Rare earths
The buried treasure in NSW that could power a clean energy world
NSW is home to some of the world’s most in-demand minerals and metals needed for the world’s clean energy future, and the state is looking to cash in.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Hydration rehydrates share price with non-US asset sale
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Hydration Pharmaceuticals. The company sold its non-US assets for a sum five times its market capitalisation.
- by Craig Nolan
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Astron JV scores FIRB green light for Victorian play
The Foreign Investment Review Board has approved Astron Corporation and Energy Fuels Resources’ bid to develop Victoria’s Donald rare earths-mineral sands play.
- by Craig Nolan
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Critica heralds second rare earths find near Mount Magnet
Critica has revealed a new rare earths discovery at its Brothers play in WA after drilling intersected thick, clay-hosted mineralisation across an 8km strike.
- by Andrew Todd
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Red Metal confirms huge magnet rare earths zones near Mt Isa
Red Metal’s latest drill program has confirmed two huge, parallel magnet rare earths zones at its Sybella project that sits 20km from Mount Isa in Queensland.
- by Craig Nolan
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Political lobbying
Albanese’s $22.7 billion spendathon a lobbyist honeypot
The rise of a new class of lobbyists with close access to political leaders has heightened concerns about the power of the top players in Canberra.
- by David Crowe
China’s global grip on rare earths an ‘uncomfortable reality’
An Australian miner is hoping to change the playbook on critical minerals, warning that China’s stranglehold of the sector is an existential threat to Western countries.
- by Simon Johanson
Rare earths miner Northern Minerals hit by hackers
The stolen information includes the miner’s corporate, operational and financial information, as well as some details of current and former employees and some shareholder information.
- by David Swan and Simon Johanson
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When money talks, historic WA Goldfields still delivers
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Iceni Gold. Other “WA Budget week” runners include Alliance Nickel, OZZ Resources and Caprice Resources.
- by Michael Philipps
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In the rare earths Game of Thrones, Gina Rinehart grabs the crown
The federal government declared “the road to net zero runs through Australia’s resources sector”, and Rinehart will be hoping for a decent spoonful from the profit pot at the end of that road.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Rio Tinto says global economy resilient, inflation easing despite patchy China
Shipments of its key commodity iron ore fell over the past three months as bad weather disrupted Rio’s ports, the mining giant said.
- by Simon Johanson
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