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Trigg Mining boss Keren Paterson believes the growing importance of environment, social and governance considerations is helping to create more opportunities for women in business (reports The West Australian).

Junior explorer Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) has commenced a phase five drilling program at the Pegasus gold target in Western Australia, as part of a multi-pronged exploration effort to growing resources at the 1.28 million ounce Cardinia project (reports Small Caps).

Regulators to review small modular reactor design as Britain bids to end reliance on fossil fuels Rolls-Royce’s hopes of building mini nuclear power stations have taken a significant step forward after Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, asked government regulators to assess its designs (reports London’s Daily Telegraph).

Citi has upgraded its price forecasts across the commodity complex, with the investment bank noting the world will have changed whenever the Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches a point of stabilisation (reports The West Australian).

Perth-based explorer E79 Gold Mines (ASX: E79) has completed the first milestone of a joint venture earn-in deal with St Barbara (ASX: SBM) over the Pinjin gold project in Western Australia’s world-class Laverton district (reports Small Caps).

Last month Mincor Resources broke a six-year drought as a nickel producer when it sent off a delivery of high-grade ore to BHP’s Kambalda concentrator (reports Barry FitzGerald on MiningNews).

Fenix Resources boss Rob Brierley says the rising iron ore price is more than offsetting spiralling fuel costs for the junior miner, which posted a first-half profit of $14 million on Thursday (reports The West Australian).

Hammer hitting copper in Queensland, Calidus eyes first gold as its lithium exploration fires up and gold hunts by Nagambie and Mamba attracting strong interest.

Thermal coal trading at an all-time high of US$435 a tonne tells you everything about the commodity boom unleashed by Russia’s war with Ukraine, and the Chinese Government’s very commercial response summed up as: “buy everything and don’t worry about the price”.

Sandfire Resources boss Karl Simich took to the stage in Miami today to present to the BMO Global Metals & Mining Conference and as is his style, he was as upbeat as ever (writes Barry FitzGerald on MiningNews).