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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
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      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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