Mining news

• CME expands lithium futures battle with LME as battery demand soars

  30-09-2024 17:01
  
  US futures exchange launches contracts for raw material used in electric vehicle chargers
  
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• Gates and Bezos-backed mining start-up valued at $2.96bn

  01-01-2025 06:00
  KoBold Metals aims to lead race for critical minerals needed for energy transition
  
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• Coal’s place in the global hydrogen economy

  30-12-2024 13:00 via worldcoal.com
  
  Jane Marsh explains coal’s potential role in the emerging hydrogen economy, particularly through coal gasification coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS).
  
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• The South African gold mines taken over by criminal gangs

  26-12-2024 06:00
  
  Authorities have resorted to siege tactics to ‘smoke out’ thousands of miners trapped underground
  
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• De Beers amasses biggest diamond stockpile since 2008 financial crisis

  25-12-2024 06:00
  
  Chinese demand has slumped as competition from lab-grown alternatives has increased
  
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• El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban

  23-12-2024 23:04
  
  President Nayib Bukele had called prohibition ‘absurd’ despite pushback from environmental and social groups
  
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• Coal ash utilisation: Turning waste into resources

  23-12-2024 13:00 via worldcoal.com
  
  Jane Marsh details how power plants can become more sustainable by turning coal ash into valuable resources – using components in green concrete and infrastructure reduces the environmental impact and allows companies to protect the environment.
  
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• How the US can overcome China’s gallium ban

  22-12-2024 06:00
  
  Washington needs to move fast if it wants to find other sources
  
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• Trump protectionism threatens energy transition, warns BHP chief

  20-12-2024 06:00
  
  Mike Henry says shifting US policies risk slowing allocation of capital to projects essential to renewables switch
  
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• Activist Palliser seeks to force Rio Tinto into reviewing London listing

  19-12-2024 11:52
  
  Investor cites ‘irrefutable’ case to abandon miner’s dual-listed structure
  
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• Sustainable coal mining practices: Innovations for a cleaner future

  18-12-2024 13:00 via worldcoal.com
  
  Jane Marsh outlines how coal miners are in the process of adopting sustainable practices and innovative technologies to overcome environmental and economic challenges, reducing ecological impact and positioning the industry for a cleaner future.
  
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• BHP faces class action over sex harassment and discrimination

  18-12-2024 12:49
  
  Miner says representative class action has been filed in Australian federal court
  
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• Barrick Gold threatens to suspend Mali operations in stand-off with government

  16-12-2024 15:48
  
  Dispute over revenues has led to detention of 4 employees and issue of arrest warrant for chief executive
  
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• Australia lowers tax revenue forecast on weak Chinese economy

  16-12-2024 03:48
  
  Treasury cuts $5.4bn from budget estimates over next four years, citing ‘significant impact’ of softer commodities demand
  
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• Rio Tinto to invest $2.5bn in latest commitment to lithium

  12-12-2024 15:00
  
  Mining major is betting on metal’s future because of its key role in electric vehicle batteries despite global glut
  
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• Coal’s future: New report charts path to sustainability

  10-12-2024 16:00 via worldcoal.com
  
  FutureCoal’s latest report, ‘Roadmap for a Sustainable Coal Value Chain’, highlights how advanced coal technologies can reduce emissions, while continuing to support the global demand for energy and industrial growth.
  
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• Thiess Rehabilitation restores Muswellbrook mined land

  10-12-2024 12:00 via worldcoal.com
  
  80 years after breaking ground on the Muswellbrook Coal Mine, Thiess Rehabilitation is making significant progress with technology-led post-mining land restoration works for the site’s current owner, Idemitsu Australia.
  
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• Swiss prosecutors demand 4-year jail sentence for former Trafigura COO

  09-12-2024 19:50
  
  Michael Wainwright accused of being ‘linchpin’ of scheme to bribe Angolan official
  
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• Barrick ‘never’ planned to use dealmaker Ian Hannam on Randgold merger

  09-12-2024 18:26
  
  Denial by chair of Canadian miner comes as veteran commodities banker claims he engineered $6bn deal but was not paid
  
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• Tough terrain ahead for investors in energy transition minerals

  09-12-2024 06:00
  
  Geopolitics and human rights concerns make lucrative opportunities difficult to access
  
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• Dealmaker Ian Hannam sues Barrick Gold over role in Randgold merger

  06-12-2024 18:52
  
  Prominent M&A banker claims his firm was not paid despite its ‘extensive’ work on arranging the 2018 merger
  
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• Rio Tinto won’t easily ditch its dual structure, despite its lack of style

  06-12-2024 11:39
  
  Activist fund Palliser Capital has described the miner’s complex approach as an ‘unmitigated failure’
  
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• Australia boosts loan for rare-earths refinery in bid to break China’s dominance

  06-12-2024 04:33
  
  Government increases backing for Iluka Resources to build country’s first processing facility for rare earths
  
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• Australia boosts loan for country’s first rare earths refinery

  06-12-2024 04:33
  
  Increased backing for Iluka Resources comes as countries are working to break China’s dominance in critical minerals
  
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• EU State aid to help close Romanian coal mines

  05-12-2024 17:00 via worldcoal.com
  
  The European Commission has approved a Romanian State aid measure to support the closure of four uncompetitive coal mines of Lonea, Lupeni, Livezeni, and Vulcan, in the Jiu Valley.
  
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• COP29: The uprising of energy sovereignty

  03-12-2024 13:00 via worldcoal.com
  
  FutureCoal highlights the growing calls from developing and emerging nations for an inclusive, sovereignty-focused approach to climate and energy policies – an approach it has consistently maintained at previous COPs.
  
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• Australian gold miners strike $3.2bn takeover deal

  02-12-2024 05:03
  Northern Star to acquire rival De Grey in all-share transaction as gold price surge continues to drive consolidation
  
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• BHP did Anglo American a favour

  29-11-2024 10:17
  
  Duncan Wanblad’s work may make Anglo more attractive to a potential suitor — investors are better off, regardless
  
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• BHP’s need for copper prompts speculation of fresh Anglo bid

  29-11-2024 06:00
  
  The six-month dealmaking standstill since rejection of the last takeover offer ends today
  
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• Angola removes sanctioned Alrosa from its diamond mines ahead of US visit

  28-11-2024 21:38
  
  Russian state company’s 41% stake was sold to an Omani-backed investment fund Maaden
  
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