Opinion HEADLINES

Dryblower: Time for mega break-ups, not mergers

The time might have come to break up the big boys

20 January 2025

Rio Tinto's Kennecott operation in the US.

Mooted Rio-Glencore deal shows money is moveable

The mega merger could diminish Australia's importance in the mineral world

17 January 2025

What does 'tier one' even mean?

It’s a term that gets thrown around with reckless abandon

16 January 2025

Strictly Boardroom: New Year Resolutions for Resources Sector Investment

Aiming to profit from the year ahead in resources

13 January 2025

Dryblower on why costs will kill the Future Made in Australia plan

Red tape in green metals investment in may lead to an inescapable black hole

12 January 2025

Mooted Rio-Glencore deal shows money is moveable

The mega merger could diminish Australia's importance in the mineral world

17 January 2025

What does 'tier one' even mean?

It’s a term that gets thrown around with reckless abandon

16 January 2025

Strictly Boardroom: New Year Resolutions for Resources Sector Investment

13 January 2025

Dryblower on why costs will kill the Future Made in Australia plan

12 January 2025

Dryblower

Dryblower: Time for mega break-ups, not mergers

The time might have come to break up the big boys

20 January 2025

Dryblower on why costs will kill the Future Made in Australia plan

Red tape in green metals investment in may lead to an inescapable black hole

12 January 2025

The Best of Dryblower 2024

Revisit some of Dryblower's most popular columns from 2024

22 December 2024

Dryblower on Fortescue's lost decade

It's time to measure the true cost of chasing a hydrogen dream

15 December 2024

Dryblower: Northern Star could be paying too much for De Grey

The five clues that suggest the gold merger may be too generous

08 December 2024

Barry Fitzgerald

Rio Tinto emerges as unabashed lithium bull: Fitzy

Far from beating a retreat, Rio has “absolutely monster” plans for lithium

11 December 2024

Could Northern Star-De Grey deal be a bell-ringer for gold sector or one tolling the current cycle? - The Mine Canary

Transaction looks good on paper though there are a few questions and maybe an interloper or two

02 December 2024

A long Anglo dance ahead for BHP: Fitzy

The moment it seems is gone, unless Anglo American stumbles

26 November 2024

Liontown takes refuge underground: Fitzy

Miner cutting its cloth with more flexible mine plan

12 November 2024

IGO riles market on disclosure: Fitzy

Retrograde step to obscure earnings wins few fans

29 October 2024

Strictly Boardroom

Strictly Boardroom: New Year Resolutions for Resources Sector Investment

Aiming to profit from the year ahead in resources

13 January 2025

Strictly Boardroom: Is your Lithium Feasibility Feasible?

What price is a good lithium price assumption?

06 January 2025

Strictly Boardroom: A Champions League of Critical Minerals

And the winner is… Real Madrid! Sorry, we mean niobium!

16 December 2024

Under Pressure: The problem with being a gold miner — Strictly Boardroom

You’d have though that with ever rising gold prices, being a gold miner would be easy. Not so.

09 December 2024

Strictly Boardroom: What's wrong with gold miners?

With gold prices at record highs, the reasons for investing in gold are clear. For the most part.

02 December 2024

Outcrop

Could Northern Star-De Grey deal be a bell-ringer for gold sector or one tolling the current cycle? - The Mine Canary

Transaction looks good on paper though there are a few questions and maybe an interloper or two

02 December 2024

The looming copper fiasco

Asia’s developing economies are going to put an extra strain on supplies of the red metal.

09 May 2024

Does Gina Rinehart have Wyoming on her mind?

Those investing in the smaller REE hopefuls should be aware that this is a game for the big guns

02 May 2024

Perhaps not so critical after all: Outcrop

It is China that should be worrying about critical minerals.

26 April 2024

Outcrop: What is Gina Rinehart's rare earths plan?

Can she bring some order to the Australian sector?

18 April 2024

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