Liontown Resources has received firm commitments for an $18 million capital raising to continue exploration and development of its lithium projects in Western Australia.

An industry expert, Surbiton Associates director Sandra Close has warned those interested in gold to be aware of the shortcomings of gold price forecasts being made, given the volatility of the precious metal.

Fortescue Metals Group, Mount Gibson Iron and Silver Lake Resources are the three companies to experience the largest market capitalisation growth in the 2019 financial year, according to the Deloitte Western Australian Index.

Northern Star Resources has boosted its group reserves by 35 per cent to 5.4 million ounces, at a time when numbers in the gold industry across Australia and overseas are falling.

Lithium Australia managing director Adrian Griffin has downplayed expert opinion that China is facing an oversupply of spodumene concentrates, claiming that it “may actually be short-lived.”

Mineral Resources has revised its arrangements with Albermale for the partial sale of Wodgina and acquisition of an interest in the Kemerton hydroxide facility.

Alkane Resources is set to become the largest shareholder in junior gold company Genesis, after announcing a $6 million investment in the company.

Rio Tinto has awarded $250 million worth of contracts to BGC Contracting and Monadelphous Group for work at the Robe River Joint Venture’s West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions will supply the first double mouth jaw-gyratory crusher to be sold in the world to the CMOC-Northparkes block cave underground mine in New South Wales.

Rio Tinto has released data on 42 drill holes at its Winu copper-gold project in the Yeneena Basin of the Paterson Province, Western Australia.

Global gold demand has continued to grow in the second quarter this year off the back of sustained central bank buying and growth in gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Anglo American has awarded a development and outbye services contract for its Aquila project in Queensland to Mastermyne Group.

The Western Australian Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned the Traditional Owner’s legal appeal against the approval of Cameco Australia’s Yeelirrie uranium mining proposal in the Northern Goldfields.

Saracen Mineral Holdings has updated its growth strategy, announcing that its reserves have risen by 32 per cent to a record 3.3 million ounces.

Weir Minerals produces lifting tools for the safe handling of slurry pump parts, putting safety at the heart of its innovation.

Resolute will acquire Toro Gold for $US274 million ($400.2 million) in a bid to capitalise on the Mako gold mine located in Senegal, West Africa.

Kirkland Lake has reported a surge in gold sales off the back of a record quarter at its Fosterville mine where it achieved “higher than expected grades.”

Venture Minerals has named previous contractor Shaw Contracting the preferred tenderer for the the Riley iron ore mine restart project in Tasmania.

Resolute Mining has entered into a trading halt on the ASX ahead of an announcement relating to a proposed acquisition.