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First shipment of concentrate from Image’s Atlas project sets sail
17th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Perth-based junior Image Resources on Thursday announced the first sale and shipment of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) from the Atlas mineral sands mine, in Western Australia. The nominal 10... 


Kookaburra graphite project included in critical minerals prospectus
17th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Kookaburra graphite project (KGP), located on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, has been featured in the updated Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus for 2025, published by Austrade. The... 


Euro Sun CEO Grant Sboros (left) with Euro Sun GM Dr Sorin Halga.
South African resolve helping to turn copper/gold deposit to account in Romania
17th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Toronto-listed Euro Sun Mining’s South African CEO is reported to have exercised considerable resolve in helping to remove the obstacles in the way of turning one of Europe’s large copper/gold... 


Fortescue charters green-ammonia-powered vessel in push to decarbonise shipping
Fortescue charters green-ammonia-powered vessel in push to decarbonise shipping
17th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Iron-ore major Fortescue has signed an agreement with Bocimar, part of Belgium’s CMB.TECH, to charter a new ammonia-powered vessel. The 210 000 dry weight tonnage (dwt) Newcastlemax vessel is... 


Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal.
Hillside Aluminium guiding unchanged output for 2025 financial year
17th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Although saleable production of aluminium from the Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal decreased by 1% to 537 000 t in the nine months ended March, the full-year guidance of... 


Paladin's Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia
Paladin hit with class action over 'misleading' uranium guidance
17th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX- and TSX-listed Paladin Energy has been served with a class action lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Victoria, with the plaintiffs alleging the uranium producer misled investors and breached its... 


Iron-ore miners in rocky start to year as tariff turmoil begins
Iron-ore miners in rocky start to year as tariff turmoil begins
17th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

The world’s biggest iron-ore miners face a difficult start to the year, after extreme weather impacted production and as their biggest customer China braces for a trade war. This week, BHP Group,... 


World Bank president Ajay Banga
World Bank's Banga doubles down on intent to end ban loans for nuclear power projects
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

World Bank president Ajay Banga on Wednesday doubled down on his push to revamp the bank's energy strategy to end a ban on lending for nuclear power projects and enable more natural gas projects,... 


PLS MD and CEO Dale Henderson
PLS 'ideally positioned' as it concludes multi-year investment cycle
17th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed PLS, formerly Pilbara Minerals, said on Thursday it had concluded a multi-year investment phase and that it was shifting focus to operational optimisation, positioning the company to... 


Santos says Alaska oil project could start early while first-quarter revenue dips
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

Australian oil and gas producer Santos said on Thursday it could potentially bring forward the startup for its Pikka phase 1 in Alaska, while posting a 7% fall in first-quarter sales revenue due to... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
Rising protectionism to slow global growth, reshape trade — BHP's Henry
17th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified commodities major BHP CEO Mike Henry has expressed concern about increasing protectionism, warning that while tariffs have little direct impact on the miner, their broader implications... 


Fenix CEO John Welborn
Fenix walks away from matching right on CZR takeover
17th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Iron-ore junior Fenix Resources has opted not to counter a rival bid for CZR Resources, stepping back from a potential bidding war after its takeover target's board deemed a competing offer from... 


BCI Minerals cleared for full-scale operations at Mardie salt project
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed BCI Minerals has received a key commonwealth government approval, paving the way for full-scale operations at its Mardie solar salt and sulphate of potash project in Western Australia.... 


Sumitomo deepens ties with Ardea through A$4.6m placement
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Metals exploration and development company Ardea Resources has secured a A$4.6-million strategic investment from Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining, further strengthening the partnership between the two... 


Talga’s Swedish anode refinery gains EU net-zero strategic status
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Talga Group’s planned battery anode refinery in Luleå, Sweden, has been designated a net-zero strategic project under the European Union’s (EU's) Net-Zero Industry Act, the company... 


Black Cat gets green light for underground mining at Myhree
Black Cat gets green light for underground mining at Myhree
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Black Cat Syndicate on Wednesday announced approval to commence underground mining at the Myhree deposit, part of its Kal East gold project near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.... 


McArthur will reach the end of its life in 2030.
BHP mulls turning Mt Arthur coal mine into pumped hydro asset
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified miner BHP has teamed up with renewable energy and infrastructure company ACCIONA Energía to study the feasibility of transforming its Mt Arthur Coal mine in New South Wales into a... 


