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Jonathon Brown began his career as a broadcaster, working across markets in British Columbia before moving into financial journalism. Since 2017, he has specialised in stock market reporting, covering emerging companies across the healthcare, technology, mining and consumer sectors. He brings more than 15 years' experience to his reporting. A graduate of Vancouver Island University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Jonathon is focused on delivering clear, balanced reporting for investors.
America has helium underground. Its factories need usable gas delivered above ground. Between those two points sit processing plants, permits and transport arrangements that a resource estimate cannot replace.
Two of Rio Tinto’s bauxite mines are approaching the end of production. Kangwinan gives the company a replacement source, with additional capacity at Weipa and a larger role for Amrun’s existing port.
BHP AGM 2026 results: shareholders backed the board and CEO, and copper now drives over half of earnings.
Fortescue moved 46.8 million tonnes of iron ore through its shipping operations in September’s quarter. Sales came in almost four million tonnes lower. That gap now matters alongside the cost of producing the ore.
Beta Hunt has reached the mining rate Westgold wanted. Keeping it there now depends on the less visible parts of the operation: ventilation fans, pumps, water pipes and power cables.
OCBC has led a US$245 million non-recourse facility for the ENC HPAL Project. Nickel Industries keeps its 46% stake without adding group debt.
BHP sold copper into a much stronger price market during September, but produced less of it. Iron ore volumes improved from a year earlier, leaving the group with different operating pressures across its largest businesses
One hole returned 46 m at 6.5 g/t gold. The bigger story is a system that keeps growing as Benz tightens its drill pattern across the Icon gold camp.
Copper delivered over half of BHP’s Underlying EBITDA for the first time. Yet output fell 3%, and Escondida grades are set to fall again.
Orion Minerals has cleared the remaining conditions for its first Glencore funding tranche. The next step is drawing the money and putting it to work at Prieska, where the company wants to begin production by the end of 2027
