Sydney, Feb 9, 2026, 17:40 AEDT — Activity picks up after-hours.
- Mineral Resources finished Monday up 0.7%, capping a choppy stretch that’s persisted since late January.
- Miners took the lead as the ASX rebounded, with a packed earnings week on deck.
- The next key date for investors: MinRes posts its half-year numbers on Feb. 20.
Shares in Mineral Resources Ltd managed to close 0.7% higher at A$52.15 Monday, trimming some of their losses since late January, though the materials sector moved ahead with stronger gains. The day’s trading range stretched from A$51.60 up to A$53.58, and volume landed around 943,000 shares, based on Investing.com figures. 1
This lands right as Australia’s February reporting season gets underway, a period when companies roll out half-year results and update guidance. For MinRes, which straddles both lithium and iron ore, even minor shifts in commodity mood can feel outsized with that timing.
Australian shares surged Monday, clawing back ground after Friday’s slide. The S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.9%, with miners and gold names setting the pace. “Today is largely a partial reversal of the doom and gloom last week,” wrote Philip Pepe, senior equities analyst at Shaw and Partners, in a note cited by Reuters. 2
No fresh announcements from Mineral Resources on Monday, so traders chalked up the move to risk appetite and bets ahead of results. Shares have been jumpy: after closing above A$61 on Jan. 29, the price slid through last week, according to the same dataset.
Miners saw gains, with big players BHP, Rio Tinto, and Fortescue all up on the day, according to the Reuters report. Those moves lifted the sector. Broader market forces have been the bigger driver lately, overshadowing individual company news.
MinRes is set to report its half-year financials on Feb. 20. The company has also scheduled a webcast for that day, according to its investor calendar. 3
Eyes are on cash flow and debt this time, issues that have trailed the name for the past year. When MinRes drops anything new about funding, capex timing, or how shipments are tracking, the stock reacts fast — not surprising, given it straddles two choppy markets: lithium and bulk commodities.
Balance-sheet moves are still a crucial variable here. Back in November, Mineral Resources announced a $765 million deal to offload 30% of a segment of its lithium operations to South Korea’s POSCO, aiming to bring down its debt load. 4
The downside isn’t hard to spot. A slip in commodity prices, or costs coming in worse than hoped, and miners get hit — fast. MinRes in particular has seen some abrupt single-day swings when its operations fall short.
This week, it’s all about results season swings and whatever ripples major miners and metals prices send through. As for Mineral Resources, traders are eyeing Feb. 20—that’s when the company unveils its half-year results. 5
