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- Dec 5, 2023
- 6 pages
Yesterday
Ban short-selling in the ‘national interest’, Chalice boss pleads
Hedge funds targeting pre-revenue companies holds back Australia’s objectives in critical minerals, according to aspirant Chalice.
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- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The good, bad and ugly of business in 2023
Big deals, dud deals, scandals and success stories. In a year of high drama and big market moves, we look back at the winners and losers.
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- James Thomson
This Month
Rinehart joins forces with lithium giant SQM in $1.7b Azure bid
Gina Rinehart has thrashed out a partnership that delivers part of her ambitions to become a major lithium player in her home state of Western Australia.
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- Brad Thompson
Blowouts hit taxpayer-backed rare earths refinery
Taxpayers may have to lend more than the $1.25b already pledged towards the WA refinery that aims to break China’s stranglehold on the supply of rare earths
- Peter Ker
10 resources stocks tipped as 2024 takeover targets
The lithium and gold takeover blitz of 2023 could be repeated in 2024, analysts say.
- Tom Richardson
Chinese ties exclude Australian lithium miners from US cash
Major miners in this country could miss out on US government subsidies because of Chinese investment in this country’s lithium sector.
- Peter Ker
Lithium price fall tests anxious investors as miners face crucial moment
Hopes that lithium could one day supplant iron ore as the bedrock of the Australian economy are being tested by a sharp price crash. But we’ve been here before.
- Peter Ker and Brad Thompson
November
Liontown boss says he’s in the dark about Rinehart strategy
Liontown Resources chief executive Tony Ottaviano says his door is open for chat with Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting about the Kathleen Valley lithium project.
- Brad Thompson
‘Massive’: Short sellers feast on lithium market rout
Hedge funds’ giant bets against former ASX darlings are raising eyebrows as investment banks slash price forecasts on flood of new supply in 2024.
- Tom Richardson
OreCorp shareholders position to frustrate takeover by Silvercorp
Although initially pleased with the headline price, investors have since watched Silvercorp’s stock fall about 15 per cent and are questioning the merits of the deal.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Death of 26-year-old at Liontown lithium project prompts safety probe
The tradesman died after a medical episode while building the Kathleen Valley site in late September. The company says it was “non-work-related”.
- Brad Thompson
Liontown short sellers cash in after Rinehart wins takeover war
The mining billionaire’s successful raid on the company sent short positions up to record highs. But as the dust settles, it seems some hedge funds may not be done with the lithium hopeful.
- Joshua Peach
Next lithium giant says WA deals far too rich right now
The enlarged Allkem-Livent will get aggressive acquiring lithium assets in Australia once it has a better idea of the landscape, but current valuations are far too high.
- Brad Thompson
Albemarle pulls back on lithium M&A, flags output cuts
Battery chemical giant Albemarle ruled out another multi-billion dollar plunge into WA’s lithium scene.
- Brad Thompson
MinRes makes down payment in billion-dollar lithium blitz
Billionaire Chris Ellison faces paying a loftier premium for the Bald Hill lithium mine, and SQM is bracing for more competition for Azure Minerals.
- Brad Thompson
October
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- Mining
$2.14b dividend war chest fuels Rinehart’s lithium raid
The Pilbara iron ore mine has paid the country’s richest person $2.14 billion at the same time as management considers life after operations come to an end.
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- Brad Thompson
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- Iron ore
Rinehart buoyed by $222m Atlas iron ore dividend
Gina Rinehart has more ammunition to throw at her lithium pivot after banking $222 million from her Atlas Iron subsidiary.
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- Peter Ker
Could this become the next iron ore for Australia?
This week on The Fin podcast, Peter Ker and Elouise Fowler on why the Liontown deal collapsed and whether lithium could become a huge export.
Lithium takeovers ignite the Pilbara
One week after lithium giant Albemarle abandoned its Liontown takeover, South American lithium giant SQM is making moves of its own.
- Peter Ker
Ellison eyes new lithium prize near Albemarle joint venture
There is a new target on Mineral Resources’ radar, as Albemarle weighs up its next move after walking away from Liontown.
- Brad Thompson
