June 18, 2021

Wood Mackenzie boosts battery metals expertise with Roskill buy

The consultancy has acquired privately-owned Roskill to prop up its expertise in the metals and materials crucial for the energy transition.

June 17, 2021

Commodities set for worst week since start of pandemic

Metals markets hurt by double whammy from the US Federal Reserve and China's Strategic Reserves.

June 17, 2021

MAPPED: These 25 projects will set the copper price for decades

A 6 million tonne copper supply gap will open up by the mid-2020s but projects needed to plug that gap face uphill battles.

June 17, 2021

Canada, Australia may have to help America achieve the electrification dream

Adamas Intelligence suggests the top destinations where US president Joe Biden would look for battery metals for his recently announced EV plan.

June 17, 2021

BHP to pick port ahead of Jansen potash mine decision

Before choosing whether to spend a further $5.7bn to bring Jansen into production, BHP is looking into what port it would use to ship the fertilizer ingredient.

June 16, 2021

Iron ore prices fall on increasing supply from miners

Iron ore shipments from Australia and Brazil stood at 26.14 million tonnes last week, up by 1.1 million tonnes from the week earlier, data from Mysteel consultancy showed.

June 16, 2021

Rio Tinto to study using hydrogen in alumina refining in green push

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will provide half the funds for the $925,000 study.

June 15, 2021

Iron ore price up as Western Australia calls for reset on China ties

Australia's biggest exporting state on Tuesday urged Canberra to stop antagonizing China, the country's top trade partner.

June 15, 2021

Anglo American exposed coal miners to excessive risk, inquiry finds

An Australian inquiry into a blast that seriously injured five workers found that the miner repeatedly produced more methane gas than it could remove and had exposed workers to excessive…

June 14, 2021

Karora aims to be a carbon neutral junior gold miner

The company owns the Beta Hunt underground gold mine in Western Australia.