March 18, 2021

Mitsubishi strikes deal with Glencore to buy stake in bauxite project

Japanese trading house has agreed to buy a 30% stake in the Aurukun project in Australia.

March 17, 2021

China backing autocratic regimes to secure resources — report

Autocratic regimes represent for Beijing greater supply stability than democracies that are, or may become, hostile to China, Verisk Maplecroft says.

March 17, 2021

RANKED: World’s top 10 nickel projects – 2021

No. 1 is a deep sea polymetallic project with a 75,000 square kilometre exploration tenement.

March 17, 2021

Soaring prices spur miners’ hunt for growth, fueling indigenous and investor ire

This is the second wave of pressure that investors concerned about ESG issues have laid on miners after successfully forcing mine waste standards updates in 2020.

March 16, 2021

What countries will fight over when green energy dominates

A growing number of research organizations, universities and governments have started gaming out the gritty geopolitical implications of a globe dominated by green energy.

March 15, 2021

Interview: Clean TeQ’s Sunrise battery materials complex in Australia is construction ready

Project in New South Wales is one of the largest nickel/cobalt deposits in the world and one of the largest and highest grade accumulations of scandium ever discovered.

March 15, 2021

Evolution to acquire Battle North in $274m all-cash deal

The two companies have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement with Evolution agreeing to acquire all of the Battle North shares outstanding.

March 15, 2021

China’s copper imports likely to rise, may not be bullish signal: Russell

There are certainly still reasons to be optimistic on China’s copper demand, but much will depend on how long and how large Beijing’s ongoing economic stimulus goes.

March 15, 2021

Core Lithium says Finniss awarded major project status by Australia

Major Project Status is the government's recognition of the national significance of a project, either for economic growth or employment.

March 15, 2021

Fortescue fast-tracks zero emissions target to 2030

The iron ore miner plans to become carbon neutral in nine years and also intends to start producing green hydrogen as soon as 2023.