by Gordon Barratt | Feb 24, 2025 | News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US dropped its demand for Kyiv to commit to paying $500-billion as part of talks to give Washington a cut of the country’s mineral wealth. But Zelenskyy insisted at a news conference on Sunday that US military support...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 24, 2025 | News
Western Australia’s push to establish a vanadium battery industry has gained further momentum, with the State Government committing to a reduced royalty framework and additional funding for industrial areas. WA Premier Roger Cook announced that if re-elected, the WA...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 24, 2025 | News
Newmont president and chief executive officer Tom Palmer has described 2024 as “transformational”, citing the company’s revitalised Tier 1 portfolio as the main highlight. The US gold giant produced 1.9 million attributable ounces of gold during the December 2024...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 21, 2025 | News
The US President Donald Trump’s administration has sent Ukraine an updated version of the mining agreement, which takes into account some of Kyiv’s comments. According to Axios, citing five sources from Ukraine and the US, the document has become more...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 21, 2025 | News
As a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Jakarta fast approached in September 2023, Indonesia’s state-run electricity provider, PLN, partially shut down one of its oldest and biggest coal-fired power plants in the hopes of cleaning up the capital’s filthy air....
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 21, 2025 | News
A record 97.1 million tonnes (Mt) of iron ore being shipped during the first half of the 2024–25 financial year (H1 FY25) has led to Fortescue bringing in $2.5 billion in net profit after tax. Fortescue’s $US7.6 billion ($11.9 billion) in revenue in H1 FY25...
