Australia – M i N M E T

Australia classifies tin as a strategic material

January 8, 2024January 3, 2024 admin Australia

The Australian Government has updated the country’s Critical Minerals List and has introduced a new Strategic Materials List, which includes

Product News

Corinth Pipeworks wins contract in Australia for hydrogen linepipe

April 1, 2022March 31, 2022 admin Australia

Corinth Pipeworks, steel pipe segment of Cenergy Holdings, announces that Jemena Asset Management has awarded a contract for their Port

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Major countries based on largest cobalt reserves in the world

January 10, 2022January 6, 2022 admin Australia, Cobalt, DRC

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the largest cobalt reserves in the world, at some 3.6 million metric tons

Base Metals

Cobalt industry: Geographically concentrated in the DRC and Australia

November 20, 2021November 19, 2021 admin Australia, Cobalt, DRC

The cobalt industry is highly geographically concentrated mine production-wise, with a single country, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), accounting

Australia-Oceania Base Metals

Australia ranks the world’s third largest producer of cobalt

October 18, 2021October 11, 2021 admin Australia, Cobalt

Australia is the world’s third largest producer of cobalt, although its current output pales before that of the DRC’s, and

Product News

Flotation technology for nickel concentrator in Australia

August 21, 2021August 19, 2021 admin Australia, nickel

Metso Outotec will supply cutting edge flotation technology for a major nickel producer in Western Australia as part of their

Precious Metals World

Gold Fields improves its profit by 2.5 times

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 admin Australia, Chile, Ghana, Gold, Gold Fields, Peru, South Africa

Gold Fields, in its unaudited results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2020, has announced normalised profit of US$878m

Precious Metals World

Gold Fields earnings up 300% on higher production and higher gold price

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 admin Australia, Chile, Gold, Gold Fields, Peru, South Africa, West Africa

JOHANNESBURG – Gold Fields advises that headline earnings per share for the 12 months ended 31 December 2020 (FY 2020)

Australia-Oceania Base Metals

BHP’s copper production dives by five per cent

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 admin Australia, BHP

AUSTRALIA – According to the Operational Review for the Half Year Ended 31 December 2020, BHP’s total copper production decreased

Australia-Oceania Non-Metal

Coking Coal Prices Climb to USD 130 per tonne

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 admin Australia, China, Coking coal

PERTH – Hard Australian Premium Coking Coal has climbed by USD 28.5 per tonne to USD 131.5 per tonne FOB

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Gold Fields produces solid 557koz gold in Q3 2020

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 admin Australia, Ghana, Gold, Gold Fields

SANDTON, RSA – Nick Holland, Gold Fields’ Chief Executive Officer, in “Operational update for the quarter ended 30 September 2020”,

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BHP joins the race to develop hydrogen steelmaking

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 admin Asia, Australia, BHP, China, China Baowu, hydrogen, steelmaking

PERTH, AUSTRALIA – BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with world leading steel producer, China Baowu, with the

Base Metals

Orion receives prestigious award for its copper-zinc project

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 admin Africa, Australia, Copper, Orion Minerals, South Africa, Zinc

Orion Minerals has received the inaugural Emerging ESG Leader Award at AAMEG Africa Awards (AAMEG – The Australia-Africa Minerals &

Non-Metal

Rio Tinto closes its Argyle diamond mine

November 5, 2020November 4, 2020 admin Argyle diamond mine, Australia, Diamond, Rio Tinto

Having exhausted its economic reserves, the Argyle diamond mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia has closed

Non-Metal

BHP’s metallurgical coal production up by four per cent

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 admin Australia, BHP, Coal, Metallurgical coal, Thermal coal

In its Operational Review for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, BHP has reported that its metallurgical coal production increased

Precious Metals

AngloGold Ashanti: production ups by 1%, earnings up by 72%

November 3, 2020November 2, 2020 admin Africa, Anglogold Ashanti, Australia, Obuasi, South Africa, World

AngloGold Ashanti, in its market update report for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, says its free cash flow increased

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Orion Minerals update on Australian projects

November 3, 2020November 2, 2020 admin Australia, Fraser Range Project, Orion Minerals, Walhalla Gold and Polymetals Project

Orion Minerals, the owners of SA’s Prieska copper-zinc project, maintains a sizeable tenement package in the Fraser Range Province of

Ferrous Metals

BHP’s iron ore production increased by eight per cent

October 31, 2020November 1, 2020 admin Americas, Australia, BHP, Brazil, Iron ore

In its Operational Review for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, BHP has reported that its total iron ore production

Non-Metal

South32 forecasts SA coal at lower end of guidance range

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 admin Africa, Australia, Coal, Metallurgical coal, South Africa, South32, Thermal coal

South Africa Energy Coal saleable production increased by 20% (or 1.0Mt) to 6.3Mt in the September 2020 quarter as production

Ferrous Metals

SA’s FeMn-production at zero as smelter remains offline

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 admin Africa, Australia, Ferromanganese, Manganese, Metalloys smelter, Ore, South Africa

South32, in its Quarterly Report, September 2020, states that the company did not produce any manganese alloy in the September

Base Metals

Mozal and Hillside Aluminium smelters operate at max capacity

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 admin Africa, Americas, Australia, Brazil, Brazil Alumina, Hillside Aluminium, Mozal Aluminium, Mozambique, South Africa, Worsley Alumina

South32 Continued to operate aluminium smelters at their maximum technical capacity despite the impact of load-shedding. South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium