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Alex Hamer

Alex Hamer

Alex came to Mining Journal from the Courier newspaper in Ballarat, Australia, where he was a business journalist. This round included the Western Victorian mining and METS sectors. Previously he was based in Jakarta where he contributed to Tempo Magazine, the Jakarta Globe and the Diplomat.

M&A

SolGold launches bid to move to full ownership of Cascabel

Cornerstone offer shows bad blood between Cascabel owners, who wanted Nick Mather out as CEO

31 January 2019

CAPITAL MARKETS

Crusader's costly AIM venture over

Suspended company to jettison AIM listing after costly secondary listing fails

30 January 2019

EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Kore outlines more expensive Kola

Developer says DFS consortium handed study over late and missed cost cutting options

29 January 2019

BULKS

Prairie cries discrimination in Poland

Prairie says Polish Ministry of Environment decisions flawed

18 January 2019

ENERGY MINERALS

Growing push for ethical cobalt

Blockchain used in simulated supply chain from Huayou Cobalt in DRC to US auto factory

17 January 2019

CAPITAL MARKETS

Glencore "far too cheap": analyst

Analyst says market has priced in US$8B fine from DOJ and dislikes copper and coal prospects

15 January 2019

ENERGY MINERALS

Oil majors coming to battery metals

Benchmark analyst says multi-nationals looking at long-term energy trends still keen on battery tech

10 January 2019

EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

New mineral found in Israel

Company excited about zirconium/aluminium/titanium mix in gemstones

07 January 2019

RESOURCE STOCKS

Ballard's Mt Ida: Resource Growth & What's Ahead

What the latest resource increase means for future development

RESOURCE STOCKS

MNS: Akora advancing towards DSO in Madagascar

MiningNews Select Australia 2026 – Sydney presenter describes unique iron ore opportunity

RESOURCE STOCKS

MNS: PolarX drilling points to significant gold potential in Nevada

MiningNews Select Australia 2026 – Sydney presenter on discovery journey

RESOURCE STOCKS

Beyond 410koz: High-Grade Growth at Sovereign

High-grade drilling expands mineralisation beyond the current 410koz resource at

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