Japanese trading house has agreed to buy a 30% stake in the Aurukun project in Australia.

The United States has this month slapped anti-dumping duties on imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from 18 countries.

CEO Graham Kerr said the miner had increased its interactions with the Noongar people over the development of its Hotham bauxite mine.

Guinean villagers in communities around the mine filed a complaint in 2019 alleging contraventions by miner Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée SA of its commitments around resettlement and pollution.

Once all trials are completed, the companies plan to target the LED lighting and lithium-ion battery markets.

Commodities have seen four supercycles over the past 100 years — with the last one peaking in 2008 after 12 years of expansion.

Some major mining executives have ruled themselves out, and there is not a long list of acceptable candidates.