Yesterday
Red-hot explorer Polymetals preps capital raising, taps Blue Ocean
Sources say Polymetals, the owner of the Endeavor silver-zinc-lead mine in the Cobar Basin region, is working with stockbroker Blue Ocean Equities on a raise.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
December 2024
Citi’s five big commodity calls for 2025
Following a tough year for traders, the US broker has revealed where it expects to see the biggest gains and losses in the market for next year.
- Alex Gluyas
November 2024
Unico Silver hires three brokers to raise $20m
It’s not just gold that is trading strongly amid the US elections – and sparking a flurry of capital raises on the ASX – but also its poorer cousin, silver.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
September 2024
‘Stars aligning’ for breakout rally in gold, silver
Traders are piling into the precious metals ahead of the Federal Reserve’s hotly anticipated board meeting this week, extending a powerful rebound in resources stocks.
- Alex Gluyas
August 2024
This stock is a barometer of Donald Trump’s election chances
A rollercoaster presidential campaign in the United States has taken shares in one copper explorer for a wild ride.
- Peter Ker
May 2024
Dual-listed Adriatic Metals prepares equity raising; Orion in selldown
Major shareholder Orion – owner of 8.2 per cent – plans to cash out of at least half of its shareholding.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
July 2023
We’ve hit paydirt in Bosnia, says ASX-listed Adriatic Metals
The junior miner, which runs one of the first new European mines in decades, is now getting ore out of the ground and has upped its estimate of what’s there.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Demand for solar panels is squeezing silver supply
Changes to solar technology are fuelling demand for the white metal that’s widening a supply deficit at a time when there is little additional mine production on the horizon.
- Bloomberg News
April 2023
WA lead, silver developer Galena Mining raising $18m at 35pc discount
Galena Mining, which is developing a lead silver project in WA’s Gascoyne region, has launched an $18 million placement as its costs blow out and production dips.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
February 2023
Listed junior Silver Mines rattles the tin for exploration funding
New South Wales explorer Silver Mines was asking investors for a $12 million cash injection to keep the wheels turning at its Bowdens project near Mudgee, which it claims is the country’s largest undeveloped silver deposit globally.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
November 2022
Tasmanian tungsten explorer Group 6 Metals in $21m raise
Listed Tasmanian tungsten developer Group 6 Metals put a $21 million raise to investors on Thursday morning, while plenty of other juniors also rattled the tin.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
October 2022
Dropping out of uni was the best thing this solar pioneer ever did
Vince Allen’s disruptive solar cell has broken world records and won investment from billionaires including Mike Cannon-Brookes. Now he’s determined to mass produce in Australia.
- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
April 2022
Aussie miner fleeing Myanmar hits currency snag
Mallee Resources is attempting to repatriate $16 million out of Myanmar, proceeds that ANZ refused to deal with.
- Michael Roddan
March 2022
ASX miner repatriates $17m from Myanmar after ANZ refused transfer
ANZ refused to service Mallee Resources after it sold its Myanmar silver mine back to the country’s shadowy JV partners.
- Michael Roddan
February 2022
If it’s right, you know it in your bones, says feted jeweller
London-based Jacqueline Rabun is the master of unadorned silver – and in her latest, unisex collection for Georg Jensen, she proves her mettle again.
- Lauren Sams
May 2021
Century mine expansion sparks call for a new age of consent
Opponents of a plan to mine near an Indigenous heritage site say unanimous support of traditional owners is required, not just consent from the body corporate.
- Peter Ker
February 2021
Retail army fires silver miners higher
Listed silver miners soared on Monday as speculators piled through the eye of the needle on rising silver prices.
- Tom Richardson
January 2021
Reddit crew may find commodities harder after roiling silver
Buying an ETF requires the fund at some point to find actual commodities to back up the trades, potentially killing momentum for a short squeeze.
- Joe Deaux
- Opinion
- Opinion
Time to take the silver out of the cupboard?
With strong support for the underlying price, here's how to invest in the precious metal.
- Elio D'Amato
Silver and platinum will outperform gold in 2021, says UBS
The change will come as the economy recovers and industrial demand and decarbonisation support higher metals prices, according to the investment bank.
- Emily Graffeo