Articles On Hawthorn Resources (ASX:HAW)

Low lithium prices continue with no signs of recovery in sight Small miners like Core Lithium have already cut output in response Eyes are on bigger players to see if they follow suit   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving...

Gold hit an all-time high this week of US$2483.60 Shaw & Partners predicts US$3000/oz for 2025 and 2026 Labyrinth navigates gold acquisitions for a 180% gain Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure t...

Graphite deficit expected to continue out to the 2030s USA moving away from China and looking to Aussie suppliers IG6 boss says there’s ‘outstanding opportunities’ for Aussie graphite in the US   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news...

Chinese and Guinean governments give green light to Simandou infrastructure deal Rio’s share of the mega project will clock in at US$6.2bn What impact will the high-grade West African iron ore mine have on supply?    The Rio Tinto (ASX:RI...

Aussie Federal Government aiming to fast track critical mineral mining to supply US Aligning with US could risk our biggest export customer in China For certain US subsidies Aussie miners need less than 25% Chinese ownership   Our High...

Asian steel capacity growth likely to underperform forecasts: S&P’s Paul Bartholomew Manufacturing has replaced property as the key driver for steel markets in China Banks bearish on iron ore, with supply growth coming later this decad...

Investors are steeling themselves as 2024 is shaping up as one of the worst years for iron ore with analysts forecasting a surplus of about 50 million tonnes on an annual basis. The steelmaking commodity seems to currently have no scarci...

French lithium miner Eramet in production with Direction Lithium Extraction tech by November Pivotal Metals finds thick copper in Canada Sipa Resources eyes exploration at WA nickel project   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news dr...

Anglo coal mine fire has prices running er… hotter Fastmarkets steel markets expert Paul Lim says the closure could delay the planned sale of Anglo’s coal division, but world class assets will still attract buyers Iron ore baby bounces on...

Ahead of the 2024 summit in Kazakhstan, BRICS nations are buying up gold to back the float of their own currency De Grey gets +$1bn backing from banks for development of Hemi deposit in WA Pilbara Ramelius snaps up 9% stake in Spartan Reso...

BloombergNEF says demand for EVs is still going strong in 2024 New report flags more battery supply chain investment needed LFP batteries expected to cut demand for nickel and manganese   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving...

BHP confident steel customers will be able to use carbon capture to reduce emissions from blast furnaces The world’s biggest miner is hopeful its Pilbara ores can also be used in greener DRI-ESF steelmaking processes China ramps up imports...

The price of gold is clinging to crucial support levels as we close out a topsy-turvy week for precious metal commodities The World Gold Council is doing its best to prop up the gold market, though – particularly in Singapore ASX goldies m...

The gold market is travelling well as we close out another Aussie week Spot pricing is heading in the right direction, thanks to weaker dollar, ECB rate cuts and more According to the World Gold Council, gold ETF flows turned positive in M...

A Donald Trump presidency – good or bad for the US EV adoption narrative? Does it even matter that much?  Could solid state lithium batteries be set to take over from lithium-ion?  Volkswagen plans to counter BYD’s affordable EV push into...

The price of gold has dipped back below its soaring level of US$2,400+ But a particularly bullish narrative is forming believes Forbes   ASX gold stocks performing over the past week include: AGC, NMR and NPM   The recent, seemingly unsto...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at ~10.40am 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...

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining Ltd (ASX:KAL) has discovered extensive, thick zones of high-grade gold at its Wessex target – part of the wider Pinjin Project northeast of Kalgoorlie Boulder – with intercepts yielding grades beyond 3 grams per tonne...

What’s moving and shaking in the ASX-centric world of lithium? Let’s take a quick look.    Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA) grabbed us by the attention deficit disorder earlier today after the struggling miner grabbed itself a lift on the back of po...

China, Turkey and India led  ongoing central bank gold buying in April Analysts still see gold continuing higher this year, heading ‘easily’ above US$2,500 Iceni Gold absolutely slays it on the ASX this week with  +200% gain   In the week...

Where’s lithium at today? We’ll start with the Chinese-flavoured “spot price”. Lithium Price Bot says… that the lithium carbonate pricing is trending down for the moment, to the tune of about -0.31% and spot further: -0.7%. Is the lithium s...

St George Mining has identified multiple new lithium targets following a project wide review by ERM Four gold targets coincident with lithium have also been outlined Drilling will be carried out on the new targets in the second half of t...

Goldman Sachs tips 2025 surplus for iron ore as Chinese infrastructure and property market pull steel demand in opposite directions Thinktank warns on met coal costs if market heads into decline But miners remain bullish there is a long r...

BHP’s $60 billion bid for Anglo looks like it’s all about copper But it could also make BHP a dominant producer of premium hard coking coal Why does the marriage of the Bowen Basin cousins make sense? BHP’s (ASX:BHP) proposed acquisitio...

Lithium prices and stocks have largely risen this week on the back of building sentiment That’s helped by a new Chinese policy to boost EV consumption through trade-in subsidising And keep an eye on quarterly reporting for lithium and othe...

Alpha HPA and Renascor Graphite receive a big sugar daddy hug from Albo this week Lithium news: the “spot” pricing is trending… steadily right now. So that’s okay KTA, LU7 and NWM make strong battery metals gains on the ASX this week   A...

