by Gordon Barratt | Oct 9, 2026 | News
Zambia is negotiating a critical minerals deal with the US government after “decoupling” it from a separate health funding agreement it signed on Thursday, its foreign minister said. “There was this (Memorandum of Understanding) on health and another...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 9, 2026 | News
The sale of the Tahmoor Colliery in New South Wales has been completed, bringing the mine closer to a full resumption of operations under the new GEAR/ M Resources Consortium ownership. Around 150 workers have already returned to site and are undertaking mining work,...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 8, 2026 | News
Two unions at Chile’s Centinela copper mine rejected further contract talks with Antofagasta Minerals on Wednesday and decided to strike after government-mediated negotiations failed to produce a deal. The risk of a strike in Chile, the world’s largest...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 8, 2026 | News
The administration is said to be “strengthening grid reliability and national security by reinvigorating the American coal industry” and “unleashing beautiful, clean coal after years of attack.” Declaring a “national energy emergency” back in January 2025, the Trump...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 8, 2026 | News
BHP has agreed to sell its idled Kambalda Nickel Concentrator (KNC), along with a package of tenements and mineralisation rights, to Gold Fields, in a deal that hands the Western Australian plant to a gold miner already operating in the region. Under agreements...
