The Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN) share price is marching higher today, up 3.27%.

Mineral Resources shares closed yesterday at $50.51 and are currently trading for $52.16.

So, without any new price-sensitive announcements from the company, what’s driving ASX investor interest in Mineral Resources?

Materials shares leading the charge

It’s not just Mineral Resources enjoying a strong day today.

The S&P/ASX 200 Materials Index (ASX: XMJ) is well outpacing the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO). The Materials Index is up 2.03% at the time of writing, compared to a 0.44% gain for the ASX 200.

The strong performance of the Mineral Resources share price looks to be partly driven by a 3.4% boost in iron ore prices overnight. Iron ore is currently trading just above US$158 per tonne.

Atop iron ore, Mineral Resources also has a large footprint in lithium mining operations. And lithium carbonate prices remain near record highs as the world continues with its battery boom in an effort to decarbonise.

And in news that looks to be offering tailwinds across ASX resource shares, and could be helping boost the Mineral Resources share price, the United States is poised to begin funding Australian critical minerals projects.

As the Australian Financial Review reports, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan yesterday to work through remaining regulatory hurdles.

The US is looking for secure sources outside of China for minerals crucial to the development of electric vehicles and a range of military equipment, not to mention smartphones. President Joe Biden is invoking Cold War powers to enable the US government to finance overseas projects.

Mineral Resources share price snapshot

The Mineral Resources share price is up almost 37% over the past 12 months, handily outpacing the 11% gains posted by the ASX 200 during that same period.

At the current price, Mineral Resources has a market cap just north of $9.5 billion.

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It’s probably an understatement to say that green metals are all the rage on the ASX at the moment. Almost any company that mines, produces, or processes green metals has seen an uptick in investor interest over recent months. We only need to look at lithium shares like AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX: AVZ), up 260% in the past six months, to see this in action. But lithium is only one green metal. There are many more that investors are also excited about for their role in our potential future. Vanadium is one of those.

Vanadium is an element (23 on the periodic table, with the symbol ‘V’) that is hard and grey in colour. According to Geoscience Australia, it is a soft and ductile metal, which makes it useful in producing iron alloys like high-strength steel. But it is also increasingly being seen as a potentially key ingredient in the next generation of rechargeable batteries. Particularly those known as ‘redox flow batteries’.

Industry analyst Professor Rick Velenta told a recent report from the ABC that redox flow batteries “can last for over 20 years, they don’t degrade over time, and they don’t catch on fire, which is a major problem for other large-scale batteries”. 

He said that “only about 2 per cent of vanadium produced around the world is used for redox flow batteries… but they’re such appealing batteries, demand will increase”.

That sounds like good news for Australia, which has the third-largest deposits of the metal in the world, behind China and Russia.

And this is presumably what has piqued many investors’ interests in this green metal. 

So which ASX shares are involved in vanadium production?

Is vanadium miner Multcom Resources listed on the ASX?

Well, one popular name is Multicom Resources. This company owns the Saint Elmo Project near Julia Creek in Queensland. Saint Elmo reportedly has an extensive vanadium resource. It has been branded by the federal government with ‘Major Project Status’ to reflect its potential as a significant national deposit of vanadium. 

Unfortunately, though, Multicom Resources is not an ASX share, since it remains a private, unlisted company. So most investors won’t be able to buy Multicom Resources shares, at least for now. 

But the ASX does have some other names in vanadium that are available for ASX trading. One is Neometals Ltd (ASX: NMT). Neometals owns the Barrambie Titanium and Vanadium Project in Western Australia. Barrambie is still in exploration phase, but Neometals has been granted a mining permit for the site. 

Neometals is also part of a joint venture with the Scandinavian company Critical Metals that is currently examining the feasibility of “constructing a recycling facility to recover and process high-grade vanadium products from vanadium-bearing steel by-product in Scandinavia”.

Another name on the ASX is Horizon Minerals Ltd (ASX: HRZ). Horizon is primarily a gold miner, but also runs a joint venture with Richmond Vanadium Technology. This joint venture covers exploration of the Richmond Vanadium Project in Queensland, which the company estimates is “one of the largest undeveloped vanadium resources in the world”.

So although Milticom Resources is not listed on the ASX, shares like Horizon and Neometals are. 

Vanadium is still an emerging commodity. But the excitement for its potential uses is real, so this is a space definitely worth keeping an eye on. 

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The Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) share price is heading south today despite a positive update from the company.

At the time of writing, the oil and gas company’s shares are exchanging hands for $32.15, down 1.2%.

