China eases BHP iron ore ban

Vale Base Metals and Glencore Canada have agreed to jointly evaluate a potential brownfield copper development in Canada’s Sudbury Basin.The move comes as copper prices soar, driven by supply crunches, an anticipated shortage and uncertainty as US tariffs loom.

MINING company Lynas has entered into a heavy rare earths separation plant joint venture in the US with Blue Line Corp, at a time when international fear around a rare earths shortage has nearly reached crisis point. The agreement comes as China moves to leverage its position as the sole producer of heavy rare earths in the latest ramp-up of trade tensions against the US. Lynas vice president of sales and marketing, Pol Le Roux, told The Australian Mining Review that the company had the capacity to fill the supply gap on all but two of the 17 elements that make up the rare earths: cerium and the group known as heavy rare earths. “China is not in a position...

The Antimony Ridge project in Idaho will be included in the US Federal FAST-41 Permitting Transparency Program, as Resolution Minerals (ASX: RML) looks to advance proposed bulk sampling and drilling activities.

Image: Glencore BY EMMA DAVIES AFTER pressure from investor signatories of the Climate Action 100+ initiative, global miner Glencore has announced its decision to cap coal production at current levels. In a statement, the Swiss-based coal giant said that it recognised climate change science as set out by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and realised it had a key role to play in enabling transition to a low carbon economy. “To deliver a strong investment case to our shareholders, we must invest in assets that will be resilient to regulatory, physical and operational risks related to climate change,” Glencore stated. “To meet the growing needs of a lower carbon economy, Glencore aims to prioritise its capital investment...