Articles On Australian Mines (ASX:AUZ)

Investor sentiment for rare earths stocks is flying There is about 750g of magnet rare earths on every EV motor, about 2 tonnes in offshore wind turbines  EVs, wind turbines are exponential growth sectors Our High Voltage column wraps all...

At least 384 new graphite, lithium, nickel, and cobalt mines are needed in the next 12 years, Benchmark predicts 97, 56,000tpa natural flake graphite mines will need to be built 74 new lithium mines with an average size of 45,000 tonnes LC...

Australian Mines (AUZ) appoints Michael Holmes as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediatelyMr Holmes is a mining engineer with more than 30 years of experience working in Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and North and So...

ASX lithium miners are raking it in, a trend set to continue for a while yet CATL’s new batteries travel an impressive +1,000km between each charge Last week’s top ASX performers: Anson, White Cliff, Dart Mining  Our High Voltage column w...

Often lumped in with the rare earths family, scandium has long been considered an ‘if’ metal Its primary use has been as an alloy with aluminium but solid oxide fuel cells are an important growth area Production is scanty but demand is exp...

Ford slashes 3,000 jobs as shift to EVs gathers pace At least 2 significant producers in Sichuan have suspended lithium production, while another has halved output due to the heatwave-driven powercrunch: Fastmarkets Last week’s top ASX per...

Australian Mines has settled proceedings taken against it by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for making “certain admissions of contraventions of its continuous disclosure obligations”. The matter related to announcement...

The corporate regulator will continue its pursuit of former Australian Mines boss Benjamin Bell over alleged breaches of continuous disclosure rules despite settling with the company over the same matter.

Emerging semi-solid battery technology uses a lot more lithium; battery metal shortfall may hamper rollout Are weakening cobalt prices about to get a boost? ASX lithium stocks bouncing back as more evidence emerges of long term supply shor...

The US Department of Energy’s loan programs office is open to Aussie producers Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm wants to reduce reliance on China’s battery metals Rimfire Pacific Mining gains full control of the Broken Hill Cobalt Projec...

Effective battery recycling will be crucial to meeting future metals demand ASX battery recycling stocks include Neometals, Hannans, and Lithium Australia Weekly small cap standouts: Panther Metals, Odessa, Flynn Gold Our High Voltage col...

Battery producers look to increase energy density and drive down raw material costs CATL’s Qilin battery is 13% more powerful than the one planned by Tesla Stellantis adds 5 years to lithium offtake agreement with Vulcan Energy   Our High...

Aussie-listed lithium pure plays Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) and Allkem (ASX:AKE) are down 40% and 10%, respectively, year-to-date Both are pulling in record revenues Meanwhile, lithium contract prices are still rising Our High Voltage col...

Benchmark gives four reasons why Goldman Sachs is wrong on lithium oversupply claims Chinese lithium — Goldman’s most significant source of new supply — is low quality and expensive Lithium contract pricing continues to rise Our High Volt...

ASX lithium stocks suffered selldown after major investment bank Goldman Sachs called top of battery metals boom Cowen disagrees, models 19% deficit to demand from 2023-2030 Stock prices don’t reflect current high lithium prices: Jefferie...

Sans coal and oil, battery metals are blowing the rest of the commodities complex away in 2022 Lithium carbonate and hydroxide are up 85% and 127% respectively A breakdown of 2022’s five most popular ASX battery metals stocks Our High Vol...

Cobalt deficit starts to widen from 2024, with no end in sight Labor’s election victory good for “battery material stocks, hydrogen, or new technology”: Far East Capital Booming EV sales will still fall well short of 2050 targets, IEA says...

Australian Mines has successfully secured commitments from new institutional, sophisticated, and professional investors to raise about $3.7 million, via the issue of 32.2 million shares and  32.2 million attaching options. The miner has als...

ShareCafeTrafigura Taking Lithium Supply Matters into its Own Hands Unlike Tesla’s Elon Musk who continues to whine about the cost of key renewable miners such as lithium and the shortage – now and projected out to 2030 – there’s one major...

High prices for raw materials like lithium and nickel add ~$US12,600 to cost of Silverado EV Carmakers, battery makers increasingly investing in cheaper, better solid-state tech This week’s biggest ASX movers: Galileo, Conico, Greenstone...

XEC rises like a stubborn mule, up 0.5% XJO wobbles, equivocates somehow ends 0.2% higher Galileo Mining (ASX:GAL) gains circa 200%   Choppy trade – oh yes – but with Galileo Mining (ASX:GAL) coming out swinging on Wednesday morning, tha...

Australian Securities and Investments Commission launches civil action against Australian Mines Limited (AUZ) for allegedly breaching continuous disclosure obligations AUZ Managing Director Benjamin Bell also accused of breaching his direc...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.30am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX stocks in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers...

To find 10-bagger stocks investors often go “where the industry is less comfortable”: Rick Rule But risks abound. Lithium favourite AVZ is the latest ASX stock to potentially come unstuck in a Third World jurisdiction Global energy transit...

