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.

April 20, 2022

Zijin invests in Xanadu to ink copper-gold resources in Mongolia

Zijin aims to take a 45.9% stake in Mongolia's Kharmagtai copper and gold mine.

April 20, 2022

Glencore climate plan in spotlight on concern over methane emissions

A Glencore climate plan is facing greater scrutiny following a report that the company is understating methane emissions from some of its Australian coal mines.

April 19, 2022

Rio Tinto iron ore shipments drop on covid delays, flags China risks

Rio has also had to contend with a delay in production from a new greenfields mine.

April 18, 2022

Australia begins long road to retraining thousands of coal workers for clean energy roles

Clean energy could create more than 38 million jobs worldwide by the end of the decade.

April 18, 2022

Top 50 mining companies power through covid adding $1 trillion in value

Buoyant lithium, copper and gold prices lift value of top 50 mining stocks $1 trillion above covid lows – Russian miners prove resilient.