Environmental activists and opposition groups are set to gather in the center of Serbia’s capital on Saturday to demand a halt to the Rio Tinto Group’s $2.4-billion plans to open Europe’s biggest lithium mine. The troubles highlight the challenges to building new...
Gold steadied ahead of key US data prints this week, with traders focused on whether they will reinforce bets the Federal Reserve will soon pivot to monetary easing. Bullion was trading near $2 430 an ounce in Asia after falling 0.5% last week, as markets braced for...
Rio Tinto has accepted its 300th Komatsu autonomous haulage system – also known as AHS – truck at its Pilbara operations in Western Australia. Komatsu and Rio Tinto initially signed a memorandum of understanding in 2011 to deploy 150 AHS trucks to the Rio Tinto...
BHP and Rio Tinto have become foundation investors in a new fund aiming to develop large-scale, nature-based carbon sequestration projects in Australia to support the global transition towards a low-carbon economy. Managed by Silva Capital – a joint venture between...
The Drax power station was responsible for four times more carbon emissions than the UK’s last remaining coal-fired plant last year, despite taking more than £0.5bn in clean-energy subsidies in 2023, according to a report. The North Yorkshire power plant, which burns...
