Silicon Valley start-up KoBold Metals, which uses artificial intelligence to identify battery metal deposits, has appointed a woman as CEO of its copper unit in Zambia, making her the country's first female head in a mining exploration company.
Rio Tinto , said on Tuesday it would buy A$319 million ($216.54 million) worth of shares in Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) to help fund rehabilitation costs related to a former uranium mine in the Northern Territory.
Anglo American said on Tuesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Swedish hydrogen and steel producer H2 Green Steel to work on advancing low-carbon steelmaking processes.
China hopes Australian miner BHP will tap potential for cooperation in emerging areas such as climate change and new energy, while carrying out more mutually beneficial projects, according to a foreign ministry statement on Tuesday.
Canada's commodity-heavy main stock index edged up on Monday to nearly a month's high after energy stocks jumped more than 4%, while Teck Resources surged after rejecting a buyout offer from Glencore.