November 14, 2024 Deep sea mining risks over $560 billion in countries’ annual export earnings — report Even in optimal scenarios, the activity would generate only $6.25 million in tax revenue for countries involved, says Planet Tracker.
November 13, 2024 Curtin University’s environmental DNA program expands mission with $5m funding from BHP The nine ongoing projects include developing new eDNA methods to survey threatened and elusive reptile populations in the Pilbara region.
November 13, 2024 Exploration spending to stay flat despite Trump pledges, strong gold prices, S&P says The cautious outlook comes as global exploration budgets for nonferrous metals declined by 3% in 2024.
November 13, 2024 Anglo American coal bidders down to three, say sources The final bidders are down to Yancoal Australia, Stanmore Resources and Peabody Energy.
November 13, 2024 Rio Tinto approves new solar plant for Kennecott ops to lower emissions The move will bring the mine's total solar capacity to 30MW.
November 13, 2024 MinRes halts Bald Hill mine amid lithium price rout Bald Hill mine closure will result in the loss of 300 jobs, with its final spodumene concentrate shipment to be completed in December.
November 12, 2024 Paladin shares sink as it cuts uranium output The uranium miner revised down its production forecast for the Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia.
November 12, 2024 Friedland considers floating African iron ore company on ASX The IPO, expected before June 2025, seeks to raise capital for acquiring "overlooked" critical minerals projects in Australia.
November 12, 2024 Vulcan Energy gets $106 million funding from German ministry Shares of Vulcan Energy surged as much as 16.8% to a more than 18-month high on Tuesday.
November 11, 2024 Australian iron ore giants’ shares sink on disappointing China stimulus Analysts at Citi last week forecast a grim near-term outlook for iron ore prices, expecting iron ore to average $85 per tonne in 2026.
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