Australia says advancing talks with US on rare earths mines

Rally in prices stimulated demand.

Cuts will occur because the sector is switching from the job-heavy construction stage to the operational phase, which requires fewer workers.

Mining innovation. What could be controversial about that?

Domestic supply can't be cut much further and Chinese steelmakers are demanding deeper discounts for lower grade imports.

Diversifying the business away from iron ore is not in Rio Tinto's cards.

The autonomous trucks mining the Pilbara controlled from Rio Tinto's nerve center in Perth have moved 200 million tonnes and traveled 4 million kilometers.

While it did not disclose the costs and planned capital expenditure for the Albany project, Rio has previously said the deposit had enough potash to sustain a low cost operation for decades.

Community mobilization effective at raising costs to companies.

Government is touting the Four Mile mine as “the most significant deposit found anywhere in the world in the last 25 years."