Plus, Rio Tinto pushes into lithium production with $6.7bn deal and OpenAI considers a poison pill
Extreme volatility in price of key battery material reflects uncertainty over current global market for electric vehicles
Acquisition will make Anglo-Australian miner one of world’s biggest producers of key battery material
Deal would make miner one of world’s largest producers of key battery material
US’s IRA programme yet to have ‘significant impact’, says Jakob Stausholm as he opens London Metal Exchange week
Metal is critical for the clean energy transition and Anglo-Australian group’s plans to diversify
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Companies want commodities critical for clean energy such as copper that could drive deals
Declining demand due to Chinese property rout threatens profit squeeze for producers including BHP, Rio Tinto, Vale and Fortescue
Analysts say new techniques could double production of key battery material and have similar impact to shale on oil sector
Jakob Stausholm says ‘major M&A’ could put company off course
Minority investors in Rio Tinto-owned project ‘devastated’ by non-renewal of licence to tap huge deposits
35mn shares sold by company linked to Mark Dixon
Palliser Capital says miner should unify corporate structure in Australia to boost share price
Miner’s future is not nearly as anaemic as it may seem
Mongolian national seen as frontrunner to become miner’s next boss
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Miner’s chief Jakob Stausholm outlines ambition to produce iron ore from $20bn development as soon as 2025
Rio Tinto hopes $20bn Guinea iron ore, rail and port plan will pave way for ‘new era’ of mining
Group set to commence iron ore project in Guinea
Chief executive Jakob Stausholm says steel mills running ‘flat out’ but property slowdown still ‘challenging’
Local billionaires disrupt consolidation as industry positions itself for boom in mineral vital to electric cars
SEC also fines former chief Tom Albanese $50,000 after a five-year legal battle
Anglo-Australian group rethinks strategy in race to extract metal vital for clean energy transition
Miner posts lowest first-half earnings in three years on softer commodity prices
