March 24, 2021 BHP presses to transform Australia’s ‘dysfunctional’ gas market BHP is pressing for Australia's gas market to move away from opaque contract negotiations towards index-based deals.
March 24, 2021 EV battery startup poaches oil veterans to build Arctic factory Freyr plans to start a pilot plant near the Arctic Circle in Norway by next year.
March 24, 2021 Freeport, Tsingshan finalising $2.8bn copper smelter next week The smelter will have an input capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of copper concentrate and an output capacity of 600,000 tonnes.
March 24, 2021 Global zinc market surplus shrank in January – ILZSG The global zinc market was oversupplied by 11,700 tonnes in January after a revised surplus of 23,500 tonnes in December.
March 24, 2021 Shareholder proposes Nornickel dividend policy changes, Interfax says Group also proposed minimizing Nornickel's final dividend payment for 2020.
March 24, 2021 Workers at Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres mine accept contract offer Negotiations over the 36-month contract have been lengthy and at times fractious, with members voting to reject a previous offer and strike on March 9.
March 24, 2021 Australian coal rail line to Newcastle port partly reopens as flood waters recede The Hunter Valley rail network serves mines run by BHP Group , Glencore Plc, New Hope Corp, Whitehaven Coal and Yancoal Australia.
March 24, 2021 Vast Brazil lawsuit in UK against BHP over 2015 dam failure hits buffers A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9 billion) English lawsuit against the mining giant over the Fundão dam failure.
March 24, 2021 Canadian miner meets Mexican officials over labor dispute Americas Gold and Silver has been embroiled in a labor dispute at the San Rafael mine.
March 23, 2021 Green Minerals listed in Oslo with aim to mine ocean floor in 2026 In January, Norway launched a process to open areas of its extended continental shelf to exploration for seabed minerals.
Chinese court sentences 27 people for smuggling antimony ingots The case involved the smuggling of more than 166 metric tons of antimony, of which Chinese customs seized more than 96 tons. December 16, 2025 | 07:22 am
