Northern Minerals
Northern Minerals is focused on developing its heavy rare earth element resources, particularly dysprosium, in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The company aims to become a significant producer of dysprosium, a critical element used in permanent magnets, by developing its large landholding and advancing its Browns Range Project.
Short position
Northern Minerals (ASX:NTU) has 0.21% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 20,132,484 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has fallen 0.08 percentage points, and over 90 days it has been broadly flat. Its highest recorded short interest was 0.66% in October 2010. NTU is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.
Price & short interest
Toggle series, zoom, and compare · ASIC daily, T+4Northern Minerals (NTU) short interest history
NTU Short Interest History
- 30-day change
- -0.08pp
- 90-day change
- -0.01pp
- 1-year change
- +0.13pp
- All-time high
- 0.66% (October 2010)
- All-time low
- 0.00% (February 2024)
Is NTU heavily shorted?
Not especially: 0.21% short interest is modest by ASX standards, ranking #396 of 799 ASX securities with reported short positions. ASIC requires positions of 0.01% of issued capital or $100,000 (whichever is less) to be reported.
How has NTU's short interest changed recently?
Over the past 30 days Northern Minerals's short interest has been broadly stable, and over 90 days it has been broadly stable. The current level is 0.21% of shares on issue.
What is the highest NTU's short interest has been?
Since 2010, Northern Minerals's short interest peaked at 0.66% in October 2010 and bottomed at 0.00% in February 2024.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from daily ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay. Shorted aggregates the full history since 2010. See our methodology.