6 h. ago The Victorian towns poised to benefit from critical minerals deal

Developing rare earth elements could boost the state’s economy and job market, but farmers warn a mining ramp-up also puts our food bowl at risk.

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7 h. ago Trump, Albanese ink $8.5b critical minerals deal in historic meeting

Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese have signed a rare earths deal after a long-awaited meeting at the White House.

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8 h. ago As it happened: Critical minerals stocks soar after deal signed in Albanese

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10 h. ago Trump’s critical minerals deal unearths a bonanza for Aussie miners

Billionaire Gina Rinehart will be just one of the beneficiaries of Trump’s multibillion dollar announcement on critical minerals and rare earths with Australia.

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10 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Critical minerals stocks soar after deal signed in Albanese

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12 h. ago Albanese knows Trump loves nothing more than making deals. He came prepared

Finally meeting the famously transactional US president, the prime minister extracted a critical minerals deal – and struck a major political blow.

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13 h. ago Miners send ASX higher after Wall Street rally; Rare earths stocks soar

Rare earths stocks are up strongly as investors pile into the sector after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump signed their landmark critical minerals deal.

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14 h. ago Miners send ASX higher after Wall Street rally; Rare earths stocks rally

Rare earths stocks rose sharply in early trade after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump signed their landmark critical minerals deal.

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18 h. ago Australia news LIVE: AUKUS reaffirmed, critical minerals deal signed in Albanese

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37 h. ago Locksley pours first US antimony as Trump, Albanese talk supply in DC

Locksley Resources has poured its first U.S.-made antimony ingot just as the Australian PM and President Trump meet in Washington to discuss critical minerals supply.

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5 d. ago ‘China v the world’: US calls on Australia in rare earths fight with Beijing

As he arrives in Washington, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will be asked to join a US-led fight against China’s latest attempts to control global supplies of critical minerals.

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6 d. ago Eclipse eyes NASDAQ dual listing to underpin US rare earths push

Eclipse Metals is planning a NASDAQ dual listing to tap North American investors and funding for its Greenland rare earths project as US demand for critical minerals ramps up.

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9 d. ago Albanese scrambles to lock in minerals deal before Trump meeting

Australia is considering price floors for critical minerals and pumping money into new rare earth projects under a resources deal with the US.

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1 week ago Osmond pivots to Spain developing ‘world class’ critical minerals deposit

Osmond has pivoted to Europe with its Spanish Orion project described by analysts as amongst the highest grade undeveloped critical minerals projects in the world.

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1 week ago The Victorian regional towns where rents rose most over the past year

Rents are higher than a year ago in every regional Victorian local government area except one.

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2 w. ago PM spruiks Australia as power player in defence and energy technology

Anthony Albanese is rallying a democratic alliance to invest huge sums in Australia’s critical minerals industries to counter China’s stranglehold on global supply lines.

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