Opinion HEADLINES

The Vicuna district The Vicuna district
BARRY FITZGERALD

BHP gets ridgy-didge on Vicuna, SA copper next: Fitzy

Argentina's RIGI scheme presents a window of opportunity

25 February 2026
Strictly Boardroom: Sliding doors to mineral discovery
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Sliding doors to mineral discovery

Mineral discoveries combine ephemeral moments with epic stories

24 February 2026
Dryblower: Fortescue's copper gap is showing
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Fortescue's copper gap is showing

The sobering reality is that iron ore profits have peaked for now

23 February 2026
Strictly Boardroom: Simply the Best
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Simply the Best

Which resources companies stand out?

17 February 2026
Dryblower: Back to dig and deliver for lithium after another processing flop
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Back to dig and deliver for lithium after another processing flop

Australia is very good at mining but lousy at value-added processing.

16 February 2026
Strictly Boardroom: Sliding doors to mineral discovery
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Sliding doors to mineral discovery

Mineral discoveries combine ephemeral moments with epic stories

24 February 2026
Dryblower: Fortescue's copper gap is showing
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Fortescue's copper gap is showing

The sobering reality is that iron ore profits have peaked for now

23 February 2026
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Simply the Best

17 February 2026
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Back to dig and deliver for lithium after another processing flop

16 February 2026
Dryblower: Fortescue's copper gap is showing
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Fortescue's copper gap is showing

The sobering reality is that iron ore profits have peaked for now

23 February 2026
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Back to dig and deliver for lithium after another processing flop

Australia is very good at mining but lousy at value-added processing.

16 February 2026
DRYBLOWER

Hedging alert: Locking in gold at US$5000/oz looks awfully attractive — Dryblower

Time to lock in high prices?

09 February 2026
DRYBLOWER

A lot just happened with gold, but nothing changed — Dryblower

The latest prices of gold and silver are still roughly the same as two to three weeks ago

02 February 2026
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Northern Star shows that a lot can go wrong in a boom

After delaying a production update, NST did what it does best: dug a hole and kept digging

27 January 2026
The Vicuna district
BARRY FITZGERALD

BHP gets ridgy-didge on Vicuna, SA copper next: Fitzy

Argentina's RIGI scheme presents a window of opportunity

25 February 2026
BARRY FITZGERALD

Lithium bounce delivers non-government price floor for PLS: Fitzy

The lithium industry might like to have taxpayers take on the risk, but it doesn’t need them to

11 February 2026
BARRY FITZGERALD

Decision day looms for Rio Tinto on eager Glencore: Fitzy

The market is backing the idea that the London-centric pair will indeed be progressing a merger

29 January 2026
BARRY FITZGERALD

Chalice makes its case for greatness: Fitzy

PFS hopefully marks an end to value tailspin for one of the great metals discoveries

10 December 2025
BARRY FITZGERALD

BHP's chase for the copper premium: Fitzy

Why the iron ore miner just can’t quit its Anglo ambitions

26 November 2025
Strictly Boardroom: Sliding doors to mineral discovery
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Sliding doors to mineral discovery

Mineral discoveries combine ephemeral moments with epic stories

24 February 2026
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Simply the Best

Which resources companies stand out?

17 February 2026
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: A Champions League of Dividends

The resources stocks beating bank term deposits just via dividends

10 February 2026
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Greenbushes – On mining real estate

Going, going not gone?

03 February 2026
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: The phases of a minerals career

How are you tracking?

28 January 2026
The Antapaccay copper mine in Peru
FORUM

GlenTinto: What price for copper?

Failed takeover talks show Glencore’s maverick reputation still weighs, despite its copper pipeline

06 February 2026
RISK

WAF watches as Orezone buys Canadian gold mine

Having a non-Burkina Faso operation would be very helpful

27 January 2026
FORUM

On Greenland and Australia's critical minerals hopes

Interest shown in Australia's critical minerals encouraging

22 January 2026
FORUM

Rio Glencore merger: Copper rush means all bets are off in M&A

Glencore takeover would tarnish Trott’s ‘back to basics’ image, but the red metal might be worth it

09 January 2026
FORUM

Resource nationalism gets serious

Access to minerals will be key consideration in US approach to Venezuela, Greenland

08 January 2026

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