March 14, 2022 Rio Tinto goes after Turquoise Hill in $2.7 billion bid Buying the remaining 49% of the Canadian miner would give Rio control of the vast Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, its most important growth project.
March 11, 2022 Guinea junta halts Rio Tinto’s Simandou iron ore project The 2-billion-tonne iron ore deposit has sat undeveloped in Guinea's southeast for 25 years.
March 10, 2022 Australia’s Nickel Mines drops share purchase plan amid market volatility Applications for the share purchase had far exceeded the company's target to about A$57 million.
March 10, 2022 Australia coal export terminal declares force majeure on flood The disruptions will further tighten the global coal market as importers scramble to replace shipments from Russia.
March 10, 2022 Rio Tinto cuts ties with Russian businesses over Ukraine war The decision throws into doubt the future of Rio's aluminum joint venture with Rusal and an Irish refinery, key to Europe’s aluminum sector.
March 9, 2022 Australia, South Africa miners eye options as Europe makes desperate calls Prices of palladium, coal and other commodities have skyrocketed since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, while sanctions on Moscow drive Western consumers to replace Russian supply.
March 8, 2022 Inflation, volatility from Ukraine war to have impact, says BHP CEO The company is forecasting 0.5% lower global growth than previously anticipated.
March 8, 2022 Women in mining still facing bullying, discrimination – report AusIMM’s 2022 Women in Mining survey shows that almost three-quarters of women in the resource sector have experienced bullying and over six in 10 sexual harassment.
March 7, 2022 Copper, coal prices hit records, nickel jumps 30% overnight after wild week of trading Copper scales $5 for the first time ever, metallurgical and thermal coal hit record highs and nickel jumps more than 20% in a day.
March 7, 2022 Brookfield scraps plan to buy Australia’s top energy provider The Canadian asset firm and billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures have dropped their joint bid to acquire AGL Energy.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