The corporate regulator has launched civil action against Australian Mines boss Ben Bell over continuous disclosure obligations.

XEC falls on Tuesday XJO closes 1.2% lower Carbon Revolution (ASX:CBR) gets Gov backing, shares pop   Another tense morning of selling on the ASX200 has eased off in afternoon trade, although the small cap index will be leaving the barbe...

After 104 years in operation, the national employer association for Australia’s resources and energy industry has a new brand. The Australian Mines and Metals Association is now the Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association (AREE...

Australian Mines (AUZ) begins an additional exploration program across its Sconi nickel-cobalt-scandium project in North Queensland The company will undertake soil and rock chip sampling, geochemical analysis and mapping across 14 targets...

Lynas Rare Earths’ new processing facility has begun construction in Kalgoorlie, with Western Australian Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston attending a sod-turning ceremony to mark the occasion.  The rare earths facility was recomme...

Statevolt plans battery metals plant in US, signs lithium supply deal with Controlled Thermal Resources WA’s Curtin University gets $50m Trailblazer funding for resources technology and critical minerals hub Weekly ASX battery metal st...

Surefire Resources highlights vanadium focus, calls it “a strategic battery metal for a cleaner future” Lefroy Exploration hits impressive copper-gold at ‘Burns’ discovery Aruma (lithium, gold), Larvotto (lithium, gold, base metals) and Ar...

Are high fuel prices accelerating the EV transition? Macquarie says ‘valuation upside remains for all covered ASX lithium and rare earths stocks’ Biggest ASX movers this week: Krakatoa Resources, Ragnar Metals, GME Resources, Jindalee Reso...

Australian Mines’ (AUZ) subsidiary, Eos Resources, identifies three priority target areas at its West Kimberley project in WA The targets have been identified through an airborne electromagnetic survey and follow-up field work and drilling...

Ark Mines (AHK) extends its drilling program at the Gunnawarra project in North Queensland after intersecting extensive nickel and cobalt mineralisation With 1430 metres of RC drilling completed, nickel and cobalt has been identified up to...

Canada is slated to invest $2b in nickel, lithium, cobalt, and magnesium Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is due to release its budget on Thursday Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include Golden Deeps, Latin Resources and R...

Ark Mines (AHK) officially launches a maiden reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at the Gunnawarra nickel-cobalt project in North Queensland. Ark confirms that lateritic material has been encountered up to 40 metres deep in some loca...

Ark Mines (AHK) set to begin reverse circulation drilling at its Gunnawarra nickel-cobalt project in North Queensland The 2,000 metre program will test laterite nickel cobalt deposits, and underlying ultramafic basement rocks identified du...

Anecdotal evidence suggests EVs more popular as fuel prices soar Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include St George, Riversgold, Ragusa and Moho  Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, co...

Nickel prices had already been rising steadily this year, hitting 11-year highs last month on low stockpiles and demand from the growing EV battery market. Nickel stocks held through the LME are at just 75,012t, the lowest level since 2019....

Nickel makes up less than 1% of Australia’s dominant mining export earnings, and at a global market size of ~2.5Mt is more a curiosity to the average punter than a household name. But it has taken centre stage in recent days, becoming the m...

Australian Mines (AUZ) receives encouraging results from a study investigating a deep eutectic solvents (DES) leaching technology to extract metals from ore Clean tech company Descycle used a range of DES formulations on two ore types with...

London Metals Exchange stops nickel trading after price hits $US100,000/t Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include Metals Australia, Cobalt Blue and Impact Minerals  Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exp...

Ukraine war could push already high nickel, lithium prices higher Australian producers positioned to benefit: Far East Capital’s Warwick Grigor Weekly Winners: Lodestar Minerals, Metals Australia, Lynas Rare Earths Our High Voltage column...

Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, manganese, magnesium, and vanadium.   After a huge collective performance in 2021, the froth has been blown off l...

Prices for rare earths neodymium and praseodymium have exploded to record highs Chinese rare earth company swoops on Aussie junior Peak Rare Earths (ASX:PEK) Desperate battery makers continue buying lithium at any price Our High Voltage c...

Cobalt prices hit US$70,000/t in December; a 119% increase over 12 months ‘While Gigafactories pop up at record speeds, developing industrial-scale [cobalt] mines still takes 10-15 years’: Eurasian Resources Group Lithium producers are rak...

Tesla rakes in biggest quarterly profit ever as EV sales explode. Elon Musk says iron, not nickel-rich chemistries will power “Terrawatt-hour” energy storage business. GWR Group trades iron ore for magnesium in green push. Our High Volta...

Cobalt prices performed strongly in the second half of 2021, rising for 100 consecutive days to hit more than US$70,000/t in December. In 2022, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence projects the demand for cobalt out of the global battery sector a...

Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, and vanadium.   There is a lot of chat around lithium prices right now as they continue to soar. Battery-grade li...

Prices for cobalt (+11.5%), graphite (+1.8%) and lithium (who even knows) continue rising into the New Year Customers turn to the next class of lithium producers to secure future supply Vulcan, Lepidico and Liontown the latest ASX stocks t...