February 2023
- Analysis
- Critical minerals
The ASX companies hoping to win from the EU green plan to cut red tape
ASX-listed companies backing Europe’s energy transition are getting lots of EU love right now. But can Brussels help them reassure their impatient investors?
- Hans van Leeuwen
June 2021
Commodity-hungry Europe gets ready to dig up the backyard
Surging demand for clean, ethical and non-Chinese materials could reinflate a domestic European mining industry. But it’s not all plain sailing.
- Hans van Leeuwen
April 2018
Go long commodities ahead of global economic peak
Investors can still profit from some well-timed commodity bets, strategists say, even though some prices have overshot near term.
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- Timothy Moore
September 2016
Pierpont: Tale of two miners shows tin is tough
Tin has always been a tricky market to invest in, and Kasbah Resources is a case in point.
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- Trevor Sykes
February 2015
Nickel rises as copper falls ahead of key euro zone meeting
With commodity investors focused on Greece's debt negotiations in Europe, nickel increased in value nearly half a per cent while the price of copper dipped and other metals remained steady.
January 2015
Australia to expand tin supply despite price slump
Metals X, Australia’s largest tin mining company, is defying a two-year slump in prices with plans to increase output by about 14 per cent.
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November 2014
World Bank takes full entitlement in Kasbah project
The share price of Kasbah Resources has been in free fall for most of calendar year 2014, but October heralded some more positive news which could see a near to medium-term recovery.
- Trevor Hoey
October 2014
Metals X bounds ahead in gold, tin production
Metals X is outperforming in production and financials, with costs coming in below analysts’ expectations, earning the miner a “buy” recommendation.
- Trevor Hoey
May 2011
Tin story demands further attention
Often considered unattractive compared with its higher margin cousins such as copper and aluminium, tin is capturing the attention of base metals investors.
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- John McDuling
November 2010
Venture boosts resource at Tas tin project
Venture Minerals has boosted the resource at its flagship Mt Lindsay tin and tungsten project in Tasmania as it finalises a pre-feasibility study on the project.
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- Yvonne Ball