March 21, 2022

Australian export ban pushes up aluminum prices, may boost inflation

Australia supplies almost 20% of Russia’s alumina.

March 20, 2022

Australia bans alumina exports to Russia, sources coal for Ukraine

Australia has imposed an immediate ban on exports of alumina and aluminum ores, including bauxite, to Russia.

March 19, 2022

AGL gets greenlight for Liddell battery in push away from coal

AGL Energy wants to build a 500-megawatt battery on the site of the Liddell power station.

March 17, 2022

5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now?

Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.

March 17, 2022

Metals Acquisition clinches $1.1 billion deal for Glencore’s CSA copper mine

CSA is one of Australia's highest-grade copper mines.

March 16, 2022

Australia unveils $360m in critical minerals funding to offset China dominance

Projects to be funded include the second rare earth separation plant to be built outside China, a battery material refinery and a vanadium processing plant.

March 15, 2022

Gravity-defying lithium price rally continues with “little relief in sight”

Chinese lithium prices double again in 2022, Benchmark’s mid-March assessment shows with seasonal restart of domestic brine supply unlikely to counter growing deficits.

March 15, 2022

Turquoise Hill shareholders could score big with Rio’s bid

Analysts predict Turquoise Hill investors will seek a higher offer than the current C$34/share bid, perhaps greater than C$50/share.

March 15, 2022

New coal mine projects seen swelling global methane emissions by a fifth

China, the world's biggest coal producer, is responsible for 73% of the world's mine methane.

March 14, 2022

Mineral Resources takes stake in Global Lithium, boosts battery metals exposure

The move gives Mineral Resources access to early-stage lithium projects in the Pilbara and Goldfields, where it already has existing operations.