Mining
BHP names Brandon Craig as its new chief executive
US-backed group buys DR Congo copper-cobalt mine under minerals deal
Mongolia presses Rio Tinto to rewrite ‘unfair’ terms of $18bn Oyu Tolgoi mine
Amid European energy fears, coal creeps back into favour
Glencore wades into battle for former FTSE miner
China sets cautious climate goals in five-year plan as coal remains core
The geopolitics of the global oceans treaty
Coal prices jump as utilities seek alternative to gas
China’s rising influence over the oceans
Africa should not pick sides in minerals race, says Zambia
UK’s first commercial lithium plant opens in boost to domestic metals mining
Japan mines Pacific Ocean mud to counter China’s rare earths chokehold
Japan mines Pacific Ocean mud for rare earths to counter China’s chokehold
America is becoming a petrostate
US scraps tighter limits on mercury emissions from coal plants