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Taking profitsGoyder nets $30.5m in Chalice sell-down

WA businessman Tim Goyder has netted nearly $30.5 million from a sell-down of his stake in market darling explorer Chalice Mining.

Stuart McKinnon

Another milestoneOZ gets final tick for West Musgrave project

OZ Minerals says it remains on track for a final investment decision on its $1.1 billion West Musgrave copper/nickel project later this year after securing all regulatory approvals for the development.

Stuart McKinnon

Bid ‘delay’ questionedCommentsPremiumBHP ‘waited too long’ to bid for OZ Minerals

Analysts from JP Morgan believe the mining giant should have acted two years ago when the target’s shares were half of today’s levels.

Sean Smith

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analysis
Back to the futurePremium
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BHP’s OZ Minerals takeover would recover abandoned WA find

BHP dumped its West Musgrave nickel in remote WA in 2014. Now the project is front and centre of the mining giant's push into ‘forward facing’ minerals.

Sean Smith

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opinion
Essential metalsComments
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More mines needed for global energy revolution

Gold companies have historically dominated the annual Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum in the Australian capital of the precious metal, Kalgoorlie.

Stuart McKinnon

Investment essentialChalice boss predicts big shortfall in battery metals

Chalice Mining boss Alex Dorsch has echoed calls for automakers to invest directly in early-stage explorers, insisting there will not be enough metals to meet the world’s decarbonisation goals.

Stuart McKinnon

BusinessAussie nickel key to electrify everything, says Ardea

An Aussie nickel miner has enough in reserve to put 147 million electric cars on the world's roads, and is lining up a strategic partner to get started.

Marion Rae

Value chainPremiumIGO outlines downstream nickel processing plans

IGO boss Peter Bradford says the company is eyeing a final investment decision on its push into the downstream processing of its nickel by mid-2024.

Stuart McKinnon

Passing batonPremiumMincor names female OZ mine boss to replace Southam

OZ Minerals mine boss Gabrielle Iwanow will become the first female chief executive of Mincor Resources and just the third boss of a WA mining company when she starts her new role in November.

Stuart McKinnon

Upside potentialMincor up on maiden resource for Golden Mile

Shares in Mincor tracked higher after the company unveiled a maiden 22,600 tonne resource for its Golden Mile deposit dubbed LN04a.

Stuart McKinnon

Value upsidePremiumWidgie up on PGE potential at Mt Edwards

Shares in Widgie Nickel jumped 10 per cent after assays from its discovery drill hole from the Gillett North prospect at its Mt Edwards project returned significant grades of platinum group elements.

Stuart McKinnon

Nickel watchPremiumLunnon Metals drill hole excites nickel investors

Some investors believe the drill intercept from the fledgling explorer’s Baker Shoot is the best from Kambalda in recent memory.

Sean Smith

Drilling successCommentsPremiumGalileo reports highest palladium grades to date at Norseman

Shares in Galileo Mining were higher again on Monday after the Mark Creasy-backed explorer reported the best drilling results to date from the Callisto discovery at its Norseman project.

Stuart McKinnon

Downstream processingCommentsPremiumPlant crucial for Australia to capture battery opportunity

A new pilot plant producing high-value chemicals for electric vehicle batteries is part of a broader plan which could deliver $1 billion to the Australian economy and support 4800 jobs by 2030.

Stuart McKinnon

Decarbonisation essentialCommentsPremiumMine in State Forest would be net positive: Chalice boss

Chalice Mining boss Alex Dorsch says a mine in State Forest on the fringes of Perth will be a net positive for the environment because the rare metals extracted are crucial for the world’s decarbonisation.

Stuart McKinnon

More mineralisationCommentsPremiumChalice bounces on positive signs north of Gonneville

Shares in Chalice Mining jumped 13 per cent after the company reported positive early indications from drilling in the Julimar State Forest north of its celebrated Gonneville discovery near Toodyay.

Stuart McKinnon

Capital raisingPremiumIGO, Creasy to cornerstone $20m Galileo raising

WA uber prospector and IGO will act as cornerstone investors in a $20.4 million capital raising by Galileo Mining.

Stuart McKinnon

Discovery lift-offPremiumWidgie surges on nickel find at Mt Edwards

Shares in Widgie Nickel surged more than 40 per cent after the explorer announced a new nickel find at its Mt Edwards project west of Widgiemooltha.

Stuart McKinnon

Doubling downCommentsPremiumChalice boss sees buying opportunity in weak share price

Chalice Mining boss Alex Dorsch has taken advantage of the explorer’s soft share price to top up his holding.

Stuart McKinnon

Deal donePremiumIGO set to absorb Western Areas after court nod

IGO will officially absorb Western Areas on Monday after the last remaining hurdles to its $1.26 billion cash takeover of the nickel miner were cleared.

Stuart McKinnon

Billionaire interestPremiumBlackstone in halt for Vietnam nickel-copper deal

WA-based explorer Blackstone Minerals has confirmed it is in talks with Vietnamese property billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong about the restart of a nickel-copper project in the country.

Daniel Newell

Billions lostCommentsPremiumMixed fortunes as lithium stocks struggle to recoup losses

Some of WA’s besieged battery metals-focused stocks have managed to recoup some of the heavy losses sustained from Wednesday’s brutal selldown but it appears investors remain wary of diving back in too soon.

Daniel Newell

Dealmaker PremiumWA entrepreneur and car collector Peter Briggs dies

The colourful businessman made a fortune out of nickel and gold, spent time in jail for tax avoidance and co-founded the York Motor Museum, home to one of the country’s best collections of vintage cars.

Sean Smith

Strong startCommentsPremiumNordic Nickel up on debut after $12m float

Nordic Nickel had a stellar start on the Australian Securities Exchange, exploding out of the box on debut with a 34 per cent jump on its listing price before paring gains.

Daniel Newell