Copper miner Sandfire Resources has produced its first copper concentrate from the Motheo mine, in Botswana. The company on Thursday told shareholders that construction of the mine was nearing completion, with equipment commissioning activities over 92% complete for...
Western Australia state has agreed to compensate an Aboriginal group for historic acts including issuing mining leases on their traditional lands, setting a precedent that is set to allow Indigenous groups a greater say in future developments. The state has been...
Oil and gas major Santos has rejected allegations of human rights breaches, following allegations of such at its Barossa gas project, its Darwin liquefied natural gas (LNG) life extension project, and at its Narrabri gas project. The ASX-listed company this week said...
Australian coal continues to make inroads among Chinese buyers, adding to pressure on domestic prices, with new shipments climbing to their highest level since Beijing halted imports in the fall of 2020. That ban ended at the start of this year and...
Silver Lake may have come in with a higher offer, but St Barbara is still determined to sell its Leonora assets to Genesis Minerals. After Genesis increased the scrip component of its bid for the Western Australian mine to $604 million on May 16, Silver...
In a presentation by Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) chief director Motlatso Kobe to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy in the National Assembly on May 23, she revealed that the vast majority of mining and prospecting rights...
