# Northern Star Resources

Type: Company (NST.AX)

Source: Supply Chain Intelligence Brief — https://getsupplybrief.com/entity/northern-star-resources
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## Timeline

- **2026-08-03**: Diggers & Dealers Forum Opens — Joe Hockey headlines the first day of the 35th annual forum, addressing up to 2,600 executives on geopolitics, mining, AI, and defense supply chains.
- **2026-08-02**: Fuel Excise Relief Lapses — The Australian federal government allows fuel excise relief to expire, raising fuel costs for the mining sector the day before the Diggers & Dealers forum.
- **2025**: US-Australia Framework Agreement Signed — PM Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump sign a landmark framework to speed up an $US8.5 billion pipeline of critical mineral projects, targeting defense, clean energy, and AI supply chains.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### $8.5B minerals pipeline under pressure as fuel costs spike at mining meet
2026-08-02 22:48:37 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 5

The Diggers & Dealers forum puts supply chain security for AI and defence at the top of the agenda, even as the lapse of fuel excise relief threatens to raise logistics costs for the mining sector. Executives will assess how geopolitical tensions and the $US8.5 billion US-Australia framework shape procurement strategies.
Full story: https://getsupplybrief.com/story/supply-critical-minerals-fuel-cost-summit

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