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Natural Resources Editor

Neil Hume runs the FT’s coverage of natural resources, with a special focus on metals and mining including the powerful trading houses that moves raw materials around the globe.

He was previously the FT’s Australian Pacific correspondent based in Sydney, the editor of FT Alphaville and a senior stock market correspondent.

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  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Copper
    Freeport signals enduring cash bonanza from copper price boom

    Top listed producer’s chief expects supply constraints and robust demand to persist

  • Sunday, 28 February, 2021
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Did US hiring accelerate in February?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    Anglo American PLC
    Anglo American refuses to be ‘seduced’ by higher commodity prices

    Miner reports big turnround in second-half profits as raw materials markets soar

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Copper
    Chinese brokerage makes $1bn copper bet

    Buying frenzy by Shanghai Dalu turbocharges price gain but brokers are wary of a correction

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Commodities
    Commodities price surge raises fears of ‘overshoot’

    Inflation-hedging bets pour fuel on sector rally

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Equities
    US tech stocks tumble on nerves over inflation outlook

    Nasdaq closes down 2.5%

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Copper
    Copper breaches $9,000 a tonne in bet on economic bounce and supply limits

    Industrial metal hits its highest level in a decade as global demand increases

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto’s former chief received pay rise despite cave blasts scandal

    Jean-Sébastien Jacques’ total remuneration at mining group rose 20% to £7.2m last year

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    News in-depthRio Tinto PLC
    Jakob Stausholm: Rio Tinto’s man for a crisis

    New chief promises a more collegiate approach after outcry over group’s destruction of a sacred Aboriginal site last year

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  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto announces biggest dividend in its 148-year history

    Mining group hands $9bn of cash back to shareholders as commodity prices rally

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    Mining
    Mining investors set to enjoy huge cash bonanza

    BHP and Glencore announce $6.7bn of dividends as industry enjoys best conditions in decade

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    Glencore
    Glencore reinstates dividend as Glasenberg prepares to exit

    Switzerland-based group raises prospect of further cash returns if commodity prices remain strong

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Industrial metals
    Tin-buying frenzy sends prices to seven-year high

    Stocks of the metal used in global electronics sector fall to record lows

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    EU to allow UK data flow, commodities boom, China's box office

    Brussels set to allow EU data into the UK, prices signal a new commodity 'supercycle'

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    How BHP became the UK’s biggest listed company

    Pandemic effect helps Anglo-Australian miner leapfrog Shell and Unilever in market value

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Runaway Markets
    Investors set for commodities ‘bull run’ as prices rise in tandem

    Broad-based recent gains have not been seen in decades and spur talk of ‘supercycle’

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Mongolia seeks Rio backing to terminate mine agreement

    Ulan Bator wants to replace underground development plan for Oyu Tolgoi

  • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
    BSG Resources Ltd
    Beny Steinmetz battles to stay out of jail

    Swiss bribery conviction narrows options for Israeli mining tycoon fighting claims for billions of dollars

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Vale SA
    Vale agrees to $7bn settlement over Brazil dam disaster

    Deal over Brumadinho breach that killed 270 people is Latin America’s largest such settlement

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio chairman accused of breaking promise over rock cave blasts

    Blow to mining company’s efforts to repair shattered relationship with indigenous groups

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    KAZ Minerals PLC
    Nova Resources lifts offer for Kaz Minerals to 780p a share

    Buyout consortium seeks to win over minority shareholders

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Glencore
    Glencore names former Anglo American chief Cynthia Carroll to board

    Commodity group now has three women in its nine-person boardroom

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Precious metals
    Silver price retreats rapidly in blow to new retail buyers

    Steep fall underlines difficulties facing small investors in influencing global market

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Petropavlovsk PLC
    Petropavlovsk arrest followed director request for FSB probe

    Co-founder was detained after letter to Russian security service regarding son’s real estate deal

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto’s new chief overhauls top leadership team

    Jakob Stausholm aims to rebuild relations in Australia and resolve Mongolia muddle

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