Lithium ‘spot’ prices outta China make a bit of a recovery to start the week  EV demand remains intact, says one prominent expert. Not everyone agrees Indonesia keeps blowing up global nickel industry, while copper looks good   Where are...

Coal markets are on watch for the impact of a shocking bridge collapse blocking the Baltimore port Jarden says stronger Asian steel spreads linked to lower iron ore and met coal prices will be positive for BlueScope Iron ore unlike to dip...

Lithium spot pricing has dipped, but that futures ‘contango’ is still in play Citi analysts take a bearish view on lithium short to mid term PLS’s downstream move with Ganfeng turns heads    Where are lithium and other battery metals at t...

Gold hit a US ATH, then dipped a tad, but not by much. In fact, it’s doing pretty well on the whole… … It’s less volatile than Bitcoin, anyway, which is a good or bad thing depending on outlook Speaking of which, RBC has some fairly cautio...

Iron ore prices briefly dipped below US$100/t last week as weak steel fundamentals bite in China BHP’s new CFO Vandita Pant says African iron ore could disturb a balanced market between supply and demand But the world’s biggest miner is b...

• Both lithium spot and futures prices have been rallying in the Chinese market and continue to do so today • This is leading analysts to cautiously suggest a lithium recovery • Meanwhile, nickel’s loss is lithium’s gain – per MinRes and...

Gold has pulled back from very recent highs after the latest ‘sticky’ US inflation figures But… the price action in general looks pretty solid from where we’re sitting, and so does the TA Leading ASX goldies this week include: BMR, BMO, GS...

What’s shaking in the land of the lithium lizards? (And other battery metals.) Let’s see…    Is there something of a perfect storm forming for lithium right now? A positive perfect storm, that is. Lithium prices have been absolutely poleaxe...

Gold hit an all-time high this week, ending Friday in strong form The World Gold Council predicts global elections and Fed cuts could keep the precious metal elevated ASX gold stocks performing well this week included: KNB, SXG, AWJ   Wha...

What’s happening today with this and that, here and there, pertaining to the lithium market? Let’s find out.    Hold your horses, futures contango followers and lithium spot price bottom fanciers. That is, if you take one set of big banker...

Azure’s potential takeover by mining titans Hancock Prospecting and SQM takes another step forward Lithium spot prices appear to be on the up, and dare we say it… finally bottomed out? Glut? What glut?… says Joe “Mr Lithium” Lowry   What...

What’s happening here and there with this and that pertaining to battery metals on February 29? Let’s take a look…    While the Australian nickel industry is very much pushed to the edge of the nickel universe in the midst of an Indonesian-...

The lithium futures contango, if you know what that is, is continuing to provide market hopium Meanwhile investment banker firm Morgan Stanley issues positive note on lithium… with caveat ASX lithium gainers include: GL1, LRS, GT1, GLN   ...

Vale reported a strong fourth quarter, but has pledged to add quality tonnes in iron ore rather than just boost scale Executives at the Brazilian giant say while grade premiums are weak, the pellet market will stand out Needed in green st...

Chinese electric car company giant BYD turns heads with affordable new EV range Vulcan Energy looks to be securing big Euro funding for its German lithium operation What’s up, what’s down for ASX lithium stocks today?   What did we learn...

ANZ analysts believe ’emerging’ central banks could buy over 600t of gold annually until 2030  Citi isn’t totally ruling out a US$3,000 gold price in next 12-18 months US gold mining giant Newmont divests six gold mines and two other gold...

Pilbara Minerals, owner of the biggest hard-rock lithium mine in the world, revealed its half-year earnings this morning The numbers may be lacklustre, but the words were positive WML, 1AE, POS, all trading up nicely today amid a mixed day...

Iron ore prices shocked to the upside last year, with BHP saying ‘contestable demand’ has eluded bearish estimates for the past five years BHP CEO Mike Henry is bullish on India as a growing hub for steel production, but coking coal could...

Speculation regarding shutdown of huge Chinese lithium mine raises industry’s eyebrows Low lithium prices are ‘unsustainable’ says Albemarle boss ASX battery metal leaders over the past seven days include: ARR, SYA, AUZ Another lithium-he...

Gold recovers US$2k after weak retail sales data gets thrown into the economic soup in America Moneybags former hedge fund bloke Stanley Druckenmiller is increasing his gold exposure The week’s best performing ASX goldies include: TG1, TGM...

Sampling results at Mt Alexander show strike length of >2.7km More than 500 pegmatite outcrops mapped to date Drilling at newly discovered targets planned for next month   Special Report: Soil sampling results from St George Mining’s M...

  The price of gold is in a holding pattern, threatening to dip in short term, according to Metals Focus analysis Metals Focus, like Japan’s biggest bank MUFG, however, has a more positive outlook for gold later this year Top-performing AS...

Coking coal prices surge as China looks to tackle safety at deadly Shanxi coal mines China threatens iron ore price crackdown, in perpetually ineffective jawbone Perth and Canberra continue to get fat on iron ore outperformance Coking c...

Andrew Forrest’s FMG copped a first strike against its remuneration report for executive and director payments defended by the mining billionaire Fortescue’s iron ore boss says its new blend of “green” high grade and low grade iron will h...