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Prime minister Anthony Albanese (right) recently met with UK prime minister Keir Starmer.

Australia could offer critical minerals stockpile to allies

Details of the shares-for-investment plan have not yet been finalised

01 October 2025

Latrobe Magnesium's facilities are located in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley coal generation region.

Latrobe Magnesium begins production at Hazelwood North plant

First offtake deliveries of magnesium oxide to come

25 September 2025

Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia—one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines.

Freeport declares force majeure on Grasberg

Production guidance for 2026 slashed 35%

25 September 2025

Simpec has won two contracts at the TLEA's Kwinana lithium hydroxide refinery.

Simpec lands Kwinana lithium refinery work

Helping Tianqi get its Kwinana refinery closer to nameplate

22 September 2025

Northern delivers delayed Browns Range heavy REE DFS

WA study comes as world cries out for ex-China supplies of critical minerals

15 September 2025

Qld govt stumps up the cash for Vecco's vanadium electrolyte plant

Pledges $10M to help plant development

12 September 2025

Attendees at the Positioning Asia Pacific as a First Mover Region for Green Iron workshop in Adelaide.

SA goes heavy metal with two big rock shows

State hosting talkfests on copper and green iron

26 August 2025

Some of the Tomra machines in Pilbara's ore sorting facility.

It pays to get it sorted. Just ask Pilbara Minerals

Getting ore system up and running part of miner's "transformational year"

25 August 2025

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