September 18, 2023

Gold Fields deploying ABB digital platform at Western Australia mine

The ABB Ability operations management system (OMS) now being deployed at the mine 740 km northeast of Perth.

September 18, 2023

Newmont clears regulatory hurdle for Newcrest deal, awaits shareholder vote

The company received a clearance from Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board to proceed with the deal.

September 18, 2023

Receivers look to sell Australia’s Avebury nickel mine by Christmas

KordaMentha plans to have sold the Avebury nickel mine in Tasmania by December.

September 17, 2023

IRA, EGD and now the EU move on China EVs – governments are showering mining with money

When the EU closes its EV market to China, it would open up a direct route and likely premium pricing for lithium, nickel, cobalt miners now supplying China.

September 15, 2023

Private debt funds of $750 million sought for BHP mine bid

Stanmore Resources Ltd. is seeking to borrow a total of $1.1 billion for its acquisition of the Daunia coal mine.

September 12, 2023

Uranium price makes fresh decade high as forecasts grow (even) rosier

Uranium price tops $60 a pound first time since 2011 as World Nuclear Association predicts installed capacity to expand 70% by 2040 amid small modular reactor construction boom.

September 11, 2023

Australian mineral prospectors double fund inflows to A$2.84bn in quarter – report

Conditions have improved for explorers after they had moved into cash preservation mode early in the year.

September 11, 2023

Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting takes major stake in Liontown

Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart has positioned herself as the kingmaker in Albemarle’s $4.3bn takeover bid for Liontown Resources.

September 9, 2023

India forges global biofuel alliance in push toward net-zero aim

Biofuel adoption is aimed at reducing emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors.

September 7, 2023

Leadership doubts threaten Fortescue founder’s green reinvention

The firm’s reputation for capital discipline seems to have “gone out the window” with the green-energy push, said one analyst.