Alligator strengthens Big Lake uranium model

By Samantha Bawden

Friday, 28 August 2026

Exploration & DiscoveryNews

Alligator Energy (ASX: AGE) has reported further uranium mineralisation at its Big Lake uranium project in South Australia, supporting the company’s roll-front uranium exploration model.

The MOU supports Metallium’s plan to develop a national network of e-waste processing facilities, strategically located near major e-waste collection hubs, rapidly expanding U.S. data centre industrial parks and regional industrial corridors with strong logistics and waste generation.

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.

UQ to upskill Latin America miners

UQ to upskill Latin America miners

UQ to upskill Latin America miners The University of Queensland (UQ) has been granted $1m in funding to design and deliver short courses for workers at mining projects in Chile and Argentina. The funding, provided by the Federal Department of Education, is part of an Australian transnational education program supporting the development of global skilled workforces in the critical minerals sector. UQ’s Sustainable Minerals Institute has a longstanding partnership with the Latin American mining industry through its International Centre of Excellence (SMI-ICE) based in Santiago, Chile. The SMI-ICE Chile currently employs 33 staff members and has strong relationships with...

Middle East conflict threatens global aluminium supply

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Middle East conflict threatens global aluminium supply

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is introducing new upside risks to the global aluminium market, extending the fallout beyond the existing impacts to oil and gas.

ZESTY gets $44.9m boost

ZESTY gets $44.9m boost

ZESTY gets $44.9m boost Calix has secured funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to advance its zero emissions steel technology (ZESTY) green iron demonstration plant. The demonstration plant will have a targeted capacity to produce 30,000tpa of hydrogen direct reduced iron (H2-DRI) or hot briquetted iron (HBI). ZESTY uses a combination of electric heating and hydrogen reduction, aiming to provide lowest cost pathways to green iron and steel by: Enabling flexible operations compatible with variable renewable energy sources Enabling theoretical minimum hydrogen use of 54kg/t of iron...