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Question mark still hangs over Chinese rare earth supplies Question mark still hangs over Chinese rare earth supplies
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Question mark still hangs over Chinese rare earth supplies

It’s unclear if Trump's trade deal with Beijing will actually permit heavy rare earth exports

06 November 2025
Strictly Boardroom: 60 years of Western Australian nickel
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: 60 years of Western Australian nickel

Tough times for the Devil’s Metal

04 November 2025
Dryblower: Gold shrugs off its correction and heads for US$5000/oz
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Gold shrugs off its correction and heads for US$5000/oz

De-dollarisation, inflation, geopolitics and AI bubble-bursting are all big issues

02 November 2025
 Greenbushes, WA
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Analysts, shareholders frustrated, IGO's Vella measured

Joint venture with a Chinese partner makes for market challenges

30 October 2025
Strictly Boardroom: Hot Minerals IPOs for 2026
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Hot Minerals IPOs for 2026

Where are the next gen resources’ IPOs?

28 October 2025
Strictly Boardroom: 60 years of Western Australian nickel
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: 60 years of Western Australian nickel

Tough times for the Devil’s Metal

04 November 2025
Dryblower: Gold shrugs off its correction and heads for US$5000/oz
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Gold shrugs off its correction and heads for US$5000/oz

De-dollarisation, inflation, geopolitics and AI bubble-bursting are all big issues

02 November 2025
FORUM

Analysts, shareholders frustrated, IGO's Vella measured

30 October 2025
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Hot Minerals IPOs for 2026

28 October 2025
Dryblower: Gold shrugs off its correction and heads for US$5000/oz
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Gold shrugs off its correction and heads for US$5000/oz

De-dollarisation, inflation, geopolitics and AI bubble-bursting are all big issues

02 November 2025
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Australia/US critical metals deal doomed to fail, eventually

Trump really doesn’t care what happens to Australia’s critical metal miners

27 October 2025
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Rinehart rises as Forrest falls

Rinehart said to be the 73rd richest person in the world, with Forrest in the 141st spot

20 October 2025
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: October's curse rattles all markets, even gold

A profound sense of uncertainty suggests the potential for another bloody October

12 October 2025
DRYBLOWER

Dryblower: Mega gold merger brewing as Newmont circles a wounded Barrick

Sudden exits of major goldco bosses heralds M&A action

06 October 2025
Things are starting to look brighter at South32
BARRY FITZGERALD

Trump helps swing things Kerr's way at South32: Fitzy

Departing CEO could have a sweet swan song due to actual, probable, and possible re-rating events

07 October 2025
BARRY FITZGERALD

Mount Gibson swapping seaside iron ore for desert gold: Fitzy

Iron ore miner’s Tanami move was as cheap as they come

23 September 2025
BARRY FITZGERALD

Global pressure building to unlock Australian uranium: Fitzy

Uranium requirement of the world’s nuclear fleet is forecast to explode by 2040

09 September 2025
BARRY FITZGERALD

Simandou makes BHP blink: Fitzy

The first time that BHP has openly expressed concerns about Rio’s ‘Pilbara killer’

26 August 2025
BARRY FITZGERALD

China closure fires up lithium but volatility remains: Fitzy

Bulls will seize on any good news, while the pessimists will do the opposite

13 August 2025
Strictly Boardroom: 60 years of Western Australian nickel
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: 60 years of Western Australian nickel

Tough times for the Devil’s Metal

04 November 2025
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Hot Minerals IPOs for 2026

Where are the next gen resources’ IPOs?

28 October 2025
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Global Turmoil – October Edition: Strictly Boardroom

The list is long…

21 October 2025
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom — Geologists on Strike: The Sad Tale of University Geoscience

Déjà vu, all over again, for university geology departments.

14 October 2025
STRICTLY BOARDROOM

Strictly Boardroom: Ten secrets of a minerals industry PhD

Our highest academic qualification remains a black box

07 October 2025
Question mark still hangs over Chinese rare earth supplies
FORUM

Question mark still hangs over Chinese rare earth supplies

It’s unclear if Trump's trade deal with Beijing will actually permit heavy rare earth exports

06 November 2025
FORUM

Analysts, shareholders frustrated, IGO's Vella measured

Joint venture with a Chinese partner makes for market challenges

30 October 2025
FORUM

Mr Albanese goes to Washington

October 20 is the date for the Trump meeting.

16 October 2025
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African nations not ready to give up on De Beers

Botswana, and now Angola, vie for a stake in diamond giant

24 September 2025
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China fires a warning shot across BHP's bow

Is iron ore exempt from the China curse?

22 September 2025

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