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...

Commodity Focus: Iron Ore

Image: Fortescue Metals Group.    BY ELIZABETH FABRI   WHILE iron ore prices are set to slump in the coming years, Australia’s big four players – BHP, Rio...

Stavely hits 40pc Cu

STAVELY Minerals (ASX: SVY) has reported “outstanding” shallow, thick, high-grade copper-gold intercepts at its 100pc-owned Thursday Gossan prospect in Victoria, 250km west of Melbourne.The...

Commodity Focus: Gold

All images: Artemis Resources.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  THE gold price may have slumped; but this hasn’t dampened the spirits of Australian gold producers with the big...

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...

Rare earths, big opportunity

THE Australian Government has released a Critical Minerals Strategy Report, exposing huge holes in the supply chain as tensions between Beijing and Washington heat...

Commodity Focus: Metallurgical Coal

Image: Glencore.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  MOMENTUM is building in Australia’s metallurgical coal sector. Prices are up and producers are taking note, with plans to fast-track a...

Ardea’s Kalgoorlie Nickel Project Awarded Major Project Status

Ardea Resources Limited’s (ASX:ARL) Kalgoorlie Nickel Project (KNP) has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Federal Government.Managing Director, Andrew Penkethman, said this...

IGO squeezes Panoramic

INDEPENDENCE Group (ASX: IGO) has increased the pressure in its takeover bid for Panoramic Resources (ASX: PAN), after Savanah downgraded its FY20 guidance at the...

Cobalt in focus: Electric Charge

Image: Mikes Photos from Pexels.  BY REUBEN ADAMS  THE price per tonne of cobalt – essential to EV battery production – rose to $82,000 on the...