• Whitehaven cuts 192 jobs from the Daunia and Blackwater coking coal mines it acquired from BHP earlier this year (AFR)

• The repair bill at Groote Eylandt has climbed beyond $171m S32 & Anglo quietly pumped more money into the damaged operation (AFR)

• Environment Minister Plibersek has blocked Regis’s plan for McPhillamys gold project (West)

• The main union at BHP’s Escondida mine agreed to management’s sweetened wage offer, leading the union to suspend its strike (AFR)

• AMEC’s boss has lashed out at Tanya Plibersek’s decision to rip up Regis’s plan for a $1b gold mine, labelling it absurdity (West)

• Gold topped US$2,500 an ounce for the first time (Bloomberg)

• Andrew Forrest shrugged off a fall in iron ore, arguing lower steel production was a normal part of the long-term cycle (The Australian)

• Europe’s first big LFP battery factory has opened amid a surge in demand from the storage market (Bloomberg)

• China adds antimony to global trade war, with exporters needing licences as of September (The Australian)

• Saudi Arabia is expected to put less money into the oil industry than initially predicted in its goal to invest US$1T by 2030 (Bloomberg)

• Lithium royalty relief in WA looking more likely as spodumene prices continue collapsing to three-year lows (West)

• Declining iron ore demand due to Chinese property rout threatens profit squeeze for producers, wiping US$100b in market value (FT)

• Andrew Forrest said $US80 a tonne ‘natural floor’ for iron ore (West)

• ERA’s boss was sidelined in meeting Madeleine King, while Albanese met Peter Garrett (AFR)

• A final investment decision in Britain’s next large-scale nuclear power plant, Sizewell C, risks getting pushed into next year (Bloomberg)

• Pure Battery Technologies’ $460m Goldfields battery materials refinery hub put on the backburner (Kalgoorlie Miner)

• Metallica Minerals and Decmil are officially off the ASX boards as both of their respective takeovers completed

• Street Talk reported St Barbara as the seller of 12.7m Catalyst shares at $2 a piece before Friday’s open (AFR)

• Charger Metals shared that Core Lithium made an NBIO for the company, valuing it at $6.4m, which the board turned down (CHR)

• Green Technology Metals is in trading halt to raise capital (GT1)

• Neometals has announced a US$3m placement (NMT)

• Ecograf updated on its US$105m proposed loan relating to import cover, receiving non-binding confirmation that Epanko is eligible (EGR)

• The documentary series The Ascent of Money, based on Niall Ferguson’s book. A few years old now, but a cracker for those interested in the world’s financial history 

• It’s not just iron ore. China is a ‘prisoner’ of a broken economy (AFR’s Chanticleer)

• China's BYD plans car plant in Karachi as part of Pakistan entry (Reuters)

• Ban on nuclear power holding Australia back (The Australian op-ed)

• Clean Fuel Startups Were Supposed to Be the Next Big Thing. Now They Are Collapsing. (WSJ)

• 30 Years of Perpetual Transition (Super-Spiked)

• Choke in gas supply makes imports, once unthinkable, almost inevitable (AFR)

• Can the West Afford to Build Its Own Copper Industry? (OilPrice)

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