by Gordon Barratt | Jan 27, 2022 | News
Palladium soared to the highest in four months, with traders looking to secure supplies amid growing tensions over Ukraine as Russia, the top metal producer, amassed troops near the border. The metal that’s mostly used in catalytic converters rose as much 8.3% on...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 27, 2022 | News
The copper market has cooled since touching record levels above $10,000 a tonne in May, but longer-term fundamentals for the bellwether metal remain bullish thanks to a global effort to electrify transport and shift to renewable power generation....
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 27, 2022 | News
Mt Marion lithium mine. Image: Mineral Resources Mineral Resources (MinRes) has seen strong growth in its lithium operations with realised spodumene prices rising 56 per cent from the previous quarter to $US1153 ($1619) per dry metric tonne (dmt), its December...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 27, 2022 | News
BHP has signed a major research agreement with the University of Leicester, the University of Western Australia (UWA) and Macquarie University in New South Wales, to identify new areas for the discovery of metals critical to electric vehicles (EV). Craton Margin...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 27, 2022 | News
Gina Rinehart Roy Hill and Hancock Prospecting executive chair Gina Rinehart has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the General Division, as part of the Australia Day 2022 Honours list. The mining magnate, who was one of only 25 Australians...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 26, 2022 | News
Considering the proven safety performance and increasing global use, you might think that Roxtec material specialists remain happy by just maintaining the excellent features of the rubber in the seals. They lead the technical development by mixing new powerful...