Federal, state and territory resources and mining ministers will unite to support the development of the Australian critical minerals sector. At a ministerial roundtable in Perth, Federal Minister for Resources Madeleine King said the development of the sector...
A new report by the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has revealed damage to the state’s economy following its government’s decision to increase coal royalty taxes to the highest in the world. According to QRC’s State of the Sector report for the...
US President Joe Biden US labour unions are pushing back on White House efforts to allow European Union and Japanese firms mining and processing critical minerals to tap some of the lucrative subsidies available in the Biden administration’s massive climate law,...
Canadian mining company NextSource Materials has initiated commissioning of its first mine – the Molo graphite operation in Madagascar. The mine will transition NextSource into a global graphite producer at a time when graphite consumption is increasing sharply, owing...
Gold and base metals miner First Quantum Minerals had advised that its Zambian subsidiary Kansanshi Mining has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Zambian water utility the North Western Water Supply and Sanitation Company (NWWSSC) for the provision of...
BHP and Hatch have partnered to design an electric smelting furnace pilot (ESF) plant in support of building facilities in Australia. According to the BHP announcement, the small-scale demonstration plant will “enable deeper and more accurate insights” in...
