April 11, 2019 Newmont shareholders overwhelmingly approve $10B Goldcorp takeover, creating world’s top gold miner Deal creates the world’s largest gold producer by output, robing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy.
April 11, 2019 Australia to host battery research centre The centre will investigate opportunities for greater efficiencies in the extraction and refinement of battery minerals.
April 10, 2019 Australia’s New Century Resources quarterly zinc output jumps 50% The company churned out 18,170 tonnes of zinc metal in the March quarter.
April 10, 2019 Lynas board turns down $1.1B Wesfarmers bid The rare earths miner said its board had concluded it would not engage with retail and industrial conglomerate Wesfarmers, stating its unsolicited takeover offer undervalues Lynas' intellectual property.
April 10, 2019 SolGold scores again at Cascabel project The miner has found further mineralization at its Cascabel copper-gold project. Cascabel is believed to have the potential to become one of the largest copper-gold assets ever discovered.
April 9, 2019 Rio Tinto says fire damages Pilbara iron ore operation The company does not say whether this would impact shipping of the mineral.
April 9, 2019 Adani’s Australian coal mine wins further environmental approval The company has taken a step closer to the construction of the Carmichael coal mine in Australia after winning federal approval for its groundwater management plan.
April 8, 2019 As Goldman backs off, Citi says chase iron ore rally to $100 Iron ore’s poised to hit $100 a ton, according to Citigroup, which highlighted “very, very low” seaborne cargoes just as data from China may show a pick-up in demand.
April 8, 2019 Is coal’s slump overdone? Australia’s resilient exports suggest maybe There are some signs that the rapid decline in thermal coal prices in recent months has moved the market into oversold territory.
April 8, 2019 Lynas weighs up rare earths processing in Australia as Malaysia ups pressure Lynas, one of the world’s main suppliers of rare earths outside China, said it was open to processing materials closer to its Australian mine if that meant it can renew…
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