St Barbara backs Genesis bid for Leonora despite revised Silver Lake offerProviding Silver Lake with access to due diligence would potentially expose St Barbara to a termination of the binding deal with Genesis, it said.Reuters | June 2, 2023 | 9:33 am
Rio Tinto’s Boron mine in California becomes first to switch to renewable dieselSwap from conventional to renewable diesel brings an anticipated CO2…Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2023 | 8:25 am
Rio Tinto to invest $395 million in Pilbara desalination plantConstruction is expected to start in 2024 and the facility…Reuters | June 1, 2023 | 5:23 pm
Fortescue halts operations at Pilbara site after employee’s death Operations at Solomon Hub had been suspended pending a full investigation. Reuters | September 29, 2021 | 9:52 pm
Australia’s Core Lithium starts construction at flagship Finniss project Finniss is the first lithium mine in the Northern Territory. Reuters | September 29, 2021 | 9:44 pm
Australia will need to wean itself off iron ore export reliance Prices of iron ore are set to average below $100/t next year, state department says. Bloomberg News | September 29, 2021 | 9:13 am
One of the world’s largest clean energy projects closer to becoming reality Sun Cable’s AAPowerLink project will deliver up to 3.2 GW of dispatchable clean energy from Australia to Singapore. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 29, 2021 | 5:06 am
Australia’s top coal-exporting state expects to halve carbon emissions by 2030 The conservative New South Wales government projects it will achieve emissions reductions between 47% and 52% by 2030. Reuters | September 28, 2021 | 10:15 pm
Australia to set up $1.5bn loan facility for critical minerals projects Australia is a major supplier of critical minerals, such as nickel, copper and cobalt. Reuters | September 28, 2021 | 7:43 am
AVZ Minerals secures Chinese backing for DRC lithium project Suzhou CATH has agreed to invest more than $400 million to become a partner in the Australian explorer’s Manono project in southern DRC. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2021 | 7:00 am
RANKED: World’s top ten nickel mining companies Total nickel reserves are estimated at 94 million tonnes globally, with Indonesia and Australia among the countries holding the largest endowments. MINING.com Editor | September 24, 2021 | 11:10 am
Iron ore miners lure workers to outback with resort-style living Australia’s iron ore companies are turning to Olympic-sized swimming pools, virtual golf arcades and fine dining. Bloomberg News | September 24, 2021 | 9:59 am