Let’s take a closer look at what Woodside announced, and what might be dragging its shares lower.

Woodside accelerates production from offshore Pluto fields

The Woodside share price is in the red despite the company revealing it has commenced the processing of gas from the offshore Pluto fields located at the North West Shelf project’s (NWS) Karratha gas plant (KGP).

Notably, the production is ahead of schedule following the start-up of the Pluto-KGP Interconnector.

The interconnector is a 3.2-kilometre pipeline that connects Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) with KGP. This allows other resource owners’ gas to be processed at KGP.

The plant is expected to process roughly 2.5 million tonnes of LNG and around 20 petajoules of domestic gas from Pluto between 2022 to 2025.

One petajoule is equivalent to powering 19,000 homes for an entire year, or almost 380,000 dwellings with 20 petajoules.

Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill touched on the “significant achievement”, saying:

The start-up of the Pluto-KGP Interconnector provides access to spare capacity at Karratha Gas Plant to process gas owned by other resource owners, both onshore and offshore Western Australia. The commencement of Pluto gas flowing through the Interconnector is the first example of this.

The processing of gas from the offshore Pluto fields through Karratha Gas Plant enables Woodside to deliver additional LNG cargoes into the international gas market.

The commercial agreements underpinning third-party gas processing at the North West Shelf reflect the commitment of Woodside and the North West Shelf Project to maximising value from the significant infrastructure on the Burrup Peninsula.

So why are Woodside shares falling?

It is possible the Woodside share price is being affected by falling oil prices today. This comes amid news the Biden administration is contemplating releasing its oil reserves, as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues to impact fuel prices.

The plan being weighed up involves releasing approximately a million barrels of crude oil per day from the strategic petroleum reserve.

The total release is expected to be as much as 180 million barrels of oil to ease demand for the crucial commodity.

In addition, efforts are being co-ordinated with other countries to also release their strategic oil reserves.

While no final decision has yet to be reached by the United States, an announcement could come as soon as tonight.

About the Woodside share price

Over the past 12 months, the Woodside share price has risen by 34% in value. However, when looking at year to date, its shares have surged by almost 50% following an uptick in oil prices.

Based on today’s price, Woodside commands a market capitalisation of roughly $31.8 billion.

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The Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) share price is up by 4%, adding to the gains it has seen over the past couple of weeks.

Since 15 March 2022, Fortescue shares have risen by 20%.

The iron ore miner is rising amid the increase of the iron ore price overnight. According to Commsec, the iron ore price went up by 0.4% overnight to US$150.88 per tonne.

Changes in the iron ore price may impact the Fortescue share price as it’s one of the world’s biggest iron ore miners.

Fortescue isn’t the only miner that is seeing gains today. The other iron mining giants in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) are also up. The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price is up 3% while the Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO) share price is up by 2%.

Further green hydrogen progress

Earlier this week, investors learned that the green division of Fortescue, called Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), had signed a large green hydrogen deal in Germany.

FFI and energy giant E.ON signed a memorandum of understanding to partner and execute on the ambition to deliver up to five million tonnes per annum of green, renewable hydrogen to Europe by 2030. The Fortescue share price has risen 6% since the announcement of this deal.

FFI said:

This historic partnership marks E.ON’s and FFI’s broader ambition to lead the decarbonisation of Europe and to strengthen security of green energy supply at a time when Europe needs to reduce its energy dependence on fossil fuels from Russia as quickly as possible. Five million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of renewable GH2 is equal to approximately one third of the calorific energy Germany imports from Russia.

Both companies will work together, in collaboration  with their governments, regarding how to achieve supply as fast as possible. This will help to decarbonise thousands of medium-sized enterprises all over Germany and the Netherlands, as well as other European cities and communities to which E.ON distributes energy, according to FFI.

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The Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) share price is tumbling lower on Thursday despite no word having been released by the company.

However, it’s a rough day on the market for many ASX tech shares, particularly those on the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO).

At the time of writing, the Xero share price is $103.84, 3.55% lower than its previous close.

For context, the ASX 200 is currently trading 0.41% higher.

Let’s take a closer look at what’s going on with Xero’s stock today and the performance of its ASX 200 technology peers.

Xero share price slumps 4% on Thursday

The Xero share price is sliding lower today, losing all its gains for the week so far.  

After tumbling 5% on Monday, the cloud-based account and business software provider’s stock gained 3% on Tuesday and 5% on Wednesday.

Sadly, today’s tumble has brought it back to square one.

