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Finniss mine workers

Commodity price crash indefinitely suspends mine

An environmentally friendly resources company will postpone production for the unforeseeable future. Core Lithium recently suspended its Finniss mine after the value of lithium ore plunged 80 per...

Capricorn mine

$151M Qld mine reopening receives special status

A major project is one step closer to restarting production in northwest Queensland. The State Department of Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning recently granted both...

Lady Loretta mine

Qld mine workers receive $50M after proponent exits

Resources employees affected by an operational shutdown will be eligible for government assistance. The Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning recently...

rio tinto finds lithium from the waste rocks

Rio Tinto finds critical mineral hiding in the desert

“A few years ago, we started looking into what metals we could extract from our waste,” said Alex, a Senior Engineer at Rio Tinto Boron operations in California, US. “We were looking...

Australian critical minerals strategy launched

The Federal Government of Australia today launched the Critical Minerals Strategy 2019, aimed at putting emphasis on what politicians call “the industries of the future.” In their view, these sectors...