Australia Top Stories

BHP halts Western Australia nickel mines on weak prices, glut

Decision affects the Mt Keith and Leinster operations, the Kwinana refinery, the Kalgoorlie smelter, and the the West Musgrave project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2024 | 3:58 am

Mining vs AI: What’s wrong with this picture?

As the saying from mid-19th century California goes, during a…

Frik Els | July 10, 2024 | 6:15 pm

Mining’s top 50 companies: two more lithium stocks drop out

The world’s 50 biggest miners gained a combined $42 billion…

Frik Els | July 9, 2024 | 5:47 pm

Barrick taps Fleet Space’s technology to advance copper exploration at Reko Diq

Reko Diq is a strategic part of Barrick’s copper portfolio…

Staff Writer | July 9, 2024 | 11:29 am

Indonesian group to buy Hillside copper project in Australia for $265 million

Hillside represents the largest permitted and shovel-ready copper project in…

Henry Lazenby - The Northern Miner | July 8, 2024 | 12:42 pm

Rio Tinto to build two solar farms on Australia’s Gove Peninsula

The two sites will have combined capacity of 10.5MW.

Staff Writer | July 3, 2024 | 8:08 am

Rio Tinto ups stake in Sovereign Metals with $12.4m investment

The fresh investment takes Rio's interest in Sovereign, the owner of Malawi's Kasiya rutile-graphite project, to 19.76%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2024 | 3:50 am

Australia’s Chalice Mining inks deal with Mitsubishi to develop PGE project

The companies will develop the Gonneville PGE-nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia.

Reuters | July 2, 2024 | 3:59 pm

Anglo considers options to sell coal assets after fire

The company is still reluctant to abandon the sales process despite the setback, given the strong early interest it received in the mines.

Bloomberg News | July 2, 2024 | 11:12 am

Rio Tinto in talks to prevent another strike at Oyu Tolgoi

Rio Tinto has said changes to Mongolia’s Labour Law in 2022 had prompted it to recalculate employee salaries.

Staff Writer | July 2, 2024 | 6:33 am

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | July 2, 2024 | 2:59 am

Copper’s unicorns

Silicon Valley is littered with them. Now mining has its own $1 billion club.

Frik Els | July 1, 2024 | 4:08 pm

Anglo coking-coal mine blaze to have months-long impact

The blaze may complicate the London-based company’s plan to sell its assets that mine the steelmaking fuel, after it rebuffed a $49 billion takeover by BHP Group.

Bloomberg News | July 1, 2024 | 12:16 pm

Lake Resources to cut more than 50% of global workforce

Last week, the lithium developer said that it is laying off staff and selling assets.

Reuters | June 30, 2024 | 3:11 pm

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