February 14, 2022

Rio Tinto seals heritage protection plan for iron ore project

The agreement with the Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation will ensure that significant social and cultural heritage values are protected.

February 14, 2022

Activist investor Bluebell presses Glencore to spin off coal assets

The London-based hedge fund has charted out a new structure for Glencore that would allow the miner to keep control of its coal assets.

February 13, 2022

Giant miners to see record profits slip as cost pressures bite

The top-five western diversified mining companies may see combined 2021 second-half earnings of $73 billion.

February 13, 2022

New discovery on liquid metal alloys may lead to high-efficiency electronics

Researchers investigated how metallic components interact and separate to form patterns when alloys solidify.

February 11, 2022

Shenghe Resources to buy stake in Australia’s Peak Rare Earths

The stake, which will be sold by Appian Pinnacle to Shenghe's Singapore unit, will cost the latter around A$39.25 million.

February 11, 2022

Copper price retreats on risk-off sentiment, profit-taking

"There's a general cooling of the economy in China. Infrastructure and property are both key in terms of driving metals demand and we do not expect a quick reversal in…

February 11, 2022

New Rio Tinto chairman to weigh CEO’s future amid toxic culture crisis

Dominic Barton could remove Jakob Stausholm if he decides Rio would be better served by a leader who was not in the upper echelons of the organization in recent years.

February 11, 2022

Goldman sees copper price “breakout”, risk of “extreme scarcity episode”

New report says 2021 deficit, “open-ended decline” of mining supply and record low stocks going lower still, raises risk of an “extreme scarcity episode.”

February 10, 2022

Miners say Western Australia border closure may take further toll on labour, output

The state is home to mines that provide about 30% of the world's iron ore and 70% of China's imports.

February 10, 2022

Gates, Bezos-backed firm gets cash injection to find battery metals

KoBold Metals, which uses AI to create a “Google Maps” of the Earth’s crust, raised $192.5 million in its latest financing round.