With an electrification boom looming, Sandvik could sell more electric than diesel-driven underground mining kit in 10 years.

Tin deposits in the mining hub of Bangka-Belitung have been heavily exploited on land, leaving parts of the islands off the southeast coast of Sumatra island resembling a lunar landscape.

Australia has refused to match commitments by the US, UK and other countries targeting net zero emissions by 2050.

Engineers and technicians told the auditors that the tailings at Xingu had not been properly drained.

Marex was considering a flotation in London that a source estimated could value the company at 500 million pounds ($706 million).

Deep-sea mining would extract cobalt, copper, nickel, and manganese from nodules which pepper the sea floor at depths of 4-6 kilometres.

The third-largest producer of refined tin issued a notice of force majeure after the Malaysian government did not grant the company’s appeal for status as an essential service during the country’s new covid-19 lockdown.

The Kalahari Copper Belt, which extends for nearly 1,000 km from northeast Botswana to western Namibia, is touted as one of the world’s emerging but mostly under-explored copper-silver region.

Copper prices drifted lower on Wednesday as high factory gate prices in China raised concerns of price curbs by the government.

With the payment, Vale said it will have fulfilled all the conditions for completion of its purchase of Mitsui's stake in the Moatize mine.

Biden has vowed to work with allies to secure minerals needed for EV vehicle batteries and process them domestically.

Thermal coal prices across Asia have surged to multi-year highs amid strong demand and some supply constraints, but some types of the fuel have done better than others.