Australia Top Stories

Rio Tinto CEO makes clear that offer is final on giant copper mine

Jakob Stausholm said Rio Tinto will not make any more offers if Turquoise Hill takeover isrejected by minority shareholders

Bloomberg News | September 21, 2022 | 4:39 am

Rio Tinto CEO says copper outlook ‘challenged’ in near term

Copper prices are down more than 20% this year as…

Bloomberg News | September 20, 2022 | 3:56 pm

Australian lithium auction sees record bid as world prices surge

Pilbara Minerals said a buyer will pay the equivalent of…

Bloomberg News | September 20, 2022 | 8:25 am

Japan’s JOGMEC, Sojitz invest $9m in Lynas

The miner plans to invest $335 million to expand capacity…

Reuters | September 20, 2022 | 7:35 am

Fortescue to spend $6.2bn to rid iron ore ops of fossil fuels by 2030

The investment includes installing an additional 2-3 gigawatts of renewable…

Reuters | September 19, 2022 | 4:50 pm

Lithium price in China surges 40% to 18-month high

Heavy demand for new generation LFP batteries lights fire under domestic China lithium carbonate prices boosting Australia spodumene prices in the process.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 2, 2021 | 11:08 am

Shaky iron ore market turns to Vale for final piece of supply puzzle

Vale is still looking to return to a capacity of 400 million tonnes, which would see it regain the title of world’s biggest producer.

Bloomberg News | February 2, 2021 | 9:04 am

Global gold output to rise 5.5% in 2021 – report

Gold production is expected to bounce back and increase to 113.9moz this year.

MINING.com Editor | February 1, 2021 | 11:14 am

Karora cuts 9 metres of 19 g/t gold at Larkin discovery at Beta Hunt

The company, which is about halfway through a 6,100-metre drill program at Larkin, hopes to define a resource at the zone this year.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 1, 2021 | 5:20 am

Tianqi’s top shareholder to get up to $2.5bn injection

Chengdu Tianqi Industrial Group will receive up 16 billion yuan that may help the miner to pay down debt.

MINING.com Editor | January 29, 2021 | 7:25 am

Queensland’s coal, resource jobs soar

Over 39,000 people were working in Queensland’s coal industry in the last quarter of 2020.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 29, 2021 | 6:05 am

BHP and Vale’s Samarco hit with nearly $1 billion suit

Noteholders accuse the miner of ignoring their requests to restructure their debt.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2021 | 3:58 am

GameStop trade mania sends Aussie mining junior’s stock soaring

The surge caught the company by surprise.

MINING.com Editor | January 28, 2021 | 1:30 pm

RANKED: World’s top 10 gold projects

The world's biggest gold deposit –Pebble mine project in Alaska – just got a lifeline.

MINING.com Editor | January 28, 2021 | 11:30 am

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