Junior lithium play ESS owns the 100% owned Pioneer Dome Lithium Project north of Norseman in WA’s “lithium corridor” (reports Stockhead).

Speaking at the Resources Rising Stars Conference on Thursday, Develop Global’s Bill Beament, the driving force behind the Northern Star Resources juggernaut, said the world is currently in a “30-year bull market” for battery metals (reports Stockhead).

Pilbara Minerals says it is embarking on an incredibly impressive chapter with the lithium boom continuing despite some shocks along the way (reports Stockhead).

Chalice Mining managing director Alex Dorsch says the Julimar Complex could be the world’s next great nickel province (reports MiningNews).

Bellevue Gold has increased reserves at its $252 million namesake project near Leinster, and now expects a mine life of 10 years when commercial production starts in the second half of 2023 (reports The West Australian).

Red 5 has achieved its goal of joining the ranks of Australia’s gold producers, with first gold poured at its King of the Hills operation north of Leonora on Sunday (reports The West Australian).

Bellavista Resources executive director Michael Wilson says the recent arrival of Canadian major Teck Resources back to Western Australia validates the potential of its flagship project (reports MiningNews).

Australia is one of the world’s biggest importers of bitumen, importing some 800,000 tons a year of the road-building material (reports The Australian).

Mincor Resources has confirmed the potential of the emerging LN04a nickel surface, within the Golden Mile exploration zone at Kambalda, Western Australia (reports MiningNews).

Nordic Nickel has listed on the ASX at a premium, following an oversubscribed A$12 million initial public offering (reports MiningNews).

Mark Creasy-backed CZR Resources has just delivered a significant boost to its Robe Mesa iron ore deposit in Western Australia’s Pilbara, as it targets increasing production rates and mine life if it gets into development (reports MiningNews).

With 4,390m of drilling wrapped up, Labyrinth says the underground drilling program is approaching completion and a maiden resource is on track for the September quarter (reports Stockhead).

Mining investment titan Evy Hambro says the second half of this year could be a “pretty exciting time” for commodity markets if China pushes hard to meet its official economic growth targets (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Greenvale is beefing up its renewable energy portfolio with the acquisition of privately held geothermal company Within Energy that has three tenure applications in Queensland (reports Stockhead).

The managing director of Boss Energy, which has given the final green light to a $113 million restart of the Honeymoon uranium mine in far-north South Australia, says demand is rising as prices reach 10-year highs and governments around the world seek to lock in new supplies amid geo-political turmoil (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Last year, Rick Rule, well-known mining investor and president & CEO of Sprott US Holdings, said the easy money in uranium had been made (reports Stockhead).

Pilbara Minerals has appointed resource sector executive Dale Henderson as its new managing director and chief executive, following an exhaustive international search (reports The West Australian).

Lithium prices across the board have gone parabolic since the bull market kicked off in January 2021, but a bearish Goldman Sach research report — plus news that a China co is buying 6 lithium mines in Africa to feed automaker BYD — has brought it all to a halt… for now (reports Stockhead).

Pilbara Minerals has reinforced analysts’ bullish lithium predictions after securing a record price for 5000 dry metric tonnes of the critical battery raw material sold on its unique digital auction platform (reports The Australian Financial Review)

Elon Musk wants to mine it, China is scouring Tibet for it, battery makers are crying out for it (reports Bloomberg).