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Value of battery metals in new electric cars already beyond 2020 total

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surpasses 2020 full year total in just six months as lithium, cobalt and nickel prices bounce and tonnes deployed globally set records.

MINING.com Editor | August 31, 2021 | 1:51 pm

Coal India ramps up supplies to address shortage at utilities

Company has ramped up supply of coal over the last…

Reuters | August 31, 2021 | 7:13 am

Biggest coal miner gets first woman engineer for underground job

Women made up about 7.5% of Coal India workforce.

Bloomberg News | August 31, 2021 | 6:30 am

Russell: Asia’s coal importers split between rich north and poorer south

Region is increasingly becoming split between those countries willing and…

Reuters | August 30, 2021 | 7:58 am

Rio Tinto to cut rates on loans to Mongolia for Oyu Tolgoi expansion

The company is said to be ready to make concessions…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2021 | 3:58 am

The Belt and Road impact

What are the implications for regional collaboration and the expansion of clean infrastructure?

KPMG International | January 25, 2018 | 12:56 pm

Freeport profit pops higher; miner makes progress in Indonesia

The world's second-largest copper miner by production also said talks with Indonesia re Grasberg were advancing.

Reuters | January 25, 2018 | 5:44 am

Caterpillar beats estimates again, delivers bullish outlook for 2018

The world's largest mining and construction equipment maker beat market expectations for fourth quarter earnings and said its sales growth momentum is expected to continue in 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2018 | 3:23 am

Rising mineral prices trigger artisanal and small-scale mining ‘explosion’ — report

An estimated 40.5 million people were directly engaged in ASM last year, up from 30 million in 2014, 13 million in 1999 and only 6 million in 1993.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 22, 2018 | 11:56 pm

Agarwal plans to keep his Anglo American stake for a long time

Indian commodities billionaire said the rally in Anglo American Plc vindicated his personal bet in the mining group.

Bloomberg News | January 22, 2018 | 12:34 pm

Rio Tinto bets big on Mongolia, opens local office

The new unit, under Mongolian leadership, will focus on exploration and local ties.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 22, 2018 | 3:27 am

Turkish gold imports hit record 370 T in 2017-Borsa Istanbul

This was the highest level of imports since the data was made available in 1995 and well above the previous record of 302 tonnes set in 2013.

Reuters | January 19, 2018 | 12:36 pm

Asia Gold-Demand firms ahead of Chinese New Year; India discounts widen

"Demand has actually increased on the physical side, mainly because there has been some pull-back in prices this week," said a GoldSilver Central dealer.

Reuters | January 19, 2018 | 12:30 pm

India to allot Coal India 11 new mines to boost production by two-fifths

The mines, in the eastern states of Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar, are expected to operate at full capacity by 2022.

Reuters | January 19, 2018 | 10:54 am

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