This Month
BHP rules out return to Broken Hill as it passes on copper project buy
The miner inherited an option to acquire Havilah Resources’ Kalkaroo asset through its $9.6 billion purchase of OZ Minerals. It won’t take up those rights.
- Peter Ker
- Updated
- Critical minerals
Sacked CEO sues SolGold after boardroom stoush
BHP and Newmont’s struggling Ecuadorian copper play has hit more trouble, with former CEO Darryl Cuzzubbo filing a multimillion-dollar breach of contract claim.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
Rio seeks green tick for new copper mine in WA
Rio starts the approvals ball rolling on a WA mine it expects to produce copper and gold for the next 41 years.
- Brad Thompson
Evolution pays $720m for NSW copper and gold mine
The first big deal by an ASX-listed gold miner since Newmont’s Newcrest buy, the Northparkes mine raises the group’s exposure to copper to about 30 per cent.
- Brad Thompson
Copper play Metals Acquisition Corp set for ASX listing
The New York-listed miner will do its bit to solve the dearth of pure play copper assets on the ASX come February.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November
Heavyweight funds to anchor Fuse Minerals IPO; Dec 18 listing date
The copper play, backed by a host of WA mining bigwigs, will look to raise up to $10 million at the public offer stage.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie seeks full term
Ken MacKenzie has declined to say whether he will depart the miner before CEO Mike Henry, but he is keen to run for re-election in November 2024.
- Peter Ker and Simon Evans
October
The five wizards of OZ Minerals storm the C-suite
The former members of the senior leadership team have won CEO roles elsewhere since the BHP takeover, as rivals try to tap into the former copper miner’s unique culture.
- Peter Ker
Copper touches lowest since November as demand outlook darkens
Prices for the metal slumped as much as 1.2 per cent in London before clawing back to be little changed.
- Mark Burton and Annie Lee
Palaszczuk throws $50m lifeline to sacked Glencore workers
The Queensland government has called on the miner to match funding to help the 1200 workers affected by the closure of its copper operations in Mount Isa.
- Mark Ludlow
Battery boom leads to a new wave of sharemarket winners
A new boom in battery metal resources has analysts and financial advisers commenting on the best way to create long-term wealth from Australian miners.
- Tom Richardson
- Exclusive
- Critical minerals
Why this former BHP exec now runs a battery recycling start-up
Former BHP finance boss Peter Beaven says Australia must become more competitive or risk losing start-ups like his new battery metals recycling play.
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Inside Newmont’s copper-tinged pitch to Aussie investors
On the eve of his takeover of Newcrest, Newmont CEO Tom Palmer wants to make it clear the gold giant has more than one string to its bow.
- James Thomson
September
Lithium Power International lines up defence as Codelco circles
As previously reported by Street Talk, the ASX-listed lithium hopeful faced a potential roadblock posed by Chile’s new policy, which is exceedingly complicated.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
US billionaire snaps up Aussie engineering firm for $900m
The new owners of Australian mining-focused engineering and consulting firm Ausenco want to make Latin America a major force in lithium as well as copper.
- Brad Thompson
August
New Sandfire boss says M&A must pass ‘very’ high bar
Sandfire’s new Spanish and Botswana copper mines are yet to achieve their full potential, making a multibillion-dollar bid for a third mine unlikely.
- Peter Ker
- Updated
- Critical minerals
Goyder says markets should ‘get real’ about Chalice’s long-term value
The largest shareholder in the critical minerals hopeful says a slump in its share price is an overreaction and he expects shares to recover within six months.
- Peter Ker
Chalice confident it can fund $2b critical minerals jackpot
Market darling Chalice Mining reckons it will have no trouble finding the billions needed to build a critical minerals mine on the outskirts of Perth
- Peter Ker
South32 warns IR changes will hit productivity, investment
Global mining heavyweight South32 sees Australia’s industrial relations changes as threat to productivity and investment.
- Brad Thompson
BHP says onshore smelting at heart of green metals pivot
Investment in Australian smelters will underpin BHP’s plan to capitalise on the $9.6 billion OZ Minerals deal.
- Peter Ker
