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Gosse spring near the Olympic Dam mine
BHP, Curtin join forces on pioneering eDNA biodiversity project at Olympic Dam
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified mining major BHP has partnered with Curtin University and the University of Adelaide on a ground-breaking research initiative at its Olympic Dam operation in South Australia, aiming to... 


Barrick CEO Mark Bristow.
This century’s greatest gold discovery prospect being advanced by an excited Barrick
14th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Fourmile is rapidly competing to be the largest and highest-grade gold discovery in the industry this century, Barrick CEO Dr Mark Bristow enthused during the quarterly presentation of the New... 


The Greenbushes lithium mine
Lithium rally promises breather for struggling Australian miners
14th August 2025 By: Reuters

 A recent rally in lithium prices could ease pressure on some beleaguered producers in Australia who have been trying to shrink exposure to the battery material, prompting them to drop plans to... 


Lake Resources halts trading on planned fundraising
Lake Resources halts trading on planned fundraising
14th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Lithium developer Lake Resources has requested a trading halt pending an announcement about a potential capital raising, the company said in a filing to the ASX on Thursday. The lithium company,... 


Origin Energy CEO warns Australia's green shift costlier, slower than expected
14th August 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's top electricity and gas retailer Origin Energy said its green transition was proving slower and more costly than expected, while flagging its coal plant could run beyond 2027. The... 


The Mozal smelter
South32 to take $372m impairment on Mozal; mulls smelter's closure on power cost concerns
14th August 2025 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Diversified natural resources group South32 has warned that it will have to put its Mozal aluminium smelter on care and maintenance in early 2026, as it struggles to secure sufficient and... 


Diamonds recovered from the Lulo mine in Angola
Administration-led DOCA offers lifeline to Lucapa
14th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Lucapa Diamond Company, the Perth-based miner behind the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola and the Merlin project in Australia, has secured a potential lifeline through a planned Deed of Company... 


A$23m capital raise keeps Centaurus' Brazil nickel project on path to 2026 FID
14th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Centaurus Metals on Thursday announced firm commitments for A$20-million from Australian and international institutional and sophisticated investors in a placement to advance its... 


President Lazarus Chakwera and other leaders attended the official inauguration of the Kayelekera restart.
Lotus Resources relaunches Malawi uranium mine
14th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Lotus Resources said on Thursday that Malawi’s President, Lazarus Chakwera, officiated the relaunch of the Kayelekera uranium mine in northern Malawi, as the project entered its final... 


Coal fly ash could yield up to 45 000 t/y of rare earth metal – more than twice Australia’s 2021 production and nearly 30% of current global output.
Australian university turns coal waste into critical metals opportunity
14th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Researchers at Australia's Monash University in Melbourne have developed a cleaner, more efficient method to extract rare earth elements (REEs) from coal fly ash, mine tailings and electronic waste... 


Global Lithium signs native title agreement for Manna project
13th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Global Lithium Resources has signed a native title mining agreement with the Kakarra Part B Native Title Group for the development of its flagship Manna lithium project in Western... 


Rio Tinto to invest $180m in Norman Creek to extend Amrun bauxite mine life
Rio Tinto to invest $180m in Norman Creek to extend Amrun bauxite mine life
13th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has approved a $180-million investment and begun work on its Norman Creek access project at the Amrun bauxite mine on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula. The project will... 


Merafe CEO Zanele Matlala (right) and Merafe FD Ditabe Chocho (left).
Ferrochrome demand is up but South Africa is now eclipsed in a market it once led
13th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The global demand for ferrochrome, which South Africa once provided overwhelmingly to the world to back 200 000 local jobs, was higher in the six months to June 30, the period in which this... 


Benz to ramp up Glenburgh drilling with A$30m raise
13th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Benz Mining on Wednesday announced a A$30-million capital raise from a bought-deal share sale to accelerate exploration at its Glenburgh gold project in Western Australia, doubling its... 


Waratah Minerals raises A$30m to accelerate Spur drilling
Waratah Minerals raises A$30m to accelerate Spur drilling
13th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Waratah Minerals said on Wednesday it had secured firm commitments to raise A$30-million through a share placement, with proceeds to accelerate exploration at its Spur gold/copper... 


The Cowal mine
Evolution Mining posts record FY25 profit, boosts dividend on higher gold, copper output
13th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s Evolution Mining on Wednesday reported record profit and earnings for the 2025 financial year, lifted by higher gold and copper production and stronger commodity prices, and raised its... 


Peninsula Energy moves closer to uranium production
Peninsula Energy moves closer to uranium production
12th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Peninsula Energy on Tuesday announced regulatory approval from Wyoming's Uranium Recovery Program (URP) to begin Phase 2 start-up activities at the Central Processing Plant (CPP) at its... 


