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Australia export revenue to tumble as iron ore, coal prices drop

Fewer supply disruptions and “relatively soft” global economic growth will push down revenue.

Bloomberg News | December 17, 2023 | 9:40 am

Australia expands list of critical minerals key to transition

Australia added fluorine, molybdenum, arsenic, selenium and tellurium to the…

Bloomberg News | December 16, 2023 | 11:27 am

Double gold mine buy gives Genesis Minerals critical mass down under

Genesis’s resources will increase by about 4% to 15 million…

Henry Lazenby | December 15, 2023 | 3:45 pm

Vista Gold taps Wheaton for royalty to advance Mt. Todd project in Australia

The advanced-stage project, one of the country’s largest undeveloped gold…

Staff Writer | December 14, 2023 | 9:17 am

Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals in four-continent quest for lithium

The start-up is deploying AI-based technology to search for lithium…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 14, 2023 | 5:13 am

CHARTS: Copper mining profits top $100 billion a year, but where are the new mines?

Copper mining company profits topped $100 billion two years in a row, but building a new mine now takes on average 16 years.

Frik Els | June 8, 2023 | 9:43 am

BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects

BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 8, 2023 | 8:12 am

BHP and Microsoft use AI to boost copper recovery at Escondida

The use of new digital technology to optimise concentrator performance at the world's biggest copper mine in Chile is expected to improve recovery.

Staff Writer | June 7, 2023 | 10:18 am

Scientists use 3D printing to create new titanium alloy

A team of researchers from Australia and Hong Kong has created a new class of strong titanium alloys by integrating alloy and 3D printing process designs.

Staff Writer | June 7, 2023 | 6:06 am

South32 hires RBC for Botswana copper bid

The company has picked the bank to help it put together a bid for Botswana's Khoemacau mine.

Reuters | June 6, 2023 | 8:00 am

Australia maps all of its tailings dams

A new Atlas of Australian Mine Waste aims to provide industry with opportunities to extract critical metals from previously mined rock.

Staff Writer | June 6, 2023 | 6:36 am

Metals Acquisition investors approve copper mine buy from Glencore

MAC will also buy a 1.5% net smelter return life-of-mine royalty upon completion of the deal, expected on or around June 15.

Staff Writer | June 6, 2023 | 5:27 am

Evolution to expand two gold mines in Australia

The company also said it would be looking at assets that Newmont may shed after it closes the multi-billion acquisition of Newcrest Mining.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2023 | 3:54 am

St Barbara backs Genesis bid for Leonora despite revised Silver Lake offer

Providing 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

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