It also makes Xero the second worst performing stock on the S&P/ASX 200 Information Technology Index (ASX: XIJ) on Thursday.

Only Block Inc (ASX: SQ2) is recording a bigger fall. Its share price is currently down 3.79%.

Though, the ASX 200 sector as a whole is also suffering, having slipped 1.39% at the time of writing.

Looking at the tech sector beyond the ASX 200, the S&P/ASX All Technology Index (ASX: XTX) is recording a 0.88% slump.

The Xero share price’s poor Thursday performance sees it 28% lower than it was at the start of 2022. It has also fallen 17% since this time last year.

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The Change Financial Ltd (ASX: CCA) share price is soaring today after the company struck a financial agreement with Mastercard.

The company’s shares are currently swapping hands at 9.9 cents, a 16.47% gain. For perspective, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is climbing 0.41% today.

Change is a global fintech company providing payments as a service (PaaS) to 141 clients in 41 countries

Let’s take a look at what this ASX fintech announced today.

Deal with Mastercard

The Change Financial share price is surging after the company announced it has signed an exclusive six-year agreement with Mastercard in Australia and New Zealand.

The company will receive a cash incentive payment of $1.4 million from Mastercard upon the launch of the first direct issuing program in Australia or New Zealand. This is expected in H1 FY23.

Mastercard and Change will now be able to work together to spearhead prepaid and debit card programs for banks and fintechs.

Change also expects the agreement will deliver transactional and recurring revenues and incentive discounts that will reduce the network costs.

The ASX fintech is optimistic this deal will open up further opportunities to drive growth in the Oceania region.

Commenting on the agreement fuelling the Change Financial share price today, CEO and managing director Alastair Wilkie said:

This Agreement strengthens both our long-standing relationship with Mastercard in the US, as well as our transaction processing capabilities for existing clients.

Our partnership with Mastercard will deliver direct issuing capabilities for our Australian and New Zealand clients, giving them a faster path to market for innovative prepaid and debit card products

The Oceania region generates 29% of Change’s revenue and 33% of its client base.

Change Financial share price snapshot

The Change Financial share price has fallen 9% in a year and almost 5% this year to date.

In the past month, the company’s shares have soared 14%, while they are up 12% in the past week alone.

For perspective, the benchmark ASX index has returned about 11% over the past year.

The company has a market capitalisation of about $39 million based on the current share price.

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The Galan Lithium Ltd (ASX: GLN) share price is marching higher today, up 2.16%.

Shares in the ASX lithium explorer closed yesterday at $1.86 and are currently trading for $1.90.

So, what’s boosting the Galan Lithium share price today?

Strong progress at lithium project

This morning Galan provided an update to ASX investors on the site and study activities at its 100%-owned Hombre Muerto West Lithium Project (HMW), located in Argentina.

Galan reported that its Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) – led by engineering consulting group Hatch – is on budget and on track. It is expected to be completed by the end of December. The construction of its pilot plant is also progressing well.

Investors may also be bidding up the Galan Lithium share price after the company reported a diamond drill hole was underway at the Pata Pila site. Galan expects the exploratory drilling to provide key geological data for a potential extension to the existing mineral resource.

In other highlights from this morning’s release, Galan said its recently completed Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) geophysical survey had identified potential new mineral resource zones.

It plans to begin exploration drilling in the newly-identified zones in the second quarter of 2022.

Commenting on the progress, Galan Lithium’s CEO, JP Vargas de la Vega said:

I am very pleased to say that our world-class lithium HMW Project is progressing strongly, on all fronts. My meetings with local Catamarca authorities saw evidence of excellent governmental and community support for the HMW and Candelas Projects.

We are proud to be rapidly advancing projects that offer such economic and social benefits to the broader regions in which they are located.

Galan Lithium share price snapshot

The Galan Lithium share price is up 205.6% over the past 12 months. It has raced beyond the 11.6% gains of the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) over the same period.

Over the past month, Galan Lithium shares have gained 39.3%.

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Shareholders of Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX: NCM) are about to strike gold today. Not through any prospecting that this ASX 200 gold miner is doing. Or from the 0.58% rise to $27.03 that the Newcrest share price is presently enjoying. Rather, today is the day that Newcrest shareholders will receive the company’s latest dividend payment.

Today’s dividend is Newcrest’s interim payment. The gold miner announced the dividend in its half-year earnings report that was delivered last month. This earnings report, covering the six months to 31 December, outlined a difficult environment for Newcrest. The company reported a 46% slide in statutory profits, as well as a 21% fall in revenues.

