July 23, 2021 Great Barrier reef not granted endangered status after Australia lobbied against it Australia’s pro-fossil fuel government has rejected demands for tougher action on reef preservation, insisting it is already making improvements through a A$3 billion ($2.2 billion) investment program.
July 23, 2021 BHP reaches conditional port deal for Jansen potash mine Jansen is expected to give BHP exposure to a market driven by rising global food demand and represents one of its few major growth prospects.
July 23, 2021 How rutile may help find undiscovered gold deposits Researchers at Curtin University found a clear chemical distinction between rutile associated with richly endowed gold ore systems and rutile from un-mineralized rocks.
July 22, 2021 Record US coal shipment to China highlights Australia’s pain Met coal prices have rallied this year on strengthening global steel demand.
July 22, 2021 Freeport-McMoRan profit beats estimates on higher copper prices Company copper production increased about 19% to 913 million pounds.
July 21, 2021 BHP to supply Australian nickel to Tesla Benchmark Mineral Intelligence estimates the deal would be for up to 18,000 tonnes of nickel annually.
July 21, 2021 Northern Star to sell Kundana gold ops to Evolution for $294m Evolution said the acquisition raises its three-year gold production outlook.
July 21, 2021 Newcrest says annual gold output at flagship mine beat forecast Total production fell to 542,332 ounces in the June quarter from 573,175 ounces a year ago.
July 21, 2021 Copper market in 75,000 tonnes deficit in Apr 2021 – ICSG For the first four months of the year, the market was in a 69,000 tonnes surplus compared with a 110,000 tonnes surplus in the same period a year earlier.
July 21, 2021 Rio Tinto’s RBM to shut furnace as stockpiles depleted The Richards Bay Minerals operation in South Africa has been halted since late June following the murder of the top manager.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
