In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss mining cost challenges at IGO, BHP and Northern Star, MinRes China pullout, cultural heritage, Comm Games, gold miners, fund managers, indigenous business, Cottesloe development and George Kailis.
Mineral Resources has abandoned plans to put $1 billion towards developing lithium chemicals plants in China, instead affirming intentions to build its own on home soil.
Develop Global has lined up a $150 million scrip deal to buy lithium junior Essential Metals, after securing the backing of major shareholder Mineral Resources.
Chris Ellison's lawyer has made another push to suppress updated claims in a new document recently lodged by former Mineral Resources contracts manager Steven Pigozzo.
An anticipated strategy paper from the federal government outlining a plan to cement Australia's place in the global critical minerals furore has seemingly fallen short of expectations.
Mineral Resources and Mt Marion joint venture partner Ganfeng have terminated a deal to convert spodumene concentrate to lithium battery chemicals, and revised guidance for its lithium assets.
Mineral Resources says it has made a significant natural gas discovery at the North Erregulla Deep-1 exploration well near Dongara, 8.3km southeast of its Lockyer Deep-1 discovery.
Western Australia has recorded its fifth workplace fatality this month after the death of a teenage worker following an incident at a Welshpool industrial workplace this morning.
Beach Energy has plugged and abandoned its Trigg 1 gas exploration well, making it the second target in the Perth Basin to record disappointing results in the past three months.
A maiden RC drilling program at BMG Resources' Bullabulling project in WA's East Yilgarn lithium corridor has tapped into an intriguing swarm of potentially lithium-rich pegmatites. The junior explorer's shares spiked nearly 85 per cent to 2.4 cents today on the back of the encouraging discovery. BMG has until next month to make the final decision to acquire full ownership of the prospective tenure.
The legal battle between Chris Ellison and a former MinRes manager continues with allegations that information had been leaked to media outlets before it was sealed by the court.
The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.
Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources has moved to a compulsory acquisition of its Perth Basin partner Norwest Energy after securing a more than 90 per cent stake in the company.
A dispute over Mineral Resources' plans to build a 125-kilometre private haul road running through the Shire of Ashburton has been escalated to Western Australia's Supreme Court.
Mineral Resources closed the day as the ASX 200's biggest loser after revealing guidance cuts, weaker lithium battery chemicals sales and another delay to an expansion at Mt Marion.
A short-term tourist development in South Hedland has cleared a planning hurdle and joins the list of projects aiming to provide more accommodation options in the Pilbara.
Essential Metals shareholders have rejected a takeover bid by a joint venture between Tianqi Lithium and IGO, days after Mineral Resources became a substantial holder.
Mineral Resources has taken up a substantial stake in ASX-listed Essential Metals, a lithium explorer currently in the crosshairs of Tianqi Lithium and IGO.
Mineral Resources' Shelley Robertson will leave the company's budding energy division ahead of a merger with Norwest Energy, coinciding with some disappointing results out of the Perth Basin.
Western Australian lithium operations have helped cement Australia as a global powerhouse for the commodity however a new report indicates surging prices may have peaked.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled on what should be redacted from documents related to the legal proceedings between Mineral Resources and Destec.
Mineral Resources has stepped up its calls for increased government support for processing of ‘critical minerals' in Australia saying it is needed to match subsidies on offer elsewhere.
Pilbara Minerals has given the tick of approval to invest a further $560 million to nearly double nameplate production at its Pilgangoora lithium project in the Pilbara.
Minerals Resources has told Norwest Energy investors they won't receive an improved offer for their shares and dangled a veiled threat to delist the company in a bid to gain further control of its Perth Basin partner.
Pilbara Minerals and its partner POSCO have secured backing from two government-owned banks for their lithium hydroxide refinery being built in South Korea at a cost of $1.1 billion.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss planning reforms, Madeleine King, venture capital funding, Eurovision, Mineral Resources, and next fortnight's edition of Business News.
A bountiful lithium market has driven a 500 per cent increase in underlying earnings for Mineral Resources but founder Chris Ellison says short-staffed regulatory departments have held up a new iron ore operation.
Mineral Resources has agreed to invest about $1 billion in two lithium refineries in China and says it is still working on plans for a refinery in the Pilbara.