This was perhaps why the interim dividend of 7.5 US cents per share, or 10.4 cents in our currency, was significantly below the 19.31 cents per share interim dividend that investors saw last year.

This dividend is also a notable decrease from Newcrest’s last dividend payment, which was the final dividend for FY21 paid out in September. That dividend was worth 55.2 cents per share.

Newcrest investors have dividend nuggets in their pans today

Anyhow, Newcrest shareholders will receive this latest interim dividend of 10.4 cents per share fully franked today. But if you have recently bought shares in the gold miner, you may be out of luck. Newcrest traded ex-dividend for this payment back on 25 February. That means any ASX investor who opened a position in Newcrest on or after that date will not be eligible to receive this dividend. Conversely, any investor who sold their Newcrest shares between 25 February and today will still receive the payment.

Putting together this dividend with the company’s September final payment and we get to a total of 65.64 cents per share, fully franked. That gives Newcrest Mining a trailing dividend yield of 2.43% based on the current share price. That’s 3.47% grossed-up with full franking.

Newcrest share price climbs in 2022

The Newcrest share price is up 10.37% in 2022 so far.

The ASX 200 gold miner has a market capitalisation of $24 billion.

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (ASX: BEN) shareholders will be cheering on the sidelines as the company releases its dividend distributions today.

The regional bank is rewarding eligible investors with a fully franked interim dividend payment of 26.5 cents per share.

At the time of writing, the Bendigo Bank share price is swapping hands for $10.28, down 0.19%.

For context, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is heading the other way, up 0.42% to 7,546.2 points.

Let’s take a look at all the details regarding the company’s dividend.

Bendigo Bank pays out interim dividend

Bendigo Bank reported strong growth across key metrics in its results for the first half of the 2022 financial year.

In summary, revenue rose 8.5% from the prior corresponding period to $965.1 million. This was supported by residential lending growth, up 8.4%, as well as settlements growth, up 4.3%.

Management noted that despite the robust performance, this was partially offset by weakness in its agribusiness lending. This was due to seasonal factors and softness in business lending.

Nonetheless, the board opted to increase its interim dividend by 12.8% on H1 FY21’s 23.5 cents per share.

When calculating against the current share price, Bendigo Bank is trailing on a forecast fully franked dividend yield of 5.16%.

Management expects the dividend payout ratio target of 60% to 80% of cash earnings to be at the low-end in FY22.

Bendigo Bank share price snapshot

The past 12 months have been choppy for the Bendigo Bank share price, registering a gain of just 2%.

Its shares hit a 52-week low of $8.43 in December 2021, before zipping above the $10 mark in 2022. This has led the company’s share price to increase by 13% in value for the current calendar year.

Bendigo Bank has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.86 and commands a market capitalisation of roughly $5.77 billion.

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The Archer Materials Ltd (ASX: AXE) share price is taking off following an update on the company’s ‘lab-on-a-chip’ technology.

The company recently integrated a graphene layer that is just one atom thick with silicon electronics. Now, the microscopic graphene electronic properties have been found to be retained post-processing and integration with silicon.

At the time of writing, the Archer Materials share price is 97 cents, 11.49% higher than its previous close.

Though, earlier today it surged 19.5% to trade at $1.04.

Let’s take a closer look at the news driving the materials technology company’s stock higher on Thursday.

One step closer to creating ‘lab-on-a-chip’

The Archer Materials share price is in the green on news the tech company has successfully measured and confirmed the electronic transport in the integrated graphene device.

The device is part of the development of the company’s biochip. The biochip is expected to see droplets of biological specimens analysed and processed using graphene-based sensors.

If all goes to plan, the biochip will allow for ultrasensitive detection and analysis of diseases.

The direct electronic measurements results announced by the company today are an important step towards building graphene-based transistors.

Such transistors are integral to the operation of Archer’s biochip technology.

“Prior to this latest work, Archer had achieved the integration of graphene in silicon electronics,” said Archer Materials CEO Dr Mohammad Choucair.

Archer has now successfully performed complex post-integration lithography and atom-thick materials’ device processing that preserve graphene’s advanced electronic properties.

The electronic transport measurements performed by the Archer team are the fundamental link with respect to using graphene in transistor technology intended for future biosensing operations in Archer’s biochip devices.

Archer Materials share price snapshot

Sadly, today’s gains haven’t been enough to boost the Archer Materials share price back into the green on the ASX.

Right now, the company’s stock is trading for 19% less than it was at the start of 2022.

Though, it’s 12% higher than it was this time last year.

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