July 6, 2023 SQM grows Aussie footprint on earn-in deal with Tambourah SQM will invest at least A$1.5 million ($1m) and up to A$3 million ($2m) to earn an initial 50% in all mineral rights at Julimar project.
July 3, 2023 Develop Global to buy Essential Metals for $102 million Develop Global, an Australian base metals explorer backed by lithium miner Mineral Resources, said Essential’s board had ok'd the deal.
June 30, 2023 Pentagon ordered to probe undersea mining to counter China Undersea mining is still illegal under international law and environmentalists rail against it for threatening ocean ecosystems with habitat damage, silt and noise.
June 29, 2023 Stelar Metals secures 90% stake in Trident lithium project The asset hosted tin and tantalum mining for decades and is known to contain lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatite formations.
June 28, 2023 K92 Mining reports two deaths at mine in Papua New Guinea Two individuals have been fatally injured following an incident involving a vehicle at the Kainantu gold mine.
June 28, 2023 Lion One Metals reports progress on Fiji gold mine Once complete, Lion One plans to operate the processing plant at an initial production capacity of 300 t/d for the first 18 months of operations.
June 27, 2023 Fortescue to ship first iron ore from Gabon by year-end It will mix ore from Belinga with output from its Australian mines to bring it closer in grade to that of rivals Rio Tinto, BHP and Vale.
June 26, 2023 AngloGold to build one of Australia’s largest renewable energy projects The wind and solar power plant will halve gas consumption at its Tropicana gold mine in Western Australia.
June 26, 2023 Patriot Battery Metals rebuffs company sale report Australian media reported on Sunday that Patriot had appointed Macquarie Capital with the intention of putting itself up for sale.
June 21, 2023 Rio Tinto autonomous train back in operations after derailment A driverless train carrying iron ore near the port of Dampier in Western Australia derailed over the weekend.
US Commerce Dept gives initial backing to Sibanye’s call for tariffs on Russian palladium Trade data indicates that global flows have already begun to reroute since the company filed its petition. February 13, 2026 | 07:40 am
