While Rio Tinto remains Deutsche Bank’s preferred iron ore major, the bank sees downside risks to iron ore prices in the coming months, influencing its more cautious stance on the stock.

The greed of mining companies in their search for critical minerals in Brazil is threatening food production and the ...

The ASX hit a new record close on the back of miners and banks, while JB Hi-Fi fell sharply despite  producing a "solid" profit.

Non-Chinese rare earth producers have been conspicuously absent from mining’s top tier, now worth a collective $1.5 trillion, ...

On the other hand, supply concerns remain after five fatalities prompted a stoppage at Chile's El Teniente copper mine, one of the world's largest underground mines. Additionally, China's copper ...

Chinese markets for lithium, a key battery metal, are reportedly seeing heightened volatility after investors bid up prices to guard against possible supply disruptions. Lithium carbonate traded on ...

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The US produces just over half of all the copper it uses. Most of the rest is imported from three countries — Chile, Canada and Peru — which made up 90 percent of all copper imports into the US last ...

Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "We are delivering very resilient financial results with an improving operational performance helped by our increasingly diversified portfolio.

Rio Tinto reported its smallest first-half underlying profit since 2020 and lowest interim dividend in seven years on ...

Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "We are delivering very resilient financial results with an improving operational performance helped by our increasingly diversified portfolio.

Rio Tinto reported its smallest first-half underlying profit since 2020 and lowest interim dividend in seven years on Wednesday, as falling iron ore prices and rising costs in Australia ...