Just gold for Christmas: no frankincense or myrrh

Gold explorers and capital markets advisers predict that the Aussie-dollar price of the precious metal will hit $3000 by Christmas.That was the clear prediction...

Smiles all around at Boorara Gold

Horizon Minerals’ reports positive outcomes at its Boorara gold mine, WA, with mining and ore haulage is progressing ahead of schedule and total material...

Lithium and cobalt expected to stabilise

S&P GLOBAL Market Intelligence latest report on lithium and cobalt paints a revealing picture for the rare earths’ market.Though the fall-out from COVID-19 has...

Resource sector poised to bounce back

AUSTRALIA’S resources and energy exports are expected to reach $299b in 2019–20, before easing back in subsequent years as some of the surprising price...

Lithium Australia full of energy

WALITHIUM Australia has had a positive year with promising developments including the acquisition of Mt Deans East and the completion of the Ravensthorpe mine...

Copper and gold promise at Hollandaire

EXTENDED potential mineralisation has been identified at Cyprium Metals’ Hollandaire prospect, with follow-up drilling planned for March 2020.The results were outside the current mineralisation,...

Copper on a high

COPPER has hit a three-month high on the London Metal Exchange, reaching its highest price in two months after a long run of losing...

ERA sees challenging uranium market

URANIUM producer Energy Resources of Australia has come close to exceeding its upper production guidance for 2019 and has realised slightly higher prices for...

Australian resources companies draw $1.15b

AUSTRALIAN resources and energy companies attracted $1.15b of investment funding in the October-December 2019 quarter, the highest amount since April-June 2018, according to an...

Gold prices boost Newcrest

GOLD producer Newcrest Mining has unveiled an increased underlying profit of $280m for the six-month period ended December 2019, although gold production for the...