March 18, 2024 Lucapa Diamond soars on 48% rise in resources at Angola mine Resources at Lulo mine in Angola increased to 228,000 carats as of December 31, up from 153,870 carats the previous year.
March 17, 2024 Tropical Cyclone Megan closes major mine in Australia’s north The storm has already led to the closure of a manganese mine on Groote Eylandt island, the world’s largest producer of the metal.
March 17, 2024 Australia’s MinRes to develop lithium processing hub in Goldfields region The decision follows its acquisition of the Lake Johnston nickel concentrator plant and tenure from Poseidon Nickel.
March 17, 2024 BHP stands down 25% of nickel project workforce BHP has stood down around a quarter of the workers constructing its West Musgrave nickel and copper project in Western Australia.
March 17, 2024 Printed flexible solar cells launched into space Eight mini-modules of printed flexible solar cells were launched into space aboard Space Machine Company’s Optimus-1 satellite.
March 15, 2024 Liontown Resources sees HY loss widen as costs build Net loss after tax widened to A$31 million in the six-month period ended Dec. 31, from A$6.9 million a year earlier.
March 15, 2024 Cost advantage of natural hydrogen sparks energy companies’ interest – report At the end of 2023, 40 companies were searching for natural hydrogen deposits, up from just 10 in 2020, new research shows.
March 14, 2024 Pilbara Minerals seals another Chinese offtake deal Pilbara will deliver 20,000 tonnes of the mineral to Sichuan Yahua from its Pilgangoora operation this year and 100,000 tonnes annually in 2025 and 2026.
March 14, 2024 Covert forms of sexual harassment remain an issue in Western Australia’s mining industry – study Being put down or condescended to based on gender, and receiving offensive sexist remarks, remain common themes in Western Australia’s mining sector.
March 13, 2024 Australia earmarks $550m for Arafura rare earths project The project will be Australia's third rare earths processing plant after Lynas' Kalgoorlie operations and Iluka Resource's Eneabba heavy rare earths plant.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
