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Summit Minerals acquires historic high-grade mine

Summit Minerals (ASX: SUM) has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the historic high-grade polymetallic Keystone mine in Nevada, US.This forms part of the Keystone project, located within the large-scale skarn district and hosting significant historic and current production of silver, gold, lead, zinc, molybdenum and tungsten.

Nuton technology produces first copper

InternationalNewsTechnology & Innovation

Nuton technology produces first copper

Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) has successfully produced first copper at the Johnson Camp mine in Arizona, US, using its innovative bacteria and acid driven Nuton technology.

Glencore has also decided to restart the Alumbrera copper-gold operation in Argentina.

InternationalNewsProjects & Operations

Glencore eyes $2.4b copper push

Vale Base Metals and Glencore Canada have agreed to jointly evaluate a potential brownfield copper development in Canada’s Sudbury Basin.The move comes as copper prices soar, driven by supply crunches, an anticipated shortage and uncertainty as US tariffs loom.

Fortescue to develop green iron technology with Chinese steelmaker

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Fortescue to develop green iron technology with Chinese steelmaker

Fortescue (ASX: FMG) will collaborate with Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group (TISCO), a subsidiary of China Baowu, to trial an emerging green ironmaking technology.

Vulcan advances $3.9b lithium project

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Vulcan advances $3.9b lithium project

Vulcan Energy (ASX: VUL) has secured $3.9b in funding for the development of its phase one Lionheart lithium and renewable energy project in Germany.

China escalates BHP iron ore standoff

InternationalNewsPolitics & Regulation

China escalates BHP iron ore standoff

China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) has ordered steel mills to stop purchasing a certain type of BHP (ASX: BHP) iron ore, Reuters reports.

Rinehart drops lithium stakes for rare earths

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Rinehart drops lithium stakes for rare earths

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.

The initial trial to determine BHP’s liability began in October 2024 and lasted 13 weeks.

InternationalNewsPeople & WorkforcePolitics & Regulation

BHP liable for Brazil dam disaster, UK court rules

In a landmark ruling, the High Court of Justice in London has determined BHP (ASX: BHP) can be held liable over the Fundão iron ore tailings dam failure that killed 19 people in 2015.

Softening Chinese demand shifts iron ore paradigm

Economics & Commodity PricesInternationalNews

Softening Chinese demand shifts iron ore paradigm

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.

Gallium confirmed in rare earths product at North Stanmore

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China suspends ban on exports to US

China’s Commerce Ministry announced it has suspended a ban on approving exports of dual-use items related to gallium, germanium, antimony and super-hard materials to the US.

Western Australia tops global mining survey rankings

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Western Australia tops global mining survey rankings

Western Australia is the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for mining investment according to the Annual Survey of Mining Companies released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian policy think-tank. WA has named on top of followed by Saskatchewan (second) and Nevada (third) with Zimbabwe last. “The Fraser Institute’s mining survey is the most comprehensive report on government policies that either attract or discourage mining investors, and Western Australia ranks highest of anywhere in the world,” said Elmira Aliakbari, director of the Fraser Institute’s Centre for Natural Resource Studies and co-author of the report. This year’s report ranks 84 jurisdictions around the world based on their geologic attractiveness (minerals and metals) and government policies that encourage or…