Mineral Resources tumbles after two governance directors quit
16th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Mineral Resources shares fell more than 7% after two board members overseeing corporate governance resigned. Jacqueline McGill, who joined the board in early 2024, and Susie Corlett, a member... 


Woodside hires Mexico Pacific CEO Bairstow for Louisiana LNG project
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's top gas producer Woodside Energy aid on Wednesday it had hired Sarah Bairstow, the chief executive of Mexico Pacific, for its Louisiana liquefied natural gas plant in the United... 


Gold climbs to record as expanding trade war aids haven demand
Gold climbs to record as expanding trade war aids haven demand
16th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold rose to record high as the Trump administration pressed ahead with probes that could broaden a sweeping trade war, boosting demand for havens. Bullion climbed above $3 248 an ounce for the... 


Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto reports weaker iron-ore output as weather batters Pilbara operations
16th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified major Rio Tinto Group warned on Wednesday that its 2025 iron-ore output will likely land at the lower end of guidance as extreme weather disrupts operations in Australia’s Pilbara... 


Savannah Goldfields names Brad Sampson as CEO
15th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Savannah Goldfields has appointed Brad Sampson as CEO as the Australia-listed company advances plans to restart mining and processing operations in Queensland. Sampson, a veteran mining executive... 


Goldman Sachs cuts aluminium price forecast on weaker growth outlook
15th April 2025 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs has reduced its forecast for aluminium prices this year after its economists downgraded global growth forecasts including for the US and China following the Trump administration's... 


Jefferies earlier this year marketed a new loan to regional private credit firms to help refinance a $2.1bn bridge loan for Peabody’s takeover of Anglo’s steel coal assets.
Peabody holds off private debt refinancing of $2.1bn loan
15th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Coal mining company Peabody Energy has held off seeking a $500-million private debt, which would help refinance an acquisition loan after the planned deal was put under review, according to people... 


Askari highlights extensive tin, tantalum mineralisation at Namibia project
15th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Askari Metals has reviewed the historical exploration database for its Uis project, in Namibia, with the focus on evaluating the significant tin and tantalum mineralisation that exists.... 


John Welborn
Fenix flags growth ambitions on record iron-ore shipments
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Iron-ore junior Fenix Resources is charging toward a transformative year, buoyed by record quarterly shipments and the rapid development of its third mine, Beebyn-W11. Executive chairperson John... 


Evolution gets green light for A$430m Cowal expansion, eyes 2042 lifespan
Evolution gets green light for A$430m Cowal expansion, eyes 2042 lifespan
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian gold miner Evolution Mining on Tuesday approved a A$430-million expansion of its flagship Cowal gold operation in New South Wales, extending the openpit mine’s life to 2042 and unlocking... 


Control room at Black Rock manganese ore mine.
Assmang refutes illegal sugilite mining allegations
14th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Mining company Assmang on Monday refuted allegations that it engages in the illegal mining of sugilite at the Black Rock mine in the Northern Cape. Sugilite is described as a pink to purple... 


China’s commodities imports shrink bar oil as trade woes worsen
China’s commodities imports shrink bar oil as trade woes worsen
14th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

China’s commodities imports mostly fell year-on-year in March, the last full month before the Trump administration choked off bilateral trade by imposing punitive levies on Chinese goods. With the... 


Goldman puts $4 000 gold on the agenda as hunt for havens grows
Goldman puts $4 000 gold on the agenda as hunt for havens grows
14th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs Group and UBS Group issued another round of bullish calls for gold, with stronger-than-expected central bank demand and the metal’s role as a hedge against recession and geopolitical... 


De Grey's Hemi gold project
Gold Road backs Northern Star’s De Grey takeover
14th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold Road Resources says it will vote in favour of Northern Star Resources’ proposed takeover of De Grey Mining, in a move that could see the midtier gold producer receive more than $1-billion in... 


Gold slips from record as Trump tariff agenda stays in spotlight
Gold slips from record as Trump tariff agenda stays in spotlight
14th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold edged down from a record as markets weighed the latest US trade news from President Donald Trump, who has driven a flight to safety assets amid mounting confusion over his tariff agenda.... 


Kincora expands AngloGold partnership, boosts porphyry exploration funding
Kincora expands AngloGold partnership, boosts porphyry exploration funding
14th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Junior explorer Kincora Copper has secured a second earn-in and joint venture agreement with gold major AngloGold Ashanti, expanding exploration efforts across the Northern Junee-Narromine Belt... 


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