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Rio Tinto says it wants to find better ways to provide the materials the world needs but warns decarbonisation has "a long way to go".

Protests erupt in Serbia against lithium excavation project over environmental concerns and government distrust. Critics fear irreversible damage to fertil...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to visit Serbia later this week to discuss a tentative deal with the Balkan country for the controversial excavation of lithium, a critical substance in making batteries for electric vehicles

Serbia's government on Tuesday said operations can restart at a disputed lithium mining project, days after a top court ruling overturned a 2022 cancellation of its permits.

The ASX200 has finished 0.2 per cent lower, dragged down partly by losses from BHP and Rio Tinto, but still notched its second-highest close ever.

Investors underestimating the rate at which Rio Tinto is evolving. Its $15 billion investment into the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia gives Rio the potential to catch up to BHP in terms of production – it could produce close to 900,000 tons by the end of the decade,…

Tomago Aluminium is the state's largest power user.

During 37 years of operations, the now-closed Argyle mine produced more than 865 million carats (191 tons) of rough diamonds and 90% of the world's pink diamonds.

The territory voted in 2019 to leave Papua New Guinea, but the country’s parliament is still to ratify the separation.