Court rejects BHP appeal bid over Brazil dam collapse

By Chloe Coutinho

Thursday, 7 May 2026

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BHP (ASX: BHP) has lost its bid to appeal a landmark UK liability judgment over the 2015 Fundão tailings dam disaster.

The MOU supports Metallium’s plan to develop a national network of e-waste processing facilities, strategically located near major e-waste collection hubs, rapidly expanding U.S. data centre industrial parks and regional industrial corridors with strong logistics and waste generation.

Funding boost for critical minerals

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Funding boost for critical minerals

THE Federal Government has announced new financing measures for the rare earths and critical minerals sector – particularly those strategically important for defence end-use. Projects which boost our ability to extract and process critical minerals in Australia will be eligible for financial support through Export Finance Australia (EFA), including the Defence Export Facility. Projects will also have access dual funding through the EFA and the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), as well as a dedicated project facilitation office within the Department of Industry. Resources and Northern Australia Minister Matt Canavan said the financing options would secure the future of rare earth and critical mineral projects and would allow Australian companies to maximise access to existing government support to expedite new...

Sino the times

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Sino the times

MINING company Lynas has entered into a heavy rare earths separation plant joint venture in the US with Blue Line Corp, at a time when international fear around a rare earths shortage has nearly reached crisis point. The agreement comes as China moves to leverage its position as the sole producer of heavy rare earths in the latest ramp-up of trade tensions against the US. Lynas vice president of sales and marketing, Pol Le Roux, told The Australian Mining Review that the company had the capacity to fill the supply gap on all but two of the 17 elements that make up the rare earths: cerium and the group known as heavy rare earths. “China is not in a position...

Project Vault will be an independently governed public?private partnership that will store essential raw materials in facilities across the US.

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Trump launches $17b critical minerals stockpile amid China risk

The US has unveiled a $17.2b (US$12b) strategic critical minerals stockpile, aiming to reduce industry reliance on China and protect manufacturers from supply disruptions.

Rio eyes Grasberg exit

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Rio eyes Grasberg exit

BY REUBEN ADAMS RIO Tinto is looking to offload its interest in the troubled Grasberg copper-gold operations for $US3.5 billion to an Indonesian State-owned entity. Rio confirmed ongoing discussions between the company, partner and mine operator Freeport McMoran, and potential State-owned buyer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium in May, but said no agreement over the sale had been reached, and there was “no certainty that binding agreements will be signed”. The Indonesian Government has been ramping up pressure on US-based Freeport to sell its majority stake in its Grasberg operations, which is expected to produce about 1.15 billion pounds of copper and 2.4 million ounces of gold for the 2018 calendar year. “We continue to engage in negotiations...

(Image source: BHP) Pictured L-R are Queensland Firebird’s Isabelle Shearer and Lara Dunkley at BMA’s Hay Point coal terminal.

BHP boosts community sports

BHP boosts community sports BHP (ASX: BHP) has been busy giving back, with two major community partnerships reaching milestones. Netball is taking centre court as the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is now the Foundation Partner of the Queensland Firebirds Futures Academy (QFFA). Through the two-year partnership with Netball Queensland and the Queensland Firebirds, BMA will help strengthen the QFFA’s regional operations and ensure the continued growth of netball pathways in Queensland. In the spirit of making a difference, the QFFA is an investment in the next generation of talent, allowing regional players to stay local and develop in...

The Hydrogen Production and Research Facility is owned by the Blue Economy CRC and situated at BOC Australia in Lutana, Hobart.

Tasmania’s first green hydrogen production facility

Tasmania’s first green hydrogen production facility Green hydrogen is now being produced in Tasmania, with the state’s first facility delivered by the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre. Tasmania Energy and Renewables Minister Nick Duigan says the Tasmanian Government welcomes the launch of the production facility and hydrogen microgrid. “This facility is one of Australia’s largest electrolysers, generating up to 100% renewable hydrogen, providing an alternative and reliable energy supply that could replace carbon-intensive fossil fuels and diesel across a range of industries,” he said. " Government has a goal to reach 200% renewable electricity...

Rio Tinto says activities will take place in parallel with ongoing collaboration with local communities and Native American Tribes as well as state-level permitting.

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Rio, BHP-backed US copper project clears major legal hurdle

Resolution Copper will move into its next phase after a lengthy legal battle over the transfer of land in Arizona came to an end.

Kincora secures new ground on Australia’s premier porphyry copper-gold province

Kincora secures new ground on Australia’s premier porphyry copper-gold province

Kincora secures new ground on Australia’s premier porphyry copper-gold province Kincora Copper (ASX: KCC) has been awarded the Nyngan West, Nyngan South and Nevertire South projects in central west NSW. These new projects double Kincora’s position on the Macquarie Arc’s Northern Junee-Narromine Belt (NJNB) and provide continuous landholding along more than 100km strike of the Arc. This consolidates the immediate extensions of the Nyngan and Nevertire projects held in partnership with AngloGold Ashanti Australia. Kincora president and chief executive Sam Spring says...