Carmakers who faced skyrocketing prices for lithium and other battery metals last year could increasingly adopt sodium-based cells in the future, helping to alleviate strains on raw materials as... 

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

China increased its gold reserves for a seventh straight month, signaling ongoing strong demand for the precious metal from the world’s central banks. China raised its gold holdings by about 16 t... 

Trafigura Group paid $3-billion to its top traders and executives as the commodity trading giant notched up a fresh record profit in the six months to March. The payout — Trafigura’s highest ever... 

Gold mining company Abcourt Mines has announced positive results of an independent preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Sleeping Giant project, a past-producing mine in the greenstone belt... 

TSX-V-listed minerals explorer HighGold has closed its spin-out transaction pursuant to which the company’s Ontario and Yukon exploration properties have been spun out to Onyx Gold. HighGold... 

Gold miner Eldorado Gold has closed the previously announced bought-deal offering of C$135-million, the proceeds of which will be used to fund growth initiatives across the global portfolio. The... 

Junior Andromeda Metals has struck an offtake agreement with Japanese ceramics manufacturer Plantan Yamada for kaolin offtake from The Great White project, in South Australia. Under the terms of... 

ASX-listed Latin Resources has increased its shareholding in fellow listed Solis Minerals. The company on Thursday reported that its shareholding in Solis would increase by 4.66% to 17.79%, with... 

The federal government has awarded a A$1-million grant to fund a feasibility study to explore the potential of a clean hydrogen market in Darwin. The study would be jointly undertaken by INPEX,... 

Iron-ore major Fortescue Metals has inked an A$18-million agreement with the Nyamal traditional custodians to provide mining equipment for the Iron Bridge magnetite project. The agreement, which... 

The Western Australian government has awarded ASX-listed Strike Energy’s gas acceleration strategy Lead Agency Service. The company earlier this year unveiled the strategy to bring up to four gas... 

ASX-listed Blue Energy has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with fellow listed Queensland Pacific Metals Energy (QPME) to potentially supply gas on an ‘as available’ basis... 

A severe talent shortage is becoming a near existential challenge for mining companies globally, according to auditing firm PwC’s ‘Mine 2023: The era of reinvention’ report.  In a presentation on... 

In conjunction with a proposed Aim listing in London, Marula Mining is going to have an additional listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Marula Mining CEO Jason Brewer told the Junior...