May 31, 2021 South Australia mining production tunnels past $5.4 billion amid commodity price boom Record copper sales and soaring gold and iron ore prices in the second half of 2020 have helped the Australian state reach its second-highest year of mining value.
May 31, 2021 Chinese factory data disappoints amid rising metal prices Tin prices surge to a 10-year high as supply issues persist.
May 31, 2021 Russell: Eight kids and a nun may have doomed coal’s future Activists have finally realised that hitting companies and governments with potentially massive liabilities is a more effective strategy than having protesters chain themselves to mining equipment.
May 31, 2021 Australian copper miner 29Metals launches $471m IPO 29Metals’ assets include the Golden Grove copper mine and Capricorn Copper, both in Australia, and Redhill in Chile,
May 31, 2021 Vietnam steel maker Hoa Phat acquires Australia’s Roper Valley iron ore mine Vietnam’s steel maker Hoa Phat said on Monday it has acquired the Roper Valley iron ore mine project in Australia, marking the […]
May 28, 2021 Lithium outlook ‘bright as ever’ – report The ten-year outlook will see lithium’s supply and demand fundamentals evolve rapidly.
May 27, 2021 Cost of Fortescue’s Iron Bridge project shoots up once again The world’s fourth-largest iron ore producer raised the cost estimate for its Iron Bridge magnetite project to between $3.3 and $3.5 billion.
May 27, 2021 CSIRO, Fortescue want to bring cost of hydrogen production to under A$2 CSIRO and Fortescue join a number of partners in the Hydrogen Industry Mission whose combined projects add up to A$68 million.
May 26, 2021 Coal giant wins mine feud with 86-year old nun and teenagers Whitehaven Coal can now develop a project that will produce as much as 10 million tons a year of mostly metallurgical coal.
May 26, 2021 Australian police arrest 11 protesting against MMG’s Tasmania waste storage plan Police last week broke up the protesters' camp 142 days after it was set up in an effort to protect the environment.
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am