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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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’

  • 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

  • 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

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Gazprom OAO
    Gazprom shares plunge 25% after dividend blocked

    Russian state-backed gas group had proposed record payout

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