Latest Refining News

Woodside Energy has exercised its pre-emption right to acquire PetroChina's 10.67% interest in the Browse Joint Venture, increasing its stake to 41.27%. The deal includes a $225 million upfront payment and a $175 million contingent payment tied to a final investment decision by 2032.

Solstice Minerals has pushed the known limits of its Nanadie Copper-Gold Project with Phase 2 drilling confirming mineralisation 160m beyond the 2022 resource boundary and over a 1.2km strike length. The ongoing campaign includes diamond tails probing depth extensions, with assays pending to quantify promising visual sulphide zones.

Quantum Graphite Limited has secured a binding Ore Supply Agreement with Sunlands Pure Group, consolidating downstream graphite processing and refining under a 20-year exclusive partnership. The deal sets ambitious production targets and pricing safeguards, underpinning Quantum's strategy to scale purified graphite supply for battery anodes and thermal storage markets.

Temas Resources is on track to fully commission its Ontario metallurgical lab by July 2026, initiating large-scale testing of La Blache project material to refine its proprietary RCL technology and support commercialization.

Pursuit Minerals has expanded its Rio Grande Sur Lithium Project in Argentina by acquiring exclusive rights over 1,362 hectares adjacent to its Mito tenement, increasing the project area to over 10,595 hectares and enhancing its lithium brine resource potential.

Australian Oil Company Limited (ASX: AOK) has completed a second crude oil lifting from its Emu Apple Oil Field and identified fresh exploration anomalies in the Surat Basin, while progressing development plans and commercial negotiations for its Riverslea and Major Gas Fields.

Lodestar Minerals’ first drill hole at the Three Saints IOCG Project in Chile has confirmed a large, multi-element mineralised system with copper, gold, cobalt, and molybdenum over 600 metres of vertical extent and a footprint wider than 1.6 kilometres.

Eminence Minerals has contracted Eco Sondagem for a 2,000-metre auger drilling campaign targeting rare earth corridors adjacent to Brazilian Rare Earths’ Sulista district in Bahia, Brazil, marking a key step toward resource definition.

ANTAM's 2025 AGM approved a record Rp5.04 trillion dividend distribution, reflecting a 106% profit surge. The company also greenlit a government-backed nickel downstreaming program to build Indonesia's EV battery ecosystem.

St George Mining’s initial beneficiation testwork at its Araxá Project in Brazil has delivered high-grade niobium concentrates and a promising rare earth concentrate, validating its dual commodity approach and underpinning next-stage pilot plant plans.

Mount Hope Mining (ASX:MHM) has completed two drilling phases at its Mt Solitary gold project in NSW’s Cobar Basin, delivering significant high-grade gold intercepts and preparing to launch an expanded Phase 3 drilling campaign targeting resource growth.

Felix Gold has created Frontier Antimony Refinery Corp., a US-focused refining platform with secured access to military-grade antimony ore from its Treasure Creek Project in Alaska, aiming to address critical supply gaps.