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Australian giant’s desperate bid to ruin a $92 billion deal

It was worth it for BHP chief Mike Henry to have one last throw of the dice.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Glencore’s lead and copper smelters in Mount Isa.

Nation’s manufacturing at ‘dangerous crossroads’ with more big bailouts to come

The government is set to announce its third major industry rescue package this year.

  • Nick Toscano, Mike Foley and Shane Wright
A diamond drill rig working at Hot Chili’s La Verde copper-gold discovery in Chile’s Atacama region.

Hot Chili chases copper-gold monsters in Chilean copper homeland

Hot Chili has fired up diamond rigs at its emerging La Verde copper-gold porphyry discovery in Chile’s Atacama region, as copper prices swell and exploration heats up in the heartland of copper production.

  • Andrew Todd
True North Copper drilling at its Cloncurry copper projects in northwest Queensland.

True North strikes high-grade copper-gold in Qld copper heartland

True North Copper has returned a flurry of high-grade copper-gold hits at its Wallace North prospect in northwest Queensland, extending its known high-grade resources.

  • Andrew Todd
Everyone wants copper. So who of the mining sector’s heavyweights will attempt to nix Anglo and Teck’s deal?

The copper wars are here: Mega merger could trigger battle of the mining giants

Anglo American and Canada’s Teck have agreed to create one of the world’s larger copper companies. Will BHP and Rio Tinto be content to watch from the sidelines?

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House.

The unintended consequences of Trump’s copper tariff

The US has a lot of copper in the ground but not much capacity to process it. That imbalance and Donald Trump’s new 50 per cent tariff will inflict longer-lasting pain on US manufacturers.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Geophysical data studied by Javelin Resources has unearthed five hidden gold-copper targets at the company’s Coogee West project in Western Australia.

Javelin eyes hidden gold-copper trove in WA Eastern Goldfields

Javelin Minerals has uncovered five hidden gold-copper targets at Coogee West in Western Australia, with high-impact drilling set to kick off in September.

  • James Pearson
A picturesque view of the grounds near Tennant Minerals’ copper-gold Barkly project in the Northern Territory, close to the company’s two new large-scale prospects.

Tennant to launch into two large-scale Top End gold targets

Tennant Minerals will launch into two large-scale gold and copper targets identified from historical exploration near its Bluebird copper-gold project, 35km east of the Top End’s Tennant Creek mining region.

  • Craig Nolan
The potential of Hot Chili’s La Verde project may be compared to the Filo del Sol deposit in Chile’s Atacama region, which was acquired by BHP and Lundin Mining for $4.5 billion earlier this year. Filo del Sol is a shining example of the region’s copper-gold porphyry possibilities.

Hot Chili finds potential Chilean monster copper-gold porphyry cluster

Hot Chili has unveiled a potential district-scale copper-gold porphyry cluster at its La Verde discovery in Chile, which is now set for September drill testing.

  • Andrew Todd
Hot Chili has continued to uncover further copper-gold mineralisation at its La Verde prospect in Chile’s Atacama region.

Huge drill hits double La Verde copper-gold footprint for Hot Chili

Hot Chili’s latest drilling has doubled the near-surface mineralised footprint at the company’s La Verde copper-gold porphyry discovery in Chile’s Atacama region.

  • Craig Nolan

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