Fortescue partnership lifts STEM in Pilbara schools

Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has delivered first development ore from the Metz underground mine to surface stockpiles at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project in NSW, as it progresses toward commissioning in August.

Australia’s first vanadium flow battery manufacturing supply chain  Industry leaders have signed a deal to establish Australia’s first vanadium flow battery manufacturing supply chain in Queensland.   Idemitsu Australia, Sumitomo Electric Industries and Vecco Group signed a collaboration agreement to build a complete manufacturing supply chain, from mining to energy storage, expected to be operational in 2026.  Under this non-exclusive agreement, Idemitsu plans to market, sell and deliver vanadium flow batteries to Australian customers using Sumitomo Electric hardware and Vecco’s electrolyte made from vanadium mined in Queensland’s north west minerals province.   Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. general manager of energy systems division Mr Kamada says “we are very pleased...

PERTH-based uranium producer Paladin Energy has spilt radioactive chemicals in a road incident while closing down its Kayelekera mine in Africa. The project – 52km west of Karonga in northern Malawi – was placed on care and maintenance in an effort to stem global uranium supplies and drive demand upwards in the face of a market price slump. However while completing the site’s last shipments, a truck carrying a single container of uranium oxide concentrate toppled sideways, as the driver reportedly failed to negotiate a curve in the road. A “small amount” of uranium oxide concentrate was spilt, 8km from the mine site origin. The truck was bound for export from Walvis Bay port in Namibia, in a convoy of...

BlackRock stakes a $3b claim in WAIO BHP (ASX: BHP) has entered a binding agreement with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), in relation to the miner’s share of WA Iron Ore’s (WAIO) inland power network. Currently, BHP holds an 85% interest in WAIO. Under the agreement, an entity will be formed to split this interest with BHP controlling 51% and GIP holding the remaining 49%. BHP will pay the entity a tariff linked to its share of WAIO’s inland power across a 25-year period. BHP retains full operational control of WAIO including its inland power structure. BHP chief...