Startup eyes Australia to build China-free battery production

Recharge Industries is planning a A$300 million factory to build lithium-ion batteries free of materials from China.

Bloomberg News | January 15, 2023 | 1:22 pm

CHARTS: Mining stocks gain on tech but remain an afterthought for investors

Apple is worth more than the 100 biggest mining companies, three years of global copper production and all the world's seaborne iron ore.

Frik Els | January 13, 2023 | 12:20 pm

And the winner for most volatile commodity this decade goes to…lithium

Investors in the small, fast growing market for lithium can be forgiven for feeling whiplash – the battery metal was also the worst performer – by a long shot – for two years since 2013.

Frik Els | January 12, 2023 | 2:17 pm

Australia extends run of trade surpluses on metals exports

Australia has posted monthly trade windfalls since January 2018, underpinned by sales of iron ore and natural gas.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2023 | 10:04 am

Alcoa reverts to gas for fuelling alumina refineries in Western Australia

Alcoa has reverted to using gas to fuel the powerhouse boilers at its partially owned Kwinana and Pinjarra alumina refineries.

Reuters | January 11, 2023 | 3:51 pm

Column: China’s easing of Australian coal ban is symbolic, not market-shifting

One of the questions is whether Australian coal miners can compete on price with Russian thermal supplies.

Reuters | January 10, 2023 | 7:51 am

Australia lays out plan to make biggest polluters slash emissions

Government proposed to make the country's biggest polluters slash emissions by 30% over the next seven years.

Reuters | January 10, 2023 | 6:33 am

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global energy.

Frik Els | January 9, 2023 | 11:16 am

Civmec gets over $228m contract for Rio’s Western Range project

Civmec will carry out engineering work from its Henderson facility in Western Australia for the miner.

Reuters | January 9, 2023 | 10:02 am

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