February 4, 2021

Gina Rinehart targets EV boom with ‘green’ lithium play

Rinehart’s mining empire will become a cornerstone investor in Vulcan Energy, which is building a lithium project in Germany.

February 4, 2021

Iron ore price surges on Vale’s 2021 production outlook

Vale reported 4Q20 output of 84.5 million tonnes, a 5% decline from the third quarter.

February 4, 2021

Fortescue pays royalties to Aboriginal group, a year late

Miner has pledged to pay nearly A$2 million ($1.4 million) in outstanding royalties to an Aboriginal partner, around a year after they were initially due.

February 3, 2021

Iron ore price bounces back after sharp fall

Bullish outlook from Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley lifts sentiment.

February 3, 2021

New Caledonia’s government collapses over independence, nickel unrest

The South Pacific archipelago has been gripped by riots over the sale process of Vale’s local nickel business.

February 3, 2021

De Beers’ diamond sales beat pre-covid levels

The miner's rough-diamond sales jumped 44% in the first cycle of 2021 from to the same period last year.

February 2, 2021

Lithium price in China surges 40% to 18-month high

Heavy demand for new generation LFP batteries lights fire under domestic China lithium carbonate prices boosting Australia spodumene prices in the process.

February 2, 2021

Shaky iron ore market turns to Vale for final piece of supply puzzle

Vale is still looking to return to a capacity of 400 million tonnes, which would see it regain the title of world’s biggest producer.

February 1, 2021

Global gold output to rise 5.5% in 2021 – report

Gold production is expected to bounce back and increase to 113.9moz this year.

February 1, 2021

Iron ore price dilemma – Will China actually cut steel output?

China’s vast steel sector, and the iron ore industry feeding it, is grappling with a seemingly contradictory policy impulse that it should produce less this year.