May 23, 2023

St Barbara ends talks with Silver Lake on Leonara bid

Silver Lake had raised the cash component of the proposal by A$44 million after St Barbara rejected its earlier offer of A$707 million.

May 23, 2023

China buys more Australian coal as appetite for quality builds

Australian cargoes in April of mostly thermal coal for power plants surged 75% from the prior month.

May 23, 2023

Mining lags on female C-suite, board representation

Women currently hold 14% of all mining executive positions and 12.3% of board roles, data showed.

May 22, 2023

International Graphite gets $3m grant from Australian gov’t for proposed mine at Springdale

Funding will be used to advance feasibility studies for the company’s proposed mine at Springdale, and advanced battery anode material manufacturing plant at Collie.

May 22, 2023

Australia wins US support for critical minerals industry

The two countries have reached an agreement to coordinate polices and investment to support the industry's growth.

May 21, 2023

Newcrest gold mine faces probe for dust pollution in Australia

Newcrest was fined A$15,000 in August last year for failing to effectively mitigate dust pollution at Cadia.

May 19, 2023

Wall Street Journal sees a debt-ceiling copper glow up

A look at the esteemed financial paper’s case for calling copper the next big bull market.

May 19, 2023

Half of the coal-fired power plants announced worldwide unlikely to be built — study

A study by Mercator found that 50% of the coal-fired power plants that were planned to come online in the next few years will fail to do so.

May 18, 2023

Top stock fund wagers BHP, Rio Tinto will weather iron ore slump

Even when iron-ore prices fall, Australian producers are still highly profitable given they have a lower cost, said

May 18, 2023

Australia hands out critical minerals grants

Australia is pushing to reap more value from its mineral wealth and become a leading supplier of battery chemicals.