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Ghana mining fund mulls multi-million investment in Atlantic Lithium

Ghana's state-owned Minerals Income Investment Fund plans to take an equity stake in Atlantic with up to a $30 million investment.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 17, 2023 | 3:44 am

Newcrest CEO says ball in Newmont’s camp in takeover talks

“The company is not up for sale and this was…

Bloomberg News | February 16, 2023 | 9:26 am

Newcrest to trial 4G LTE, 5G technologies underground at Cadia Valley

This announcement follows previous engagements with Ericsson and Telstra to…

Staff Writer | February 16, 2023 | 9:12 am

South32 sees China manganese demand up as half-year profit falls

A pick-up in property-related steel demand from China would underpin…

Reuters | February 16, 2023 | 6:57 am

Two missing Australian zinc mine workers found dead

A third employee was rescued with minor injuries.

Reuters | February 16, 2023 | 6:52 am

Iron ore price extends rally as market focus shifts to output reports

Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP are due to report production data this week as well as give market outlooks.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 19, 2021 | 9:38 am

Australia’s latest resources boom is driving a surge in IPOs

The Australian Stock Exchange notched up 42 IPOs in mining-related businesses over the past 12 months despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bloomberg News | April 19, 2021 | 8:30 am

Australian lithium miners Orocobre and Galaxy to merge in $3bn deal

Business combination creates world’s fifth-biggest producer of lithium chemicals, used to make EV batteries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 19, 2021 | 5:45 am

Iron ore price hits 10-year high on rising steel demand

Goldman Sachs see prices falling back to $110 a tonne by the fourth quarter.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 16, 2021 | 9:40 am

Ranked: Top 25 nations producing battery metals for the EV supply chain

Although China will likely maintain its dominance for the foreseeable future, other countries are ramping up their mining and refining capacities.

Govind Bhutada - Visual Capitalist | April 15, 2021 | 8:23 pm

Iron ore price jumps on big spread between spot cargoes and futures

Goldman Sachs expects the market to enter a surplus in the second half of the year on higher Brazilian exports.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 15, 2021 | 9:03 am

BHP completes its first refuelling of a ship with biofuel

The mining giant is exploring the use of bunker fuels such as liquefied natural gas and biofuels to replace fuel oil, aiming to reduce carbon emissions by 40% when shipping its products.

Reuters | April 15, 2021 | 7:46 am

Newmont, Barrick, Anglogold lost 1.3m ounces last year

After a sharp decline in 2020 gold output from the top 8 producers is expected to recover this year says GlobalData.

MINING.com Editor | April 14, 2021 | 10:27 am

Galaxy Resources lifts resource estimates at Sal de Vida

Drilling started in late 2020 to add eight production wells at the lithium project, with the first two completed.

Reuters | April 14, 2021 | 7:56 am

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