• Yancoal withholds dividends to hoard cash for M&A spree (AFR)

• Opposition Indigenous Minister Jacinta Price sounded the alarm on the Environmental Defenders Office in light of the Regis gold mine rejection (West), while the Liberals push to overturn Plibersek’s ruling

• Yancoal’s 20% crash is about more than a missing dividend (AFR’s Chanticleer)

• Positive FY24 results for contractor trio Monadelphous, Macmahon and Mader Group (BN)

• Global Lithium shareholder Sincerity vowed to “keep up its fight” to replace directors Lilleyman & Lawrance with experienced miner Barry Mitchell (AFR)

• A coal-rich Indian state passed a bill imposing mining taxes, in a move set to inflate the prices of minerals (Bloomberg)

• ERA has fully impaired its holding in the Jabiluka uranium mine and warned it will run out of cash by Christmas (AFR, West)

• Chinese consumers continued to pull back gold purchases last month, as record prices & an economic slowdown curbed demand (Bloomberg)

• Brent likely to take a hit from soft demand in China, says Goldman (Reuters)

• Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc will pay about US$958m as a mid-year dividend for the financial year that started on April 1 (Bloomberg)

• Gold prices extended their record run on Tuesday, holding firm above the key US$2,500 level (Reuters)

• Fortescue says spying on rival’s families was a standard court requirement and not in bad faith (The Australian)

• BHP is reportedly in discussions with the Indonesian government regarding the nickel industry, considering a potential investment (West)

• Chinese tin imports continued to rise, with imports from the DRC & Australia reaching historical highs (SMM)

• Unico Silver entered into a binding letter of intent with Pan American Silver to acquire 100% of the Joaquin and Cerro Puntudo projects in Argentina as part of a broader consolidation strategy in the region (USL)

• Alkane became a major shareholder in WA gold junior Medallion Metals post its IGO deal and capital raising (MM8)

• Jervois agreed a further extension of waiver & interest deferral on its ICO bonds (JRV)

• AMIS are now 65.5% shareholders in Dynamic Group (DDB)

• Sierra Rutile’s board reaffirmed its recommendation that shareholders accept the Leonoil offer (SRX)

• Energy giants eyeing Woodside, as energy consolidation may be evolving (The Australian)

• SRG completed a $60m equity raise (SRG)

• Toubani are raising $10m to advance the Kobada gold project (TBR)

• Andromeda launched a placement & entitlement offer to raise up to $6.3m (ADN)

• Strictly Boardroom: Lithium is Dead, Long Live Lithium, is the comeback on for Australia’s white gold? (MiningNews)

• Hindenburg widens its attack on Adani (Economist) One for those intrigued by short-selling

• China's rare copper export boom signals more than weak demand (Reuters op-ed)

• July import / export data for Chinese lithium (SMM)

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