Mineral Commodities shipping graphite from Skaland. Credit: File Mineral Commodities has confirmed it is back up and running at its Skaland Graphite AS operation in Norway after a mechanical failure of its primary ore production drill rig last month caused a temporary production halt. The company today revealed it had rebooted its drilling program by sourcing and commissioning a rental rig to step into the breach and says it remains confident in the battery metal potential of

Mineral Commodities has recorded significant resource upgrades at its Tormin mineral sands project. Credit: File Mineral Commodities is back in the black with an annual net profit of more than US$780,000 (AU$1.2 million) for the past financial year compared to an annual net loss of about US$4.5 million (AU$6.95 million) for the previous reporting period. The company generated total revenue of more than US$15 million (AU$23 million) to close out the past 12 months to July with

Scott Lowe will start with Mineral Commodities on September 1. Credit: File Mineral Commodities has named Scott Lowe as the company’s new chief executive officer. Mr Lowe has more than 35 years of industry experience and will oversee promising projects in WA and South Africa.. The company says the senior mining executive is currently the managing director of Firefinch and will start in his new role from September 1. In recent years, Mr Lowe has worked with South32 in Australi

Graphite from Mineral Commodities’ Skaland project in Norway. Credit: File After a positive resolution to a legal dispute, Mineral Commodities has finalised its 100 per cent-ownership of the Skaland graphite project in Norway, solidifying its battery anode business segment. Management says its settlement is a significant boost, allowing it to acquire the remaining 10 per cent share in the project that was owned by BSG Mining for US$1.9 million (AU$2.85 million). With the disp

From left, ETNTAC director Johnine Graham, ETNTAC chairperson Gail Reynolds-Adamson and Mineral Resources interim chief executive officer Adam Bick signing the agreement. Credit: File Perth-based graphite explorer and mineral sands producer Mineral Commodities has inked a new deal with the Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (ETNTAC) to move forward with its Munglinup graphite project in Western Australia’s South West region. ETNTAC represents the local K

Mineral Commodities has defined an impressive mineral resource at its half-owned De Punt project in South Africa. Credit: File Mineral Commodities has tabled a maiden mineral resource at its De Punt project in South Africa of 66.1 million tonnes at an impressive 16.9 per cent total heavy minerals (THM) for 11.19 million tonnes THM. The official resource brings the company’s total Tormin project mineral resource to an estimated 282.6 million tonnes at 10.9 per cent THM, contai

Sand mining at Tormin in South Africa’s Western Cape. Credit: File WA-based Mineral Commodities has penned an offtake and funding agreement to progress its pivot towards becoming a supplier of high-value finished products, rather than just a producer of mixed concentrates. Under the agreement, Garnet International Resources will provide a US$10 million (AU$15 million) five-year loan on commercial terms to fund a garnet and ilmenite mineral separation plant at the Tormin heavy

Mineral Commodities’ Tormin resource. Credit: File Mineral Commodities has turned up what appear to be world-beating valuable heavy mineral (VHM) drill intercepts from its half-owned De Punt project on South Africa’s west coast. Assays from the drilling of 6018m in 169 holes showed 149 holes having significant VHM intercepts of more than 5 per cent. Results include world-class grades such as 12m at 29.48 per cent VHM, or 61.68 per cent total heavy minerals (THM) from 27m, 3m