These three ASX mining shares soared higher than the S&P ASX 200 Materials Index (ASX: XMJ) today.

Besra Gold Inc (ASX: BEZ), TNG Ltd (ASX: TNG), and Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX: GAL) all surged by more than 10%. The Materials Index fell nearly 1%.

Let's take a look at why these three ASX mining shares had such a good day.

Besra Gold

Besra Gold shares exploded 61% today. At one point, Besra shares soared 103%. Besra is exploring the Bau Gold project.

The company announced a capital raise at a premium to the last closing price of 3.2 cents. Besra signed an agreement with US-based Quantum Metal Recovery to issue 11.1 million shares at 9 cents per share. This will raise $1 million. Besra is also in discussions with Quantum for broader funding support.

Commenting on the news, Besra Gold CEO Dr Ray Shaw said:

I am very excited with the enthusiasm Quantum has shown for Bau and I look forward to further developing our relationship.

TNG

The TNG share price soared 15% today. TNG is exploring the Mount Peake vanadium, titanium and iron project in the Northern Territory.

Today, TNG advised it has appointed senior mining executive Rowan Johnston to the board as a non-executive director. Johnston has 30 years of experience in the mining and processing industry.

Commenting on the news, TNG chairman Neil Biddle said:

I have had a long association with Rowan, most recently at Bardoc Gold, and I know him to be a man of great integrity, vast experience, strong commercial acumen and a keen strategic mindset.

Galileo Mining

Galileo Mining shares soared 13% today. The company is exploring palladium, platinum, gold, rhodium, nickel and copper in Western Australia.

Drilling at the company's Callisto discovery intersected with nickel sulphide mineralisation up to 51 metres. Lab assays will be conducted to find out if other metals, including palladium and platinum, are present.

Managing director Brad Underwood said:

We are very excited to be rapidly progressing this new discovery and look forward to updating the market as results become available.

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ASX hydrogen shares were the talk of the town in 2021 as many entities turned towards the element for low-emissions power.

However, not all companies involved in hydrogen saw their share price boom last year. In fact, some of the highest profile stocks leaning into the energy commodity saw their value tumble.

Here are 2021's biggest losers of the hydrogen space.

2021's worst performing ASX shares involved in hydrogen

For clarity, this list includes companies involved in hydrogen. Many find most of their business elsewhere.

Additionally, this list only includes companies with market capitalisations of more than $30 million and share prices of more than 5 cents.

AGL Energy Limited (ASX: AGL) – fell 47.2%

While AGL has its roots in coal-fired power, the company has been exploring hydrogen energy for a number of years.

It is a leader of the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Project, which aims to see hydrogen produced using coal from AGL's Loy Yang Mine delivered to Japan.

Additionally, the company announced a deal with Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) last month. The pair are looking into converting AGL's Liddell and Bayswater power stations into a facility capable of producing green hydrogen.

However, the recent agreement wasn't enough to boost AGL back into the green. The AGL share price tumbled over 2021, ending the year trading at $6.14.

SRJ Technologies Group PLC (ASX: SRJ) – tumbled 15.6%

SRJ Technologies is a specialised engineering company. In September, it partnered with Curtin University to produce hydrogen-compatible pipe technology.

The company might also find itself able to patent the resulting technology.

Over the course of 2021, the SRJ Technologies share price tumbled 15.6% to end the year at 43 cents.

Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) – down 15.3%

We've already mentioned FFI, and now its parent company has made the list of 2021's worst performing ASX hydrogen shares.

Fortescue Metals is an iron ore producer. However, it also owns a renewable energy leg, FFI.

FFI has been making headways with hydrogen energy in 2021, but that hasn't been enough to boost the Fortescue Metals share price into the green.

The company's stock ended the year 15.3% lower, trading at $19.21.

TNG Limited (ASX: TNG) – fell 7.7%

TNG is a resource and mineral processing company and, last year, it branched into hydrogen.

It entered an agreement with Malaysian-based green energy company, AGV Energy & Technology to work to integrate vanadium redox flow batteries with AGV Energy's green hydrogen production technology.

The two companies entered a project development agreement to jointly build Australian hydrogen projects in September.

The TNG share price ended 2021 trading at 8 cents, 7.7% lower than it ended 2020.

Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG) – up 11.5%

Finally, making the list of the worst performing ASX hydrogen shares of 2021 by the skin of its teeth, is Origin Energy.

The company is involved in hydrogen through a feasibility study it's conducting in Tasmania. There, it's evaluating the potential to produce green hydrogen which will then be turned into green ammonia and exported.

Last year, the Origin share price gained 11.5% to close at $5.24 on New Year's Eve.

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Energy and resources stocks led the way, after commodities prices rose overnight, with some investors believing we've hit the bottom and are on the way back up. I'm not so sure about that, and certainly wouldn't want to bet the house on mining stocks just now (or at all).

Still, plenty of industrials companies were heavily sold off by investors today. Here's our view on four of them.

Cloud-accounting firm Xero FPO NZ (ASX: XRO) plunged 10.3% to $20.32, after reporting mixed results for the year ending March 2015. Xero reported a net loss after tax of $69.5 million, despite subscription revenues rising 81% over the previous year. Paying customers also climbed, rising 67% to 475,000. Colleague Owen Raskiewicz is bullish on the company – and here's his coverage of the results.

Resmed Inc. (CHESS) (ASX: RMD) saw its shares sink 9.7% to $8.46 after reporting a slight decline in gross profit for the March 2015 quarter. The company which provides products to help sufferers of sleep apnea, saw some margin compression, as revenues rose 6% to US$422.5 million. After rising 51% in the past six months, perhaps some of the frothy 'hope' has been blown out of the share price. As a long-term shareholder of Resmed, it's but a mere blip.

