July 3, 2023 Develop Global to buy Essential Metals for $102 million Develop Global, an Australian base metals explorer backed by lithium miner Mineral Resources, said Essential’s board had ok'd the deal.
July 2, 2023 Stellantis inks battery metals offtake deal with Australia’s Kuniko Stellantis has agreed to invest 5 million euros in the battery metals miner in return for a near 20% stake.
July 2, 2023 Australia’s coal exports by volume set to rise on Asian demand Growing demand in India and Southeast Asia is expected to push up Australian coal exports in the next three years.
June 30, 2023 Stellantis signs deal with Kuniko for supply of battery materials The automaker will get 35% of future production of battery-grade nickel sulphate and cobalt sulphate from Kuniko's exploration projects in Norway.
June 29, 2023 NSW regulator says Newcrest’s Cadia mine has taken steps to reduce dust pollution Newcrest's flagship gold mine has been under investigation by the EPA after testing of residential rainwater tanks identified heavy metal contamination.
June 29, 2023 Stelar Metals secures 90% stake in Trident lithium project The asset hosted tin and tantalum mining for decades and is known to contain lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatite formations.
June 29, 2023 Fixing deep-sea mining damage would be double the cost of extraction — study Ecosystem restoration would cost between $5.3 - $5.7m per sq. km, compared with $2.7m sq. km to mine the seafloor.
June 28, 2023 World faces ‘terrifying’ future if miners, regulators don’t step up — Newcrest The mining industry needs to bring online the equivalent of 17 more Escondidas by 2050, says interim CEO Sherry Duhe.
June 28, 2023 Miners tap waste for critical minerals Extracting copper, nickel, cobalt and other minerals from mine waste could provide a key new source of the minerals needed for the energy transition.
June 28, 2023 New method helps produce heavy metal-free biosolids for fertilizers, biochar Researchers have developed a method to remove heavy metals from biosolids to reuse them and produce high-grade biochar.
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
