Tokyo joined the US and European Union nations, which announced sweeping sanctions such as bans on importing coal and freezing the assets of banks and individuals

The Anglo-Australian miner recorded its best ever annual profit in 2021 and gave shareholders a record full-year dividend of $16.8 billion

Japan's Industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said the country will aim over time to end coal imports from Russia, as finding immediate alternative suppliers will be difficult

If new technologies work, they will help boost lithium production with a footprint smaller than open-pit mines and evaporation ponds, which often are the size of multiple football fields

The state-run utility, which produces over a quarter of India's power output, will import 16 million tonnes to blend with domestic coal during the year ending March 2023

Mineral sands group commits to the country's first refinery, boosted by a $749m loan from the federal government to counter China's dominance of the processing of rare earths

The Brazilian company will provide the cells, while Horwin Brasil will produce the "brain" of the component, in addition to the motorcycles themselves

The dispute started in August last year when the DRC government formed a commission to reassess reserves and resources to "fairly lay claims to their rights"

Uranium prices, which plunged after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, have surged in the past year as more nuclear power stations are set to be built globally

The ban on Russia-bound precious metal reflects Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's resolve to impose further sanctions against the country

Bill Gates-backed Heliogen has secured funding from top Australian energy producer Woodside for a trial of its concentrated-solar-power tech ahead of a planned push into Australia

A rare positive report from J Capital said Firefinch's main assets - the Goulamina project in Mali in West Africa – were significantly undervalued because of 'political risk'.