November 27, 2019 Anglo American sells stake in Australian coal mine for $141m A 12% interest in the Grosvenor coking coal mine is being acquired by a consortium of Japanese companies.
November 26, 2019 Rio Tinto invests $749 million in Pilbara iron ore mine The company said the project is expected to deliver internal rate of return with a capital intensity of about $25 per tonne of production capacity.
November 26, 2019 Lynas close to securing funding for rare earths plant in the US Details about how it will fund the development of a heavy rare earths processing facility in Texas is expected to come by the end of February.
November 25, 2019 Australia’s Metals X suspends operations at Nifty copper mine The company said that the decision to shut Nifty would allow it to focus on its Renison Tin Operations in Tasmania.
November 25, 2019 China’s rare earth boost threatens US, Australia growth plans China said this month it’s raising its annual mining quota for rare earths to 132,000 tonnes, 10% above last year’s record high.
November 25, 2019 BHP becomes Ecuador-focused SolGold’s largest shareholder Australia's largest gold producer Newcrest Mining was, until now, SolGold’s largest shareholder.
November 24, 2019 Global movements of Earth’s crust shown for the first time Scientists combined satellite images and radio telescopes to show the movement of the Earth's surface as a result of geological and man-made forces.
November 22, 2019 As lithium prices drop, private equity investors hunt for deals Private equity groups and other investors have grown emboldened by the lithium industry's malaise, forging plans to invest billions of dollars in mining projects to develop the electric vehicle battery…
November 22, 2019 China boosting coal power despite global plea to cut emissions Beijing is set to fire up enough coal-based power plants to match the entire capacity of the European Union.
November 22, 2019 Australian government funds innovative battery project Calix's BATMn all-electric reactor aims to produce recyclable electrode materials.
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