Brookfield in talks with AGL shareholders after board rejects takeover Green billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield are pushing on with plans to buy Australia's most polluting company. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2022 | 4:01 am
Rio Tinto rides iron ore gains to post record profit, pay $17bn dividend The world's no.2 miner posted its best ever annual profit and a record full-year dividend of $16.8 billion. Reuters | February 23, 2022 | 3:09 am
Zijin announces expansion plan for Congo copper joint venture Its "de-bottlenecking plan" will increase the combined design processing capacity of the concentrator plants. Reuters | February 22, 2022 | 9:04 pm
Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tops $1.5bn in single month MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as electric vehicle sales lift off and lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise. MINING.com Editor | February 22, 2022 | 3:48 pm
CIM names incoming President-Elect Ian Pearce will assume the role of CIM president in May 2024 following Michael Cinnamond (2023-2024) and Anne Marie Toutant (2022-2023). MINING.com Editor | February 22, 2022 | 3:03 pm
Pilbara Minerals delivers first profit on lithium boom The company posted net profit attributable of A$114 million for six months ended Dec. 31. Reuters | February 22, 2022 | 1:33 pm
USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list The new USGS critical minerals list adds 15 commodities while removing four. MINING.com Editor | February 22, 2022 | 1:23 pm
Charts: Copper project pantry bare from 2025 BofA sees long-term copper supply challenged amid a lack of development. Henry Lazenby | February 22, 2022 | 11:50 am
Zimbabwe’s state-owned miner selected to revive steel firm Zimbabwe has selected Kuvimba Mining to revive one of the continent’s largest steel mills. Bloomberg News | February 22, 2022 | 10:14 am
