July 20, 2021 Australia’s iron ore miners face train driver shortage amid covid lockdowns BHP announced plans to train 200 new drivers.
July 20, 2021 BHP said to mull oil exit in retreat from fossil fuels BHP wants to exit while it can still get a good price for the assets, aiming to repeat a 2018 sale of its shale business to BP Plc for $10.4…
July 20, 2021 Iron ore price rises on disappointing figures by top producers The metal has been in a bull market for more than two years, and it’s not about to end soon, according to Goldman Sachs.
July 19, 2021 BHP posts record annual iron ore production, lower output elsewhere BHP notched record output at its Jimblebar mine and Mining Area C in the Pilbara region.
July 19, 2021 EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rally MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, grows 18% month-month as lithium and nickel prices resume upward march.
July 19, 2021 Low-cost, sustainable plasma technology could replace one of world’s rarest materials Technology would replace indium, a rare chemical element widely used in smartphones and computers.
July 18, 2021 Vulcan Energy signs lithium hydroxide supply deal with LG Chem unit It is the first deal of its kind for Vulcan's project in Germany, and would account for a quarter of total output once the project is fully ramped up from…
July 15, 2021 Bad weather may cost Rio Tinto its iron ore crown Company reported a 12% fall in quarterly iron ore shipments on Friday after storms affected its West Australian operations.
July 14, 2021 Whitehaven Coal expects govt to decide by Aug 30 on controversial mine expansion A court ruled in May that climate change factors must be considered in the decision about the Vickery coal mine expansion.
July 13, 2021 Zombie mines are coming back to life on soaring metals prices A strong price environment had seen miners look at the economics of reopening mothballed operations, one consultancy says.
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
