Alcoa signs 10-year gas supply deal

The University of Queensland (UQ) has been ranked 5th in the world in the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject for mineral and mining engineering.

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) says the Federal Government’s proposed changes to capital gains tax for junior minerals exploration companies will adversely impact funding opportunities.

Australia’s electricity market reliability improves The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released a report outlining the 10-year outlook on investments needed to maintain national electricity market reliability. Reflecting the positive investment momentum to meet growing demand and replace retiring energy generation, the 2025 Electricity Statement of Opportunities report shows improved reliability outlooks, reliant on all expected investments being delivered on time and in full. The report assesses reliability against two development outlooks: A government schemes and actionable developments reliability assessment, which reflects more than...

China blocks Australian antimony shipment China has delayed and returned a shipment of Australian critical minerals bound for the US. The shipment of 55t of antimony concentrate, destined for US Antimony Corporation, was held at the port of Ningbo in the Zhejiang Province for three months before being released by Chinese authorities on the condition it was to return to Australia. Alkane Resources (ASX: ALK), who supplied the shipment of antimony from its Costerfield site in Victoria, said it would never again send an antimony shipment bound for the US via China even though there had been no problem...