Resources nationalism is threatening China’s push to secure critical minerals
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Opinion

Resources nationalism is threatening China’s push to secure critical minerals

Partial nationalisation of a vast lithium project in Chile is the latest move by developed and developing countries to prevent China from locking up the mineral supply critical to its dominance of the world’s battery industry.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Photo finish sees silver explorer claim Runners gold
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Photo finish sees silver explorer claim Runners gold

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Sun Silver. It jumped 225 per cent to join Errawarra Resources,Australian Copper and Gold and First AU.

  • byMichael Philipps
Pan Asia sets sights on lithium brines at Chilean salt flats
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Pan Asia sets sights on lithium brines at Chilean salt flats

Pan Asia Metals is joining the list of lithium brine explorers after picking up a massive chunk of prime real estate with its Tama Atacama project in Chile.

  • byMichael Philipps
Fortescue takes ‘milestone step towards green shipping’ amid iron ore hit
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Fortescue takes ‘milestone step towards green shipping’ amid iron ore hit

Iron ore shipments of 43.3 million tonnes were six per cent lower than previous corresponding quarter because of the ore derailment in late December and weather disruptions.

  • bySimon Johanson
Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook
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Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook

Copper is shaping up as a star for the mining giant,as it edges closer to making a final call on its nickel business in West Australia.

  • bySimon Johanson
In the rare earths Game of Thrones,Gina Rinehart grabs the crown
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Rare earths

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.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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Australian mining ‘under assault’ from China,US ambassador says
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Australian mining ‘under assault’ from China,US ambassador says

America’s national security and the health of the planet depended on commodities managed by Australia,Caroline Kennedy told Paydirt Battery Minerals Conference in Perth.

  • byMarion Rae
Dart extends lithium prospects in Victoria
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Dart extends lithium prospects in Victoria

Dart Mining has extended the lithium strike length at its budding Boones Dyke prospect to over 1km with samples grading up to 2.35 per cent lithium oxide.

  • byCraig Nolan
Did the lithium bubble really burst,or is it just deflated?
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Did the lithium bubble really burst,or is it just deflated?

With wine in hand,Dollar Bill has turned his gaze towards the role inventories played in the bursting of the lithium bubble – and the potential for recovery.

  • byBill McConnell
Rinehart-backed Liontown gets $550m loan despite lithium crash
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Rinehart-backed Liontown gets $550m loan despite lithium crash

Two of Australia’s biggest banks are backing Gina Rinehart’s favourite lithium miner Liontown Resources,signalling confidence in a pummeled sector.

  • bySimon Johanson
Electric vehicle demand supercharges lithium hopes as new mine opens east of Perth
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Electric vehicle demand supercharges lithium hopes as new mine opens east of Perth

Wesfarmers and its Chilean partner SQM are bullish about lithium’s future despite low prices causing current players to curtail growth plans.

  • byPeter Milne