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• UK scientists call on Sunak to back deep-sea mining ‘moratorium’

  12-09-2023 05:00 via ft.com
  Letter expresses concerns about the nascent industry’s environmental impact
  
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• The wildcat traders and US contractors piling into Pakistan’s antimony

  29-12-2025 03:14 via ft.com
  Fears about China’s control of the rare earth supply chain have bolstered demand for alternative suppliers
  
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• ERG bid gatecrashed by Kazakh businessman

  23-12-2025 13:02 via ft.com
  Shakhmurat Mutalip has countered offer from Shukhrat Ibragimov for stake in miner
  
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• BHP hit with £189mn legal costs demand after ruling on dam collapse

  17-12-2025 17:09 via ft.com
  Miner says expenses are ‘shocking’ and that lawyers’ push for upfront payment is ‘absurd’
  
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• Is the ‘energy transition’ a real thing?

  17-12-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  Fossil fuel demand has kept growing amid the rise of low-carbon technology
  
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• Coal demand reaches new annual record as US output rises

  17-12-2025 07:00 via ft.com
  IEA forecasts a decline in years to 2030 despite ‘many uncertainties’
  
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• US mineral investors seek to counter China with ‘Liberty Corridor’ in Africa

  17-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Ivanhoe Atlantic project would supply iron ore to America and allies but faces opposition in west Africa — and Washington
  
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• The American company seeking to counter China in Africa

  17-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Ivanhoe Atlantic’s ‘Liberty Corridor’ would supply iron ore to US and allies but faces opposition in west Africa — and Washington
  
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• Canada clears way for $60bn Anglo Teck merger

  16-12-2025 10:13 via ft.com
  Ottawa lawmakers won concessions over mega-deal between domestic copper producer and London-listed group
  
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• Critical minerals should not be stockpiled for military use

  15-12-2025 18:02 via ft.com
  The US is funnelling materials such as cobalt and graphite into national defence rather than new climate technologies
  
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• The Serbian mining town where copper is everything

  12-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  How one city in the Balkans has ridden boom times and economic declines thanks to its mines
  
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• Anglo American and Teck shareholders vote in favour of $50bn merger

  09-12-2025 22:44 via ft.com
  Overwhelming approval was given on Tuesday, but the deal must still be cleared by Canadian government
  
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• Silver surges above $60 for first time on global supply squeeze

  09-12-2025 18:31 via ft.com
  Price of metal has more than doubled this year amid booming demand from investors and industrial users
  
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• Smithers announces AsiaCoke 2026 details and location

  08-12-2025 12:00 via worldcoal.com
  Smithers has announced that the AsiaCoke 2026 summit will take place from 30 March to 1 April 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia, and released details regarding the event programme.
  
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• Anglo ditches executive bonus plan linked to $50bn Teck merger

  08-12-2025 10:29 via ft.com
  FTSE 100 miner walks away from proposals to lock in share awards after shareholder objections
  
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• Glencore’s copper pitch: buy in or buy me

  06-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Miner’s assets and prospects strengthen its hand for M&A — a game it knows better than anyone
  
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• DR Congo to give US buyers mineral access after peace deal

  05-12-2025 17:12 via ft.com
  Washington and Swiss trader Mercuria announce up to $1bn each in funding as Trump seeks to end long-running conflict
  
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• New Rio Tinto chief to cut costs and sell assets in push to boost profits

  04-12-2025 12:03 via ft.com
  Simon Trott banks on rising copper production to increase earnings
  
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• Rio Tinto forecasts earnings growth of up to half by 2030

  04-12-2025 08:26 via ft.com
  Miner banks on rising copper production, cost-cutting and asset disposals under new chief Simon Trott
  
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• Glencore slashes 1,000 jobs as part of cost-cutting drive

  03-12-2025 13:47 via ft.com
  Swiss company also unveils plans to double copper production over next 10 years
  
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• Vulcan Energy secures $2.6bn for Europe’s biggest lithium project

  03-12-2025 10:11 via ft.com
  Facility is expected to generate material for about 500,000 EV batteries a year
  
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• The hunt for copper to wire the AI boom

  03-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Data centres and green grids are heavy users of the red metal, but mine supply is stagnating and new discoveries are rare
  
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• Vale cuts iron ore output forecast on slowing demand and new supply

  02-12-2025 16:53 via ft.com
  Company’s ‘long term’ price prediction is still more optimistic than that of most analysts
  
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• Latin America accelerates minerals shift as Trump pushes for regional sourcing

  02-12-2025 15:59 via ft.com
  Leaders agree on need to mine and process key metals in the Americas, says IDB president Ilan Goldfajn
  
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• Barrick looks for gold in North American asset IPO

  01-12-2025 19:40 via ft.com
  Elliott hasn’t said publicly what it wants from the gold miner but the math supports the case for a partial listing
  
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• Barrick Mining considering IPO of North American gold assets

  01-12-2025 14:34 via ft.com
  Potential move comes less than 2 weeks after Elliott Management built stake in miner
  
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• Tycoon denies funnelling missing Trafigura millions to wife or companies

  27-11-2025 17:50 via ft.com
  Prateek Gupta sued by commodities house in London over alleged fake nickel trading scheme
  
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• FutureCoal welcomes global shift toward technology-neutral, energy-secure pathways at COP30 and G20

  27-11-2025 17:00 via worldcoal.com
  FutureCoal has welcomed the outcomes of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg and the COP30 climate negotiations in Belém, noting that both major global forums reinforced the needs of many emerging economies requiring balanced, methodical, technology-neutral energy pathways.
  
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• Coal stalwart follows old customers into low-carbon technologies

  27-11-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Hargreaves Services diversified, devolved decision-making and reoriented towards environmental services and infrastructure
  
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• JSW reports stable production and sales growth

  25-11-2025 13:00 via worldcoal.com
  Jastrzebska Spólka Weglowa (JSW) has published its operating results for October 2025, which indicate stable production and a significant increase in sales, particularly in the steam coal segment.
  
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