• Japanese steelmakers fear rising royalties will curb coal projects and put supplies at risk (The Australian)

• Regis boss Jim Beyer hits out at Tanya Plibersek over Juukan Gorge comparison (West)

• A mine worker sadly passed away after a major incident at a QLD coal mine, weeks after another fatality at the same site (West)

• Northern Star boss Stuart Tonkin warned of a “flight of capital” out of the resources sector on the back of Albanese gov’t decisions (AFR)

• The first US shipment of copper from mines in the DRC to be transported by the Lobito Atlantic Railway has loaded (Bloomberg)

• An army of short-sellers is nervously watching the rebound in iron ore prices this week amid signs that Beijing will introduce more aid (AFR)

• Chile's Codelco could face US$8m fine for tailings dam violations (Reuters)

• The federal government should step in & defend the system it set up to ensure miners have regulatory & fiscal security around new projects, Whitehaven MD Paul Flynn said (The Australian)

• Miners including Rio Tinto & Teck take steps to minimize Canada rail shutdown impact (Reuters)

• Gold hits record highs as investors bet on rate cuts (FT)

• Labour prices are softening & gold has rocketed, but it’s a matter of time before costs jump, warned Stuart Tonkin (The Australian)

• Patriot Battery Metals unveils lithium project economics as Chinese EV data raises hopes of price rebound (West)

• A study showed lithium mining is slowly sinking Chile’s Atacama salt flat (Mining.com)

• Japan’s “urgent” $1.6b coal deal driven by Queensland royalty storm (AFR)

• South32’s sale of its Illawarra met coal project is expected to complete end of this month (S32)

• Newmont’s sale of non-core assets is pegged for the year-end, with Macquarie advising the group (AFR) It floats a $500m price tag for Havieron + Telfer

• DMC Mining is raising $5m (DMM)

• Word is brewing that there are concerns regarding a section 10 application at Bellevue (similar vein to Regis), see some details in yesterdays Devil’s in the Detail. Here’s hoping everything resolves itself smoothly

• Ford slows EV plans, delaying pickup and axing three-row SUV, to cut costs (Reuters)

• An interview with Minerals Council CEO Stephen Galilee (AFR)

• World’s second-largest diamond found in Botswana (FT)

• Plibersek’s mine block alarms whole industry (AFR op-ed)

• Between the Rise and Fall of the Lithium Prices (SMM)

• 2 different articles on the charismatic and at times controversial mining entrepreneur, Robert Friedland (ME, BO)

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