Category: Economics & Commodity Prices

BlueScope Steel (ASX: BSL) will return $438m in surplus cash to its shareholders via a special dividend of $1/share.

Solar and onshore wind form the basis for the least costly electricity mix for Australia moving towards the 2030 renewables target, according to CSIRO’s new GenCost draft report.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) draft 2026 integrated system plan (ISP) indicates that current strategies may not deliver energy security or climate objectives.

A new report has found gold projects accounted for $12.6b of the $18.7b in mining deals completed in Australia in FY25. 

Gina Rinehart has become the majority shareholder in the US’s only rare earths producer, MP Materials, while majorly decreasing her US-listed lithium holdings.

Diversification will keep major iron ore mining houses profitable, but waning Chinese demand is likely to push smaller producers out of the market, a new S&P Global report finds.

Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) will sell a 30% stake in its operational lithium business to POSCO Holdings for $1.2b (US$765m).

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached a trade and economic deal to suspend additional export controls on rare-earth metals, according to the White House.

Critical Minerals Group (CMG) (ASX: CMG) has received a $2m grant from the Queensland Government under the Queensland Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund.The grant will partially fund the development of a vanadium electrolyte manufacturing demonstration plant consisting of a single 12-cell electrolyser unit that has the capacity to produce one million litres of vanadium electrolyte per year.

RESOURCE industry employer group Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) has called the NSW Government’s approval of a new $1 billion rare earth and metals mine in Dubbo “fantastic news” for the regional, state and national economies.