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    • Monday, 22 August, 2022
      Climate change
      Europe risks losing green hydrogen funding to US, industry leader says

      ‘Clean’ fuel investors will favour Biden plan unless Brussels improves incentives, Fortescue chief claims

      Fortescue Future Industries chief Mark Hutchinson
    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      BHP Group PLC
      BHP announces record cash return on surging coal prices

      Australian miner benefits as war in Ukraine crimps Russian fuel exports

      A silhouette of a figure and mineral imitation in front of the BHP logo
    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto rebuffed in plan to take control of Mongolian copper project

      Canadian partner says $2.7bn buyout offer for one of the world’s biggest deposits is insufficient

      A worker walks through a tunnel at the Oyu Tolgoi mine
    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Thungela Resources Ltd
      Thungela to pay bumper dividend as coal price soars

      South African business spun out of Anglo American reveals 4,000% rise in profits

      Thungela chief executive July Ndlovu
    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Antofagasta PLC
      Miner Antofagasta warns of copper project challenges under Chile tax rise plan

      UK-listed group says new investments in metal would be reviewed if country’s government approves tax and royalty increases

      A copper miner at work in Chile
    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      BHP Group Ltd
      Oz Minerals rebuffs BHP’s $5.8bn offer

      Board says mining group’s bid ‘significantly’ undervalues Australian company

      A tonne of nickel powder produced by BHP
    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto signals end to era of record mining returns

      Anglo-Australian group reports 29% drop in half-year earnings as commodity prices fall

      A bulk carrier moored beside a jetty at a Rio Tinto Group port facility in Dampier, Western Australia
    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      News in-depthMining
      Mining outlook darkens as twin threats loom

      Investors set for last round of bumper payouts as margins are squeezed by falling commodity prices and cost inflation

      A mine operated by Rio Tinto in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Gold Fields Inc.
      Gold Fields defends $5.2bn Yamana bid

      South African miner says Canadian target at risk of being snapped up by rivals

      Gold Fields CEO Chris Griffith
    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Anglo American PLC
      De Beers boosted by sanctions imposed on Russian rival

      Diamond sales have held up thanks to pent up demand from consumers following the pandemic

      A De Beers’ clerk grades diamonds from Botswana diamonds mines at the De Beers office
    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      Antofagasta PLC
      Copper price bounces higher as miners cut production forecasts

      Industrial metal hit a 20-month low last week as recession fears gripped commodity markets

      Los Pelambres mine in Chile
    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      BHP Group PLC
      BHP warns of slowing global growth as monetary policy tightens

      Falling prices and mounting recession fears take toll on world’s biggest miners

      A freight train carrying iron ore travels towards Port Hedland, Australia
    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      InterviewMongolia
      Mongolia says Russia-China gas pipeline will break ground in 2024

      Prime minister Luvsannamsrai tells FT that Rio Tinto’s Gobi Desert copper mine is on track

      Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets Mongolian prime minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai
    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Commodities
      Copper rout worsens as recession fears hammer commodities markets

      Price of key industrial metal returns to levels last seen in late 2020

      Copper rods can be seen at a Vietnamese cable factory
    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      EU energy
      EU cuts down Russian coal imports ahead of bloc-wide ban

      Move to limit reliance on fuel from sanctioned country adds to fears about energy crisis

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Hydrogen — Fantasy or fuel of the future?
      Mining mogul Andrew Forrest doubles down on green hydrogen

      Billionaire boss says he will transform iron ore giant Fortescue Metals Group into a clean energy leader

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Hydrogen — Fantasy or fuel of the future?
      EU clean energy targets risk being missed as rates rise

      Developers of large hydrogen projects need clarity on subsidies and a pipeline of committed customers

      a man works on cells for hydrogen generation modules at Germany’s Sunfire firm
    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Petropavlovsk PLC
      Petropavlovsk shares suspended after indebted miner files for administration

      Russian gold producer has struggled to refinance after UK imposed sanctions on main lender Gazprombank

      An aerial view of the Pokrovskiy hard-rock gold mine, owned by Petropavlovsk
    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      BHP Group PLC
      BHP will face £5bn High Court lawsuit over Brazilian dam disaster

      Some 202,600 claimants are suing over country’s biggest environmental disaster

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      Batteries
      Metals industry opposes proposed EU toxic label on battery component lithium

      European Chemicals Agency seeks to classify the metal as a reproductive toxin

      An employee assembles lithium-ion battery modules at a BMW car plant in Germany
    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      Commodities
      Commodities slump as recession fears stamp out fierce rally

      Raw materials from grains to oil have lost their lustre, with hedge funds betting on further falls

      Workers feed harvested wheat into a thresher on a farm in Egypt
    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      GMK Noril'skiy nikel' OAO
      Norilsk and Rusal in talks to forge $60bn Russian metals champion

      Nickel and aluminium producers say combination would give groups ‘extra stability against sanctions’

      Vladimir Potanin
    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      EU energy
      Europe power prices hit new high in wake of Russian gas supply cuts

      Prices quadruple in a year exacerbated by maintenance problems at French nuclear plants

      The nuclear power plant of Nogent-sur-Seine, east of Paris
    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Copper
      Copper trades below $8,000 a tonne as recession fears take hold

      World’s most important industrial metal had struck a record high above $10,600 earlier this year

      A copper smelter in Chile
    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Gazprom OAO
      Gazprom shares plunge 25% after dividend blocked

      Russian state-backed gas group had proposed record payout

      A worker inspects drilling pipes at a Gazprom facility in Russia
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