The Pre-Start

  • CSC ($9.1B) - Capstone lowered the bottom end of CY26 copper guidance to 195kt after extended Pinto Valley downtime; primary crusher restart now mid-Dec, with Chile's truckers strike adding risk | ▼ 5%

  • SRL ($2.4B) - Sunrise approved FID for the Syerston Scandium project, NSW, targeting first 60tpa Sc₂O₃ in 2H CY28

  • CYL ($1.2B) - Catalyst received a first strike after 43.5% voted against its remuneration report; all other AGM resolutions passed

  • OMH ($161m) - OM Holdings will re-domicile to Singapore on 18 Nov; CDIs start trading on ASX 19 Nov; renamed OM Materials Holdings | ▲ 16%

  • ZEO ($154m) - Zeotech's 10% placement capacity was rejected at the AGM; the remuneration report drew 29.7% against, a first strike

  • OSM ($112m) - Osmond completed three holes at the Orión project in Spain, intersecting target quartzites, and mobilised a third rig to accelerate the MRE upgrade

  • AUZ ($78m) - Australian Mines' historical-drilling review at Sconi, Qld, highlighted 27m at 883 ppm scandium from surface on Lucknow and Kokomo

  • AUQ ($54m) - Alara says Al Wash-hi Majaza operations continue; court asked appellants for evidence, Governorate sought dismissal; next hearing late Dec

  • CVR ($20m) - Cavalier says Stage 1 of the Crawford Gold project, WA, is ready to mine with pre‑production works and approvals complete; operations await financing

High Grade It

  • BHP plans overhaul of WA iron ore business to cut costs (Bloomberg)

  • Endeavour OKs $1.2B Assafou gold mine as costs climb (NM) +13% capex since April, stock ▼ 8%

  • Copper ore pricing system fractures amid acute shortage; red metal hits 4-month low (Bloomberg)

  • Rio cuts dozens of jobs at Quebec processing plant amid drop in lithium demand (G&M)

  • Chile's lithium output to reach 335kt in 2027, says Cochilco (TV)

  • Trafigura drives historic aluminium squeeze on LME amid plunging inventories and Chinese market pressures (Bloomberg)

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Wheelin’ n Dealin’

SS&C Intralinks
  • Orica explores 'sizeable' US mining chemicals acquisition, but no immediate deal expected (Australian)

Rattlin’ the Tin

  • PDN ($3.9B) - Paladin launched a $525m raising at $7.80; SPP up to $50m

  • BM1 ($340m) - Ballard completed its SPP raising $307k at 66c | Sought $5m

  • AT4 ($121m) - American Tungsten & Antimony is in halt pending offtake and placement announcement

Word on the Decline

  • This one from Encounter’s quarterly a couple of weeks ago. Expect to see a spin-out of the Patterson copper assets

  • Whether that is a tidy-up ahead of a tie-up with WA1 is anyone’s guess.

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Ownership & Oversight

  • MIN ($9.9B) - L1 bought $97m of MinRes shares, lifting its stake to 6.6%

  • GMD ($9.2B) - First Sentier lifted its stake in Genesis Minerals to 6.1%

  • ELV ($790m) - Elevra director Lucas Dow bought $100k of shares at $3.77

  • A1M ($584m) - Hawke's Point invested $61.5m in AIC Mines for 9.3% stake; Lee Group and Ng Group emerged at 8.7% and 5.2%

  • PC2 ($352m) - Perennial sold $586k of PC Gold shares and fell below 5%

  • CYM ($205m) - Perennial took a 5% stake in Cyprium after buying $7.6m of shares

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In the Weeds

  • For Fortescue’s sake, the Forrests should clarify relationship plans (Pete Ker op-ed)

  • The most convincing fake company you’ll ever read about: Gofer Mining plc claimed 4k staff, £4b in revenue and a Canary Wharf HQ. Somehow it still managed to tie up the sale of a real Ukrainian gold mine in court. The full story is worth your lunch break. Or skim Dan Neidle’s tweet thread

  • Hedge fund ‘pod shops’ are making market swings worse (AFR op-ed) Great read for the investors

  • The Race to Build the World's Next Great Uranium Mine w/ Leigh Curyer (Decouple)

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Alkane has spun out a rare earths business, found a copper-gold porphyry, made a 7-8x on Genesis and merged with Mandalay.

And gone from single-mine producer to the ASX 200.

We sat down with MD Nic Earner to hear how.

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