May 11, 2023 Glass Lewis joins call for increased Glencore disclosure on coal Glencore is one of the world’s top thermal coal exporters and Australia’s largest miner of the fossil fuel.
May 10, 2023 Silver Lake submits revised bid for St Barbara’s Leonara assets St Barbara said earlier this month it would continue to back a bid of A$600 million from Genesis Minerals.
May 10, 2023 Australia exports first copper to China since 2020, industry hopes end to ban near Official trade data shows exports worth A$60.5 million ($41.04 million) of copper ore and concentrate to China in January.
May 10, 2023 Allkem, Livent merge to create world’s third largest lithium miner The all-share business combination creates a giant lithium firm with forecasted production capacity of 248,000 tonnes of LCE a year.
May 9, 2023 Australia’s ioneer signs deal with US firm for lithium supply It has signed a commercial offtake agreement with Dragonfly Energy Holdings.
May 8, 2023 Lithium markets have hit a turning point – Morgan Stanley Market is expected to remain in a deficit in 2023 but conditions will not be as tight as previous years, according to the investment bank.
May 7, 2023 Malaysia gives Lynas extension to keep rare earths unit open Lynas has an additional six months to get its rare earth plant in line with environmental requirements.
May 5, 2023 New Zealand to review risk and benefits of seabed mining Seabed mining is allowed in New Zealand but it has to be approved by the Environmental Protection Agency.
May 4, 2023 St Barbara backs Genesis’ offer for Leonara assets over Silver Lake bid St Barbara will back a A$600 million offer for its Leonara assets from Genesis Minerals despite a higher proposal from Silver Lake Resources.
May 4, 2023 Nevada regains position as most attractive mining jurisdiction The Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of Mining Companies places Western Australia second, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan third.
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