February 12, 2024

Perseus Mining confident in winning OK for OreCorp takeover

Perseus and Silvercorp may both end up obtaining the greenlight from Tanzania's watchdog to buy OreCorp, which owns a gold project there.

February 12, 2024

Glencore to sell stake in troubled New Caledonia nickel operation

Glencore will keep the nickel plant under care and maintenance for six months, during which its employees would continue to be paid.

February 11, 2024

Rio Tinto wrangles investors over water contamination claims

A group representing UK pension funds has raised concerns about the water management at Oyu Tolgoi.

February 11, 2024

Australia’s International Graphite to commission $8 million plant

The company plans to use graphite concentrate from its Springdale project to feed the plant's downstream processing operations.

February 11, 2024

New method could simplify detection of diamond deposits

Geologists have established a link between diamond occurrence and the mineral olivine.

February 9, 2024

Metals Acquisition IPO Down Under goes over forecast

The Jersey-based company’s initial public offering on the ASX was oversubscribed by about A$25 million.

February 8, 2024

Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices 

Macquarie says January's full set of PMIs looks like a potential turning point for the global industrial cycle.

February 8, 2024

Rio Tinto, BHP tie up in Australian ‘green iron’

Rival mining giants said they would jointly investigate the development of a pilot project to decarbonise steelmaking that could be commissioned as early as 2027.

February 7, 2024

Aboriginal group to inspect rock shelters for potential Rio Tinto damage

Rio Tinto said that a preliminary investigation found no damage to the shelter at the Mesa C Robe Valley operations.

February 7, 2024

Cybertruck: Musk needs mines

Powered by Tesla’s own made-in-Texas batteries, the stainless steel Cybertruck carries a heavy load of nickel, cobalt, manganese, graphite and lithium.