Zijin aims to take a 45.9% stake in Mongolia's Kharmagtai copper and gold mine.

A Glencore climate plan is facing greater scrutiny following a report that the company is understating methane emissions from some of its Australian coal mines.

Rio has also had to contend with a delay in production from a new greenfields mine.

Clean energy could create more than 38 million jobs worldwide by the end of the decade.

As the world transitions away from fossil fuels to electrified transportation systems and energy networks, new deposits of the minerals required for a low-carbon future will need to be discovered and developed.

Rio has left the Queensland Resources Council after the mining lobby group raised concerns on the company's coal expansion plans.