns 33% of the Mineração Rio do Norto bauxite mine.

April 29, 2022

Nuton venture aims to grow Rio Tinto’s copper business, accelerate decarbonization agenda

Rio said Nuton technologies have the potential to economically unlock low-grade sulphide resources, copper bearing waste and tailings, and achieve higher copper recoveries.

April 29, 2022

Opinion: World lacks time, not minerals for climate-saving technology

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, covid-related supply chain disruptions, and rising inflation have all fuelled a narrative that the clean energy transition will be highly inflationary.

April 28, 2022

One by one, mega miners show why metals supply is so squeezed

Glencore Plc is the latest giant miner to pare back production forecasts, in what’s turning out to be a difficult start to the year for companies.

April 28, 2022

Top bid for lithium up 140% after Musk’s ‘insane levels’ call

Pilbara Minerals Ltd.’s auction of spodumene concentrate attracted a top bid of $5,650 a ton on Wednesday.

April 28, 2022

Nyrstar to invest $284m in zinc electrolysis plant in Australia

The investment includes funding of A$50 million from the Federal Coalition and A$20 million from the Tasmanian government.

April 28, 2022

Lynas races to keep up with global rare earths demand

The company is in talks with governments eager to beef up access to rare earths outside China.

April 27, 2022

Silver Lake axes gold sales guidance on virus

Other Australian miners Fortescue and Newcrest also said their operations were being affected by Covid-related disruptions.

April 27, 2022

Pilbara Minerals quarterly output drops as labour crunch bites

Shipments of spodumene concentrate tumbled more than 25% from the December quarter.