Stanmore, which signed the deal with BHP in November to buy the stake for $1.35 billion, said it would issue about 631 million shares.

The global miner has increased female participation across the business by two-thirds since 2016, lifting it to over 30%.

The CSA mine is one of Australia's highest-grade copper mines and produces about 50,000 tonnes every year.

Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy has acquired the Clarke Creek project - a wind, solar and battery farm development.

Miners invested $700 million in the three months ended Dec. 31, according to a report by consultancy BDO, up 11% on the prior quarter.

For campaigners in this pastoral countryside adjacent to a world heritage site, a decision this month by the High Court of Australia was the culmination of a years-long legal battle against a global corporate giant.

Demand for neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr), one of the most important minerals that Lynas mines, has soared in recent years.