Glencore says Australian nickel plant running at reduced production after outage

Repair work is underway at Glencore PLC's Murrin Murrin nickel and cobalt plant in Western Australia following a component failure at an acid plant that left the facility running at reduced capacity.

Reuters | March 22, 2021 | 7:21 am

Argonaut Resources starts drilling at project despite Aboriginal challenge

Miner started drilling at the Murdie project in South Australia, despite opposition from an Aboriginal group that says the project will damage a sacred area.

Reuters | March 22, 2021 | 7:10 am

Australian coal exports disrupted as deluge shuts rails, slows port

Glencore said it has reduced output at some sites as a safety precaution.

Reuters | March 22, 2021 | 7:05 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma; Lithium prices continue to soar – up 88% in 2021; Massive new port could give Vale back iron ore crown.

MINING.com Editor | March 19, 2021 | 12:49 pm

Investors flock back to lithium as battery bust turns to boom

Investors are betting big on a lithium comeback less than three years after prices of the metal used in rechargeable batteries collapsed.

Bloomberg News | March 19, 2021 | 12:04 pm

Rio Tinto endorses resolutions pushing for emissions cuts targets, lobby group pressure

Company said that it would endorse resolutions to set targets for cutting carbon emissions and take tougher measures against lobby groups that do not follow its climate change goals.

Reuters | March 19, 2021 | 7:55 am

Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma

Report – mining majors adopted a conservative approach after the 2015–16 market downturn focusing on cost cutting, productivity and expanding liquidity.

MINING.com Editor | March 18, 2021 | 2:32 pm

Massive new port could give Vale back iron ore crown

A project for a dedicated iron ore port with a capacity of up to 560 million tonnes per year is advancing in the north of Brazil.

Bruno Venditti | March 18, 2021 | 2:21 pm

Papua New Guinea’s Ok Tedi mine suspends operations

State-owned company will suspend copper mining for two weeks from Friday because of a steep rise in coronavirus infections in the South Pacific nation.

Reuters | March 18, 2021 | 8:56 am

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