Mining news

• Race for rare earths sparks concern about environmental damage

  31-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Companies seeking to boost western supplies face legal and community obstacles
  
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• Can batteries halt India’s coal power growth?

  03-06-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Adani investment reflects shifting economics of clean baseload power
  
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• China’s hunt for US tungsten escalates global critical minerals race

  02-06-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Effort has driven up prices and prompted calls to restrict sales of a vital national security resource to overseas buyers
  
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• Activist fund Elliott calls for sale of Australia’s largest gold miner

  02-06-2026 06:44 via ft.com
  US firm builds up stake in Northern Star Resources
  
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• US start-up plans to drill for lithium under VW and BMW battery factories

  02-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Atana Elements acquires exploration licences in Germany and Poland as Europe aims to reduce reliance on China
  
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• China’s coal heartlands reel from worst disaster in a decade

  30-05-2026 03:42 via ft.com
  Deaths of 82 miners recall era of accidents many hoped was in the past
  
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• China’s Zijin faces delays to its $4bn swoop for Allied Gold

  29-05-2026 17:31 via ft.com
  Allied’s biggest mine is in Mali, which has arrested a number of foreign executives in recent years
  
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• US-backed rare earth rivals clash over alleged technology theft

  27-05-2026 20:02 via ft.com
  Legal battle erupts between mining companies supported by Trump administration to break dependence on China
  
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• Why this Chinese company says the world needs more lithium

  19-05-2026 02:37 via ft.com
  Tianqi says demand forecasts underestimate rapid rise of battery-powered industrial equipment
  
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• Electric ships and trucks to buoy battery boom, says China lithium boss

  19-05-2026 02:37 via ft.com
  Tianqi says demand forecasts underestimate rapid rise of battery-powered industrial equipment
  
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• Anglo American strikes $3.9bn deal to sell Australia coal business

  18-05-2026 10:45 via ft.com
  Sale to privately owned Dhilmar will help advance UK-listed group’s restructuring programme
  
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• Peru run-off pits autocrat’s daughter against leftwinger

  15-05-2026 18:53 via ft.com
  Polarised race between rightwing Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez to take place on June 7
  
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• Ad ban for lab gems is diamonds’ best friend

  13-05-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  UK watchdog rules jewellers cannot use ‘diamond’ in isolation in synthetic stones’ adverts
  
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• Group linked to Trump sons asks US for extra $400mn for tungsten mine

  12-05-2026 18:25 via ft.com
  Cove Kaz Capital has already secured up to $1.6bn in government support for project in Kazakhstan
  
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• India drives global rise in coal-based steel capacity

  11-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  New blast furnace projects threaten to undermine shift to greener production elsewhere
  
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• Coal shipments jump as countries seek alternatives to disrupted gas supplies

  11-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Middle East conflict is driving many Asian nations in particular to turn to the carbon-intensive fuel
  
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• US and South Africa hold talks on mining deals after year of tensions

  08-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Officials discussed resources investments as Washington tries to break China’s control of critical minerals production
  
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• Canadian miner Sherritt pulls out of Cuba on Trump sanctions fears

  07-05-2026 19:09 via ft.com
  Termination of 32-year joint venture is a blow to communist island’s economy and could push up cobalt prices
  
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• Glencore zinc smelter hit by deadly explosion

  05-05-2026 15:14 via ft.com
  Blast killed two people and injured five, according to Kazakhstan’s government
  
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• Canada’s TMX aims to spur mining listings boom in Australia

  03-05-2026 04:34 via ft.com
  Exchange group has bought ASX rival and wants to attract companies that struggle to list on country’s primary exchange
  
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• Canada’s diamond industry begins a long goodbye

  02-05-2026 14:00 via ft.com
  The closure of Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine is the beginning of the end for a lifeline of the remote Northwest Territories
  
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• DR Congo creates $100mn ‘Mining Guard’ to protect critical minerals

  28-04-2026 18:23 via ft.com
  Security force aims to drive investment in African nation’s resource sector
  
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• After conquering nickel, Indonesia sets its sights on aluminium

  28-04-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Analysts fear Chinese-funded build-up of smelters will lead to oversupply
  
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• Mercuria to invest in smelters and mines as it expands metals push

  24-04-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Swiss trading house’s move to take 25% stake in aluminium plant in Indonesia marks shift into asset ownership
  
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• Ecocide is a crime against humanity

  22-04-2026 18:04 via ft.com
  The ICC and its member states must treat environmental destruction as seriously as other international crimes
  
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• Ukraine miner Ferrexpo warns it could run out of cash by August

  22-04-2026 17:43 via ft.com
  London-listed company’s shares plunge as it considers capital raise of at least $100mn
  
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• US trade chief urges allies to pay more for critical minerals

  22-04-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Jamieson Greer says ‘security premium’ needed to counter reliance on Chinese supplies
  
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• US coal producers squeezed as Iran crisis lifts demand and costs

  22-04-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Soaring expense of production and transport hampers effort to boost exports
  
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• BHP strikes China iron ore deal after months of talks

  22-04-2026 04:14 via ft.com
  Mining company firms up copper guidance in Mike Henry’s final results as chief executive
  
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• Global clean power growth points to permanent shift, analysts say

  21-04-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Evidence grows of structural move away from fossil fuels to meet rising electricity demand
  
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