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.
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.
Aluminum and copper prices take breather after explosive start to 2026 Industrial metals have enjoyed a bullish run into the new year. January 13, 2026 | 03:12 pm
