Northern Minerals

Panoramic Resources has announced the temporary closure of its Savannah nickel mine in the East Kimberley.

Rare earth explorer Northern Minerals is seeking up to $27 million from a capital raising to fund its development projects, as well as cover costs associated with the Browns Range pilot plant.

Tougher restrictions for securing foreign investment is the latest hurdle for miners seeking to develop projects.

Northern Minerals managing director George Bauk has resigned from the role after 10 years, with the West Perth-based company now on the hunt for a new leader ahead of a planned restart of its Browns Range operations.

An array of companies, from blue chip miners to SMEs, is pursuing downstream processing of WA’s battery minerals, despite the sharp downturn in the lithium market.

Rare earths producer Northern Minerals will receive a $9.9 million refund from the ATO after settling a long-running tax dispute related to earlier research and development claims.

Chemical producer Coogee and corporate advisory firm Lisle Group have joined more than a dozen mining and engineering firms on a state government taskforce targeting future battery industries.

Northern Minerals has completed an oversubscribed share placement, with the funds going towards exploration at the company’s rare earths projects in WA and the Northern Territory.

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Iluka Resources has inked the first offtake deal for its $1.2 billion Eneabba rare earths refinery, in a move which could allow it to up its stake in Northern Minerals to 19.9 per cent.

Rare earths developer Northern Minerals has appointed two Perth contractors for its proposed beneficiation plant at Browns Range in Carnarvon.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has blocked a Chinese investment fund from increasing its stake in a rare earth company on national security grounds.

A battery materials company chaired by former Liberal Party leader Mike Nahan is among a cohort of Western Australian companies to secure a share of federal government grants.

A foreign fund controlled by a Chinese businessman is planning to oust Northern Minerals founder and executive chair Nicholas Curtis and to inspect the company’s financials.

Lacklustre common-use infrastructure is proving a hurdle for the Kimberley to latch onto booming demand for rare earth elements.

Rare earths junior Northern Minerals has announced a series of board changes.

Rare earths junior Northern Minerals has been targeted in a cyber-attack, less than two days after Treasurer Jim Chalmers ordered Chinese investors to sell their stakes in the company.

Northern Minerals management has stressed a cyber breach on its systems this week was unrelated to a government divesture order against Chinese interests on its share registry.

A Chinese shareholder ordered to sell his stake in Northern Minerals has come within a whisker of being elected to the company’s board, in one of several unusual voting results.

A 'green' pricing premium for critical minerals produced in Australia remains unlikely, industry experts have told a Business News event.

Fresh moves to drive diversification of Australia’s critical minerals pose questions about the role of China – the nation’s largest trading partner.

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Former Western Australian governor and federal defence minister Kim Beazley has called for Australia to “play the same game” as China in securing supply of the nation’s rare earths output.

Rare earths junior Northern Minerals has announced one shareholder has yet to divest its shareholding in the company, following yesterday’s mandated sell-off deadline.

Northern Minerals has announced plans to raise $48 million, as it moves closer towards a final investment decision at its Browns Range heavy rare earths project.

Investors with Chinese connections have fulfilled the federal government's order to sell their shares in rare earths junior Northern Minerals.

Critical minerals miners have overwhelmingly welcomed Anthony Albanese’s scarcely-detailed pledge to build a stockpile that could be used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations.