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Brisbane, 27 September 2025 — The fallout from Queensland’s coal royalty regime has escalated into a high-stakes battle over jobs, investment, and the state’s fiscal stability.…
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest with assets exceeding $2 trillion, has committed $1.5 billion to Brookfield Asset Management’s Global Transition Fund II, cementing its…
JX Advanced Metals (TSE: 5016) is betting big on urban mining and a new “green hybrid smelting” model to safeguard margins and secure critical minerals for…
Autonomous haulage is no longer a novelty. Komatsu now counts 750+ autonomous trucks that have collectively moved 10+ billion metric tons of material—adding roughly 6 million…
Honghua Group, a subsidiary of Dongfang Electric Corporation and one of China’s largest land drilling rig suppliers, has introduced an intelligent fracturing solution designed to automate…
EU green steel projects are faltering just as China accelerates its low-carbon transition with OEM tie-ups and state-directed financing. In the last six months alone, three…
The race to secure copper has entered a new phase. Analysts warn that global copper demand could outpace supply by 300,000–500,000 tonnes in 2025, intensifying competition…
China’s copper smelters, responsible for more than half of global refined output, are facing renewed margin pressure as sulphuric acid prices—a critical revenue-supporting byproduct—fall sharply. The…
NEW DELHI – India has secured a 15-year contract with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to explore polymetallic sulphides in the Indian Ocean, extending its position…
When Ottawa unveiled its list of five “nation-building” projects under a new federal fast-track program, two were copper mines: Newmont’s Red Chris block-cave expansion in northwest…
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