Gold price tumbles on covid vaccine breakthrough; UK court blocks lawsuit against BHP over Brazil dam burst; Alrosa’s pink diamond sets new record price at auction

The latest spat comes two months after Albemarle locked horns with Chilean nuclear agency CCHEN over reserves data.

With Biden proposing to hasten the demise of coal and other fossil fuels with his $2-trillion climate plan, miners of so-called strategic metals are hoping Biden's team sees them as partners, not foes.

New resource exploitation industries need new frameworks for governance, the World Economic Forum reports.

Chile's world-leading copper industry could see some of its mines put out of business if an early stage bill to protect glaciers continues its march through Congress.

The pandemic has hurt the mining sector, which relies on workers who often need to travel to reach job sites.