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.
March 16, 2021 What countries will fight over when green energy dominates A growing number of research organizations, universities and governments have started gaming out the gritty geopolitical implications of a globe dominated by green energy.
March 15, 2021 Interview: Clean TeQ’s Sunrise battery materials complex in Australia is construction ready Project in New South Wales is one of the largest nickel/cobalt deposits in the world and one of the largest and highest grade accumulations of scandium ever discovered.
March 15, 2021 Evolution to acquire Battle North in $274m all-cash deal The two companies have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement with Evolution agreeing to acquire all of the Battle North shares outstanding.
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