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Australia’s Port Hedland clearing out ships as Cyclone Joyce intensifies

The terminal expects to clear all remaining vessels from its harbour as safety measure after tropical cyclone intensified off nation's western coast.

Reuters | January 11, 2018 | 10:44 am

Rio Tinto pulls offer for stake in world’s largest lithium miner

Decision doesn’t mean the miner has abandoned plans to capitalize on the electric-car boom, sources familiar with the matter say.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 11, 2018 | 6:58 am

BHP is building an EV hub it doesn’t want to keep

The good luck for BHP is that only about 40 to 45 percent of existing nickel mine supply is suitable for processing into a battery-grade chemical product.

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2018 | 4:48 am

The role of exotic animals in California’s Gold Rush

Together with hundreds of people, exotic animals arrived in California during the Gold Rush of the 1850s.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 10, 2018 | 6:41 pm

Reform overdue to drive growth and protect Australia from future downturn

Minerals Council of Australia’s pre-Budget submission warns that every year Budget repair is delayed puts Australia closer to the risk of an economic shock.

Minerals Council of Australia | January 10, 2018 | 2:22 pm

Giant Bougainville mine restart stalls on moratorium over fears of civil unrest

The Bougainville government has imposed an indefinite moratorium on mining at the controversial Panguna site — once the world's biggest open-pit copper mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2018 | 11:33 am

Liberty House makes binding offer for Rio Tinto’s French aluminium smelter

Liberty House is the industrial arm of British steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance and Rio's aluminium smelter in Dunkirk, France, is the largest in Europe.

Reuters | January 10, 2018 | 4:35 am