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Piedmont Lithium’s plans to supply Tesla face skeptical North Carolina officials

Company officials updated the Gaston County Board of Commissioners on plans for water treatment, blasting and other issues at a public information meeting.

Reuters | August 8, 2023 | 5:30 pm

Peak Rare Earths inks Tanzania supply deal with China’s Shenghe

Peak will supply 100% of rare earths concentrate to Shenghe…

Reuters | August 8, 2023 | 4:52 pm

Syrah Resources inks deal with Samsung SDI to assess anode material supply

The graphite producer also said it was targeting readiness for…

Reuters | August 8, 2023 | 4:49 pm

Lithium deals cast doubt on Australia’s onshore refining dream

Australia’s government has ambitions to help break China’s stranglehold on…

Bloomberg News | August 8, 2023 | 10:30 am

Western Australia to scrap 2021 Aboriginal heritage protection laws

Laws were introduced after the destruction of the ancient Juukan…

Reuters | August 8, 2023 | 7:35 am

BHP first-half profits beat estimates and triggers talk of M&A

The world's no.1 miner had a busy six months marked by sweeping changes, including selling its $13 billion petroleum business and a listing unification, while managing pandemic-related disruptions to its business.

Reuters | February 14, 2022 | 2:31 pm

Rio Tinto seals heritage protection plan for iron ore project

The agreement with the Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation will ensure that significant social and cultural heritage values are protected.

Bloomberg News | February 14, 2022 | 9:51 am

Activist investor Bluebell presses Glencore to spin off coal assets

The London-based hedge fund has charted out a new structure for Glencore that would allow the miner to keep control of its coal assets.

MINING.COM Editor | February 14, 2022 | 3:58 am

Giant miners to see record profits slip as cost pressures bite

The top-five western diversified mining companies may see combined 2021 second-half earnings of $73 billion.

Bloomberg News | February 13, 2022 | 10:02 am

New discovery on liquid metal alloys may lead to high-efficiency electronics

Researchers investigated how metallic components interact and separate to form patterns when alloys solidify.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 13, 2022 | 7:51 am

Shenghe Resources to buy stake in Australia’s Peak Rare Earths

The stake, which will be sold by Appian Pinnacle to Shenghe's Singapore unit, will cost the latter around A$39.25 million.

Reuters | February 11, 2022 | 9:55 am

Copper price retreats on risk-off sentiment, profit-taking

"There's a general cooling of the economy in China. Infrastructure and property are both key in terms of driving metals demand and we do not expect a quick reversal in either."

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2022 | 8:09 am

New Rio Tinto chairman to weigh CEO’s future amid toxic culture crisis

Dominic Barton could remove Jakob Stausholm if he decides Rio would be better served by a leader who was not in the upper echelons of the organization in recent years.

Reuters | February 11, 2022 | 7:14 am

Goldman sees copper price “breakout”, risk of “extreme scarcity episode”

New report says 2021 deficit, “open-ended decline” of mining supply and record low stocks going lower still, raises risk of an “extreme scarcity episode.”

Frik Els | February 11, 2022 | 5:30 am

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