January 19, 2025 Australia iron ore hub resumes operations after cyclone threat Port Hedland is the world's largest iron ore export hub.
January 19, 2025 IGO flags impairment on lithium hydroxide division The miner cited a decline in value of its troubled Kwinana refinery, which is grappling with production delays and a lithium price slump.
January 19, 2025 Australian government pledges $1.24 billion in green aluminum push The Australian government is targeting 82% of power supply to come from renewables by 2030.
January 19, 2025 South32 beats manganese output estimates as Australian operations restart South32 has undertaken a phased restart of manganese mining activities at its GEMCO project.
January 19, 2025 Fleet Space, Ma’aden partner to accelerate critical minerals discovery in Saudi Arabia The agreement will help provide the latest breakthroughs in space, multi-physics, and AI drill targeting services to accelerate discovery.
January 18, 2025 Australia shuts its biggest iron ore port on cyclone threat Port Hedland handles vast volumes of iron ore from all major miners including BHP Group, Rio Tinto Group, and Fortescue.
January 17, 2025 Rio Tinto and Glencore spoke for months about deal that was once taboo The news of Glencore and Rio’s discussions “has turned up the temperature on an already simmering M&A environment,” RBC Capital Markets analyst says.
January 17, 2025 Rio Tinto to form new lithium unit after Arcadium buy Rio Tinto Lithium would control the miner’s $2.5 billion Rincon project in Argentina but not its controversial Jadar project in Serbia.
January 16, 2025 Lynas Rare Earths’ second-quarter revenue rises nearly 4% Its total rare earth oxide for the second quarter was 2,617 metric tons, compared to 2,722 tons reported last quarter.
January 16, 2025 Rio Tinto and Glencore discussed potential merger A $160 billion Rio Tinto-Glencore combination makes sense in a copper-centric world, but we've been here before.
Vale Indonesia says 2026 mining quota won’t be enough to meet demand from new smelters Vale and partners are currently constructing three high-pressure acid leaching plants to extract nickel materials. January 19, 2026 | 07:12 am
