May 25, 2021

Global Mining Symposium: Evolution Mining’s Jake Klein on margins over volume

In the first six months of fiscal 2021, Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) banked over 50% of every ounce of gold it produced in terms of its EBITDA margins.

May 21, 2021

BHP enters $17 million farm-in deal for Elliot copper project

Last fall, BHP entered an option agreement to earn up to a 75% interest in the project.

May 21, 2021

Treated like children: BHP beer ban irks Australian mine workers

BHP's new alcohol policy bans workers on mine sites in Western Australia from consuming alcohol after 9:30 p.m.

May 20, 2021

Triple Flag shares flat after Canada’s biggest mining IPO in 9 years

Led by former Barrick Gold Corp executive Shaun Usmar, Triple Flag provides up-front financing to miners in exchange for a share of future revenue or production.

May 20, 2021

SQM shuns fears of higher taxes in Chile, fast-tracks expansions

Expansions are expected to boost SQM's output to 180,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate and 30,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide by the end of 2022.

May 20, 2021

The great commodities boom of 2021 is facing its first big test

Commodities rally is wavering on worries about faster inflation, Federal Reserve hints at easing stimulus and China’s warning over measures to cool price spikes.

May 19, 2021

Imperial Metals launches $49.6m rights offering

The proceeds will be used to fund work at the copper-gold Red Chris mine in British Columbia and repay short-term debt.

May 19, 2021

First Quantum sells 30% of Ravensthorpe mine for $240m

Company agreed to sell stake in its nickel mine in Western Australia to South Korean steelmaker POSCO.

May 19, 2021

Iron ore price retreats as steel slides and BHP shifts into gear at South Flank

BHP’s South Flank project in Western Australia will announce first production in the next few days, CEO Mike Henry said.

May 18, 2021

China puts Australia on notice with push to diversify iron ore

Iron ore is Australia’s biggest export earner, and relations with Canberra have taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks.