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
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BY REUBEN ADAMS
THE price per tonne of cobalt – essential to EV battery production – rose to $82,000 on the...