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Whyalla blast furnace restart fails, more than 500 jobs to be cut
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (93+ words) AFR Up to 600 workers at the Whyalla steelworks will be made redundant after administrators KordaMentha and the South Australian government decided to abandon further attempts to restart the ageing blast furnace, which has not been operating since April. KordaMentha have…...
Former Rio executive bets on new reactors for uranium comeback
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (101+ words) afr.com After 17 years at Rio Tinto, Marnie Finlayson was enjoying a break. But when mine investor Tim Goyder asked her to lead a uranium explorer, she couldn’t resist. It was only a last-ditch helicopter flight that prevented Marnie Finlayson…...
King raises the heat on miners to keep green promises in Pilbara
1+ week, 3+ day ago (86+ words) AFR Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King says the big miners cannot allow war in the Middle East and Europe to derail the decarbonisation of the West Australian Pilbara, despite conceding global unrest has interrupted the sector’s green ambitions. King’s comments…...
Giant Stokes-backed salt project hedges its bets with potash
1+ week, 3+ day ago (79+ words) AFR An industrial salt maker backed by West Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes is banking on turning its potash byproduct into a lucrative sideline, while also helping to bolster national food security amid recent disruptions to global fertiliser supply. BCI Minerals…...
Australia has the minerals. So why isn’t anyone buying?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (92+ words) AFR Willing trading partners need viable projects to invest in and reliable supplies they can buy. Yet, Australia has too few projects that meet that test. Former resources minister Martin Ferguson argued yesterday in these pages that Australia needs to…...
Crisafulli ‘knocking down doors in DC’ in critical minerals pitch
1+ week, 4+ day ago (86+ words) AFR Washington | Queensland Premier David Crisafulli is pitching Sunshine State critical minerals directly to the Trump administration in a bid to ensure his interstate rivals do not lock up Washington’s high-tech resource deals. The Liberal-National state premier and leaders from…...
BHP executive Rag Udd to leave miner after missing out on top job
1+ week, 4+ day ago (68+ words) AFR BHP’s chief commercial officer Rag Udd will leave at the end of January following a near three-decade long career at the mining giant after missing out to Brandon Craig for the chief executive role. Udd will “take on a…...
Critical minerals could forge a new Australia-South Korea trade connection
1+ week, 5+ day ago (148+ words) afr.com A history of regulatory interventions has left major South Korean investors burnt. We cannot afford to create roadblocks for a key trading ally looking for new places to deploy its smart capital. Australia has a generational opportunity to…...
Canyon Resources to show its hand at bauxite project after low-ball bid
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (123+ words) AFR It will be the moment of truth for ASX-listed bauxite hopeful Canyon Resources on Monday when the company is slated to exit a voluntary share suspension with an update on its flagship Minim Martap project in Africa’s Cameroon. Among…...
Remote tungsten mine’s revival delivers windfall for its lenders
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (85+ words) AFR The Tasmanian government’s bet on a small tungsten miner has paid off handsomely after Group 6 Metals returned to the ASX, delivering a windfall for long-term backers amid the global rush to secure non-Chinese critical minerals supply. Group 6’s shares…...