1+ hour, 8+ min ago  (805+ words) One of Glencore's founding fathers, Tor Peterson, held "1.38 billion ($2.66 billion) of bets on Glencore shares falling while the Swiss miner was negotiating a merger with Rio Tinto, but well-placed sources say his extraordinary trading behaviour was part of a bigger…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (173+ words) Lawyers strike gold against BHP in UK's biggest class action'AFR A major lawsuit against Australia's highest valued company over a mine disaster will run for several more years after already topping $600 million in legal fees. Claimants in the massiveclass action…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (99+ words) BHP's export of flagship iron product crashes amid stoush with China'AFR Export volumes of one of BHP's flagship iron ore products crashed by 80 per cent in January, as Australia's biggest company scrambled to respond to Chinese pressure by selling different…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (86+ words) The new mining boom: Government spending is reshaping the economy'AFR The governments economic footprint and job generation expanded over the past decade as much as the substantial mining boom in the early 2000s, contributing to inflation pressures for the Reserve Bank…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (178+ words) Manganese play Trek Metals launches raising following discovery'AFR Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. ASX-listed explorer Trek Metals launched a $12 million placement on Friday morning to accelerate its maiden drilling campaign at its Christmas Creek…...

3+ day, 24+ min ago  (83+ words) NIC ASX: ASX nickel stocks get a sugar hit from Indonesia's output curb'AFR Australia's few remaining nickel producers got a sugar hit on Thursday after regulators told the world's largest mine in Indonesia to slash output as the country looks…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (77+ words) First Quantum-backed copper hopeful Prospect Resources seeks $40m'AFR Prospect Resources, an African battery metals explorer capitalised at $289 million on the ASX, sent out three brokers on Thursday morning to drum up $40 million in fresh equity. Fund managers were offered Prospect…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (51+ words) New AMP boss faces heat as investors vent fury over missing buyback'AFR AMP suffered its biggest single-day share drop in more than two decades after the wealth management giant delivered a financial result that lacked a share buyback, or any…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (93+ words) Queensland delays emissions plans by up to five years'AFR The Queensland government could delay the release of its detailed plans to meet the state's 75 per cent 2035 emissions target by up to five years in a move likely to further inflame…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (107+ words) Lithium miners have been buoyed by a deal with a guaranteed price of US$1000 per tonne, the first agreement of its kind by a local critical minerals producer. The chief executive of one of Australia's biggest lithium miners has urged…...