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Rio Tinto to spend $7.5bn by 2030 to meet Scope 1 and 2 emissions targets

The company has said it will double its growth capex to about $3 billion a year from 2023.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 20, 2021 | 9:32 am

Battle for Noront heats up with BHP’s sweetened offer

The world’s largest miner is now offering $339.10 million for…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 20, 2021 | 5:25 am

Impact of Carmichael coal mine on Doongmabulla Springs not understood — study

Researchers from Flinders University say that without better knowledge of…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 20, 2021 | 5:15 am

Dalian iron ore price up on falling shipments from major suppliers

Iron ore shipments that departed from Australia and Brazil stood…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 19, 2021 | 8:41 am

BHP iron ore output drops 5% on maintenance work, labour crunch

First quarter drop due to maintenance work at Jimblebar mine…

Reuters | October 18, 2021 | 2:49 pm

Get cracking: Lynas scouts for rare earths plant to meet Malaysian demands

Lynas has four years to build a plant that will remove low-level radioactivity from the material it ships to Malaysia.

Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 6:00 am

Worker buried alive at open-cut manganese mine in Australia

A wall at the open-cut Bootu Creek manganese mine failed on Saturday afternoon.

Reuters | August 25, 2019 | 8:48 am

Argosy Minerals inks initial terms for lithium supply deal with Mitsubishi

Argosy will supply metals trader Mitsubishi Corp with 2,000 tonnes per annum.

Reuters | August 23, 2019 | 10:16 am

Wesfarmers drops plan to buy Lynas

Lynas received a renewed operating licence for its Malaysian processing plant earlier in the day.

Reuters | August 22, 2019 | 9:45 am

Iron ore’s balloon is popped, but prices may have deflated too much — opinion

Iron ore's bubble has burst in the last month with prices down by a third.

Reuters | August 22, 2019 | 9:12 am

South32’s South African coal assets sold to Seriti Resources

South32, which spun out of BHP in 2015, has been trying to sell its South African thermal coal operations for almost a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2019 | 9:46 am

Lithium prices to remain low as “hype” meets “reality” — CRU

The commodity research group says prices will remain in the single-digit figures due mainly to an avalanche of new supply.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2019 | 7:10 am

ANIMATION: Gold ETF winners and losers since 2003

Since its inception 16 years ago the industry has grown to 110 physically-backed ETFs holding gold worth $115 billion.

Frik Els | August 20, 2019 | 3:21 pm

BHP hints at selling off energy coal business, again

The Australian mining giant has been rumored to be divesting its thermal coal assets since July.

Jackson Chen | August 20, 2019 | 2:26 pm

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