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.

May 25, 2021

Australia shares drop on virus worries, miners drag

Heavyweight Aussie miners tumbled 0.9% as China's warning against hoarding pressured iron ore prices.

May 25, 2021

Lucapa acquires Merlin diamond project in Australia

Merlin is home to Australia’s largest mined rough diamond on record and has the potential to be the only producing diamond mine in Australia, following the closure of Rio Tinto's…