September 16, 2021 Rio Tinto hit with fresh tax bill in Australia The country's tax authority is asking Rio to pay $277m related to a 2015 borrowing used to pay an intragroup dividend.
September 15, 2021 Australia snubs court’s climate order to approve coal project Environment Minister has given environmental consent for Whitehaven Coal to proceed with a $440 million plan to extend open-cut mining at its Vickery operation in New South Wales.
September 15, 2021 Rio Tinto teams up with Caterpillar for zero-emissions autonomous trucks The world’s first operational deployment of approximately 35 new Caterpillar 793 zero-emissions autonomous haul trucks will be at Gudai-Darri.
September 15, 2021 Mining a ‘laggard among laggards’ on female representation – report Women are leaving the mining industry due to few growth opportunities.
September 15, 2021 Commodity price surge spurs Australian explorers to get digging Explorers listed on the ASX spent A$666 million in the three months to June 30, which was 34% above the two-year average.
September 15, 2021 Which countries have the world’s largest coal reserves? The world has about 139 years of coal left at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves.
September 15, 2021 Australia releases geological mapping data for southeast Country released data from a large airborne electromagnetic survey across parts of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.
September 15, 2021 How mining waste can be used for hydrogen fuel production Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology propose the idea of using feldspars found in mine tailings as part of a potential cheaper catalyst for hydrogen fuel production.
September 14, 2021 BHP’s net-zero targets don’t include its steelmaking customers The company says it’s working with industry giants including Japan’s JFE Steel and China’s HBIS Group on ways to reduce manufacturers’ carbon footprint.
September 10, 2021 Harvard’s $42bn fund to end investment in fossil fuels Harvard's massive endowment will support the world’s green energy transition.
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