March 19, 2021 Investors flock back to lithium as battery bust turns to boom Investors are betting big on a lithium comeback less than three years after prices of the metal used in rechargeable batteries collapsed.
March 19, 2021 Rio Tinto endorses resolutions pushing for emissions cuts targets, lobby group pressure Company said that it would endorse resolutions to set targets for cutting carbon emissions and take tougher measures against lobby groups that do not follow its climate change goals.
March 18, 2021 Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma Report – mining majors adopted a conservative approach after the 2015–16 market downturn focusing on cost cutting, productivity and expanding liquidity.
March 18, 2021 Massive new port could give Vale back iron ore crown A project for a dedicated iron ore port with a capacity of up to 560 million tonnes per year is advancing in the north of Brazil.
March 18, 2021 Papua New Guinea’s Ok Tedi mine suspends operations State-owned company will suspend copper mining for two weeks from Friday because of a steep rise in coronavirus infections in the South Pacific nation.
March 18, 2021 Argonaut says to start drilling despite Aboriginal appeal The miner is set to start exploration at its Murdie project in South Australia this week.
March 18, 2021 Mitsubishi strikes deal with Glencore to buy stake in bauxite project Japanese trading house has agreed to buy a 30% stake in the Aurukun project in Australia.
March 17, 2021 China backing autocratic regimes to secure resources — report Autocratic regimes represent for Beijing greater supply stability than democracies that are, or may become, hostile to China, Verisk Maplecroft says.
March 17, 2021 RANKED: World’s top 10 nickel projects – 2021 No. 1 is a deep sea polymetallic project with a 75,000 square kilometre exploration tenement.
March 17, 2021 Soaring prices spur miners’ hunt for growth, fueling indigenous and investor ire This is the second wave of pressure that investors concerned about ESG issues have laid on miners after successfully forcing mine waste standards updates in 2020.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
