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Rich nations scramble to seal coal transition deals before COP27

As they prepare for the next round of global climate talks in November, officials from rich countries are trying to pull together a series of multibillion-dollar packages to help poor countries phase out coal.

Bloomberg News | May 3, 2022 | 7:54 am

India falls 7.6% short of coal supply targets to utilities in April

India faced its worst power crisis in over six years…

Reuters | May 3, 2022 | 7:35 am

Organic lithium-ion batteries one step closer to becoming reality

A small molecule may be the key to the successful…

Staff Writer | May 3, 2022 | 5:05 am

CATL retains top position as world’s biggest EV battery maker

CATL increased its market position to 35% in March.

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2022 | 7:02 am

Vedanta in talks to raise up to $3 billion debt in semiconductors push

The oil-to-metals conglomerate decided in February to diversify into chip…

Reuters | April 30, 2022 | 6:16 pm

Asia’s mining sector offsets risk with reward — report

Mongolia has emerged as an investment hot spot for untapped reserves.

MINING.com Editor | April 11, 2019 | 3:43 pm

Coal’s collapse crowns winners and losers from China to the US

It’s been a stormy month for benchmark coal prices in Asia, with the potential for reverberations across the globe.

Bloomberg News | April 11, 2019 | 10:17 am

Nickel shortage in view unless China-led projects in Indonesia succeed — analysts

The outlook comes after China's Tsingshan Group surprised the market last year with a low-cost estimate and short time frame to launch a $700 million plant on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Reuters | April 11, 2019 | 9:22 am

From turbines to thermostats: copper miners eye high-tech demand

Attempts to replace copper in a lithium-ion battery's anode with aluminum have failed so far, which bodes well for major copper miners.

Reuters | April 10, 2019 | 11:29 am

Smart money is piling into oil

Oil prices jumped to five-month highs this week, pushed higher by a bullish cocktail of supply outages, geopolitical unrest and a sputtering shale sector.

Oilprice.com | April 10, 2019 | 11:06 am

Anglo Asian’s Azerbaijan gold output rises 5% in Q1

The company forecasts total metal production of between 82,000 to 86,000 gold-equivalent ounces in 2019.

Reuters | April 10, 2019 | 9:27 am

Lynas board turns down $1.1B Wesfarmers bid

The rare earths miner said its board had concluded it would not engage with retail and industrial conglomerate Wesfarmers, stating its unsolicited takeover offer undervalues Lynas' intellectual property.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 10, 2019 | 9:20 am