Today
WA gold explorer Ora Banda Mining launches $30m raise
The raise comes as Ora Banda was down to $19.2 million cash at December 31.
- 1 hr ago
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Surviving mining’s boom and bust
Price bubbles have burst and priorities have shifted, but a huge opportunity exists to shape a low-carbon future. What can the mining sector do differently?
Yesterday
Tesla chairwoman tackles Canberra on tax breaks for nickel, lithium miners
Robyn Denholm will help spearhead the fight for tax breaks in critical minerals just days after Andrew Forrest calls out Elon Musk for buying Indonesian nickel.
- Brad Thompson
Chinese technicians parachuted in to fix ailing WA lithium plant
Battery chemical giant Albemarle’s problems with its $2.3 billion lithium hydroxide plant in WA will be tackled by an expert team from China.
- Brad Thompson
This Month
China Cinda selling $200m stake in Yancoal; Barrenjoey on trade
Barrenjoey Capital Markets was seeking buyers for $200 million worth of Yancoal Australia shares – or 2.7 per cent of the company – on Monday evening.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Olive Downs’ PE owners test waters for continuation fund
Sources said the talks are the first step towards selling the investors’ slice of Olive Downs into a new fund.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why this mega deal is 20 years too late
Alcoa has been tipped to take out joint venture partner Alumina for two decades. Here’s why the $3 billion deal has finally happened.
- James Thomson
Why this miner predicts Europe will demand green nickel
Nordic Nickel CEO Todd Ross says an upturn in the cycle is inevitable, and his Finland focus will pay off as the market splits into two markets.
- Hans van Leeuwen
The Apple fever dreams of Chris Ellison
The mining billionaire went after the company’s doubters, deploying surreal image adjacency to the world’s largest company.
- Mark Di Stefano
Perseus eyes Newmont’s gold mine for sale
Newmont will sell six gold mines across Australia, Ghana and North America, and the fourth-biggest ASX gold producer is throwing its hat in the ring.
- Peter Ker
Lithium aspirant Vulcan hopeful of $825m European loan
The financial backing of a public agency could help create a level playing field for European lithium with its US and Chinese rivals, Vulcan’s boss says.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Fortescue’s first-half profit soars 41pc
Strong iron ore prices have filled the iron ore mining giant’s coffers at a time when clean energy spending is about to rise.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
IGO boss says review of dud nickel buy ‘confronting’
The miner has slashed the value of the two mining projects by 75 per cent – and warned investors to be prepared for even bigger write-downs.
- Elouise Fowler
Pilbara Minerals to plead case for lithium tax breaks
The lithium miner says the government needs to step up as an industry delegation heads for Canberra.
- Brad Thompson
Billionaire MinRes founder slams critics over balance sheet
Chris Ellison has blasted his critics and talked up iron ore after moving to limit production from one of the world’s biggest lithium mines.
- Brad Thompson
Glencore keeps faith in Australian zinc, nickel as coal buoys produce
The vow to persist with struggling local base metal mines came as its coal operations provided more than 52 per cent of the Swiss company’s full-year earnings.
- Peter Ker
Mineral Resources on lithium cost-cutting mission as it exits Azure
Billionaire mining boss Chris Ellison says MinRes will focus on driving down the cost of production at its WA lithium mines while prices remain depressed.
- Brad Thompson
MinRes selling 14.5pc of Azure Minerals; JPM nabs trade
JPMorgan’s desk was seeking buyers for a $230 million parcel of shares in lithium miner Azure Minerals.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
‘The history scares us’: Rio’s IR warning
Rio Tinto has spent three years apologising for its sins, but CEO Jakob Stausholm wants to start playing attack, rather than defence.
- James Thomson
Sayona Mining shareholder launches $60m block trade
Canaccord Genuity’s desk launched the block trade in Sayona Mining after market close on Wednesday, seeking buyers for about 11 per cent of the company.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