Buru Energy Limited (ASX: BRU) fell 5.8%, but is still up 33% since the start of the year, as oil prices recover. Still, the fall may have something to do with today's announcement of the resignation of non-executive director Peter Jones, who was suffering from ill health. Mr Jones was the founding chairman of ARC Energy – the company from which Buru was born. Buru has petroleum assets in the Canning Basin in Western Australia.

TNG Limited (ASX: TNG) slipped 8.8% to 15.5 cents, after the resources company announced that it had issued 15.7 million shares at an issue price of 13 cents to raise $2 million from a strategic Hong Kong institutional investor. Cleary investors weren't happy that shares had been issued to an external party for a huge discount, further diluting their holdings. TNG is attempting to develop the Mount Peake Vanadium-titanium-iron project in the Northern Territory.

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But that doesn't mean all stocks listed on the Australian Stock Exchange have gone nowhere. In fact, 10 companies have seen their share prices soar by more than 50%, and 4 of these have more than doubled.

Cynata Therapeutics Ltd (ASX: CYP) has leapt 228% since early February to $1.18. The stem cell research company achieved a major breakthrough, achieving commercial-scale manufacture of stem cell products. As you can well imagine, that has major implications if Cynata can go on and commercialise its technology.

AtCor Medical Holdings Limited (ASX: ACG) is up 120% to 21 cents. AtCor received Category 1 approval for its SphygmoCor blood pressure system in the US. Colleague Brendon Lau covered the news in more detail here.

Cyclopharm Limited (ASX: CYC) jumped 116.9% to 64 cents, after reporting record sales of $12 million and an record net profit of $4m – although that included a $2.65 million legal settlement. Cyclopharm is a nuclear medicine company, with products including Technegas for lung imaging. Has the company turned the corner like CEO James McBrayer thinks it has?

Cokal Ltd (ASX: CKA) has seen its shares soar 128.6% to 10 cents, despite the company being a coal explorer. In late February, Cokal received construction and operational approval for its Bumi Barito Mineral (BBM) Project port facilities in Indonesia. BBM is expected to produce a premium coking coal over a period of more than 15 years.

TNG Limited (ASX: TNG) has gained 77.8% to trade around 17 cents currently. TNG is focused on developing its flagship Mount Peak Vanadium-Titanium-Iron project near Alice Springs, which the company says can deliver revenues of $13.6 billion. Yesterday TNG signed an offtake agreement with Korean metals group WOOJIN IND. Co. for up to 60% of forecast production.

Aeris Environmental Ltd (ASX: AEI) shares have climbed 50.7% to trade around 51 cents currently. Aeris is an expert in the removal of bacteria and mould that naturally builds up in air-conditioning, cold storage and bulk water systems and then protects the asset from further recontamination. Aeris recently reported strong growth in purchase orders and potential pipeline of large scale projects.

1-Page Limited (ASX: 1PG) has jumped 66.7% to $1.65 after the company signed a number of major deals, including giant US retailer Amazon for its 1-Page sourcing and referral engine. 1-Page offers companies a new way to hire prospective employees.

Joyce Corporation Ltd (ASX: JYC) has gained 50.8% to trade at 95 cents. The company owns a chain of bedding stores under the BedShed brand. Joyce recently sold a property for $25 million, and the board is considering a suitable return to shareholders of the settlement proceeds, expected to be a franked special dividend of 5 cents per share each year for the next three years. Joyce is forecast to pay 10.5 cents in total this year.

Anatarra Lifesciences Ltd (ASX: ANR) is up 57.6% to 52 cents. Anatarra develops non-antibiotic solutions for gastrointestinal diseases in animals and humans, and recently reported a successful trial on a pig farm of its Detach product. Anatarra is now focused on registering Detach in Europe and the USA, and hopes to launch Detach in 2016 in Australia.

Last but not least is Digital CC Ltd (ASX: DCC) which is up 66.7% to 14 cents. The company is a digital payments company – the first bitcoin focused company listed on a major exchange. Bitcoin is a digital currency that is usually in the news for the wrong reasons, and there's no guarantee that Bitcoin will be successful.

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But several companies have gone for a gallop today, rising more than 8%. Here's our take…

Northern Minerals Ltd (ASX: NTU) has soared 14.3% to 28 cents, and is up 43% since Monday. The company received a speeding ticket from the ASX, but says it doesn't know why the shares have soared. It may be related to an announcement the company made in late August – regarding its Browns Range Project in WA. Northern Minerals says it has appointed consultants for the Feasibility Study. Browns Range holds a number of potentially commercial deposits of rare earth ores (REO).

TNG Limited (ASX:TNG) climbed 14.7% to 17.2 cents. The junior explorer today announced that it had discovered a thick graphite zone at its 100%-owned Mount Peake vanadium project in the Northern Territory. TNG says the project holds licences over 1,900 square kilometres in a highly prospective but poorly explored region. Demand for graphite is expected to soar – given its use in batteries and renewable enrgy.

Gold miner Kingsrose Mining Limited (ASX: KRM) has jumped 13.4% to 46.5 cents. Kingsrose managing director Scott Huffadine has been presenting to analysts and investors over the past two weeks. Kingsrose operates the Talang Santo mine in Indonesia, and is developing a second mine – Way Linggo close by. Talang Santo is currently ramping up to full production – expected by mid-October 2014.

Premier Investments Ltd (ASX: PMV) added 8.2%, after the retailer today reported double digit growth in earnings for the 2014 financial year. The owner of Just Jeans, Smiggle, Peter Alexander, Portmans, Dotti and Jacqui E, says all its retail brands delivered positive like-for-like growth in the second half of the financial year – something few retailers can boast.

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