Matsa starts hauling ore from Devon Pit ahead of September processing campaign
Matsa starts hauling ore from Devon Pit ahead of September processing campaign
12th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Matsa Resources has kicked off ore haulage from its fully operational Devon Pit gold mine to FMR Investments' Greenfields processing plant, ahead of the company’s first scheduled... 


Barrick CEO Mark Bristow.
Barrick’s DRC gold mine is exemplary global advancer of African greenness, automation
12th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Africa received a strong thumbs up during the second-quarter presentation of Barrick as one of its “main cash generators”. “We saw solid performance across the portfolio,” Barrick CEO Dr Mark... 


Ontario awards Seymour lithium project two 21-year leases
12th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Green Technology Metals has secured two new 21-year mining leases for its Seymour lithium project that now provide full lease coverage over the proposed construction footprint. The new... 


Sayona's NAL plant in Canada
Piedmont Lithium adjourns special shareholder meeting after quorum shortfall
12th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq- and ASX-listed Piedmont Lithium has adjourned its 2025 special meeting of stockholders until August 22 after failing to reach the quorum necessary to proceed with a vote on its proposed... 


Arafura Rare Earths eyes $100m in export agency funding, source says
Arafura Rare Earths eyes $100m in export agency funding, source says
12th August 2025 By: Reuters

Arafura Rare Earths has received a letter of interest from Australia's export finance agency about potential funding for its Nolans project in the Northern Territory, which a source said would... 


Gold refining
Bullion markets breathe sigh of relief after Trump says gold will not face tariffs
12th August 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he would not impose tariffs on gold, a move welcomed by global bullion markets and which ended days of speculation that the yellow metal could be caught up... 


A Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture Group smelting operation in action.
South African ferrochrome, chrome ore sectors at crucial juncture, says Merafe
12th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The South African ferrochrome and chrome ore sectors are at a crucial juncture, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Merafe Resources reported on Tuesday, August 12. Sustained pressure from the... 


Peabody's $3.8bn bid on Anglo American mines looms next week
Peabody's $3.8bn bid on Anglo American mines looms next week
12th August 2025 By: Reuters

Peabody Energy is set to reveal on August 19 whether it will continue with its $3.78-billion bid for Anglo American's Australian coking coal mines, as time ticks down for it to renegotiate a lower... 


Kumba Iron Ore in action.
South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore helping to lessen carbon emission in global steelmaking
11th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The high ferrous content of Kumba Iron Ore, which is produced in South Africa’s Northern Cape, is helping to lessen carbon dioxide (CO2) emission at a time when this is the global pursuit of... 


BHP part of steelmaker-led consortium studying CCUS hubs
BHP part of steelmaker-led consortium studying CCUS hubs
11th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

An industry consortium comprising some of the world’s biggest steelmakers and other value chain players has joined forces to assess the development of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)... 


The Western Queen gold project is located 110 km northwest of Mt Magnet within Western Australia’s Yalgoo Mineral Field.
Rumble declares maiden tungsten resource at Western Queen
11th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Minerals exploration and development company Rumble Resources has declared a maiden tungsten resource of more than 13 0000 t of tungsten trioxide (WO3) at the Western Queen project, near Mt Magnet... 


Capstone Copper greenlights Mantoverde expansion in Chile
Capstone Copper greenlights Mantoverde expansion in Chile
11th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX- and ASX-listed Capstone Copper has sanctioned construction of its Mantoverde Optimised (MV-O) project in Chile, following receipt of all required board and regulatory approvals, including the... 


CATL suspends operations at major lithium mine, seeks new licence
CATL suspends operations at major lithium mine, seeks new licence
11th August 2025 By: Reuters

Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology said on Monday it had suspended production at a major lithium mine after its licence expired, sparking a surge in lithium futures and miners'... 


Australian lithium miners gain after report CATL suspends operations at China mine
Australian lithium miners gain after report CATL suspends operations at China mine
11th August 2025 By: Reuters

Shares in Australia-listed lithium miners surged on Monday, after a report that battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) had suspended production at a major Chinese mine for at... 


Ferrochrome production.
We’re working with government, looking at possible solutions, says Glencore Alloys CEO
8th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

“We’re working with government, looking at possible solutions,” Glencore Alloys CEO Japie Fullard tells Mining Weekly amid Glencore reporting this week that not one of its ferrochrome smelters is... 


WA mines department approves Arrowsmith North silica sand project
8th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Western Australia's Mines, Petroleum and Exploration department has approved the mining proposal for the Arrowsmith North silica sand project, marking a milestone for VRX Silica as the company is... 


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