The diversified miner reported pre-tax profits of $10.1 billion for the six months to June, more than double what it made in 2020 as a whole.

According to Wood Mackenzie, ramping up battery metals production is also important to limit the average global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2040.

Appointment comes after a particularly fraught period in relations between traditional land owners and Australia's powerful mining companies.

Nano humus has proven to be highly effective at helping reclaim the land and water used in mining.

More than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists have begun working on a key report summarizing how Earth's climate has already changed and what to expect in coming years.