Jack McGinn

Perth Basin producer Strike Energy has made two new discoveries during drilling at its Erregulla Deep-1 well, intercepting gas at depths never previously encountered in the region.

Hancock Prospecting chief executive of operations Gerhard Veldsman has warned of the dangers of resources policy pitfalls, in the context of the company’s magnetite ambitions.

LNG producer Chevron has tipped more than $68 million into a state government desalination plant at Onslow, as part of a state development agreement over its Wheatstone project.

GOLD WRAP: Westgold Resources, Red 5 and Genesis Minerals, each at the heart of gold’s merger flurry, have unveiled last year's financial results.

More than $1 million has been donated to Western Australia's major political parties since new disclosure laws were introduced on July 1, ahead of the state election in March 2025.

ANALYSIS: The Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum is typically focused on geology. On its first morning this year, however, keynote speaker Kim Beazley flipped the script.

Woodside Energy’s underlying net profit slipped 14 per cent in the first half of 2024 to $2.36 billion, as lower prices for its oil and gas products weighed heavily.

Founding Azure Minerals managing director and chief executive Tony Rovira has stepped down from the company, following this year’s acquisition by Hancock Prospecting and SQM.

GOLD WRAP: Ramelius Resources has increased its profit 250 per cent year-on-year, bringing in almost $220 million last financial year as it rode a wave of record gold prices and low costs.

Strikes planned at Fremantle Ports from Sunday morning have been called off, after agreement was reached between the authority and union.

Isabel Vieira and Jack McGinn discuss goldminer Gold Fields and its push to shore up its place in the world.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss Regis' McPhillamys project; BGC's asset sales and legal action; CFMEU; McGowan's new role; Lennon retires from Peet; and major property deals.

Fremantle Ports is battling bad weather, with vessels evacuated back to sea yesterday in a move which could compound the impact of strike action scheduled from Sunday morning.

Chevron and Woodside have secured a greenhouse gas assessment permit off the WA coast, as the pair explore selling carbon capture as a product to industrial users.

Australian and American navy personnel will maintain a nuclear submarine at HMAS Stirling in the coming weeks, in what's been dubbed a milestone for pillar one of Aukus.

An updated 249D notice lobbed at Global Lithium Resources by shareholder Leon Zhu hopes to oust directors Greg Lilleyman and Hayley Lawrance and cap the company’s board to three.

Market conditions have forced Chalice Mining to cut the size of its board and further slash spending, as it looks to develop the Gonneville project near Toodyay.

WA’s second-largest goldminer by ounces produced is seeking to shore up its place in the world for the next century and beyond.

Perth construction firm Apollo Construction & Renovation has been fined $90,000, after an incident in Carine in which an employee fell four metres from a patio roof.

ASX-listed partners in an iron ore joint venture 51 per cent owned by Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting have retracted production forecasts.

Premier Roger Cook has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to apologise for rubbing salt into the wounds of the agricultural sector, after a joke about live export angered stakeholders.

Cashed up St Barbara reported a statutory loss of $54 million last financial year, with its cost of production outweighing the average realised price of gold produced across its portfolio.

Equipment rental and service provider Emeco Holdings met its earnings guidance last financial year, delivering 27 per cent profit growth after selling off its Pit N Portal business to Macmahon.

Regis Resources has posted a $186 million net loss for the 2024 financial year, as the fallout continues from a controversial ruling at its McPhillamys project in NSW.

Kalgoorlie Superpit owner Northern Star Resources made an after-tax profit of $639 million last financial year, as it rode the wave of a record Australian dollar gold price.

Cashed-up African gold producer Perseus Mining will reap $66 million from the sale of shares in Toronto-listed Montage Gold Corp, acquired in its $215 million 2022 takeover of Orca Gold.

Analysis: The political fallout has continued from Tanya Plibersek’s shock ruling against a tailings dam at Regis Resources’ McPhillamys gold project in NSW, formally revealed on Monday.

Perth-based Lycopodium’s share price fell more than 12 per cent today, despite the company reporting a record post-tax net profit of $50.7 million off $348.9 million of revenue.

LNG producer Santos extended the life of its Reindeer gas field into the second half of 2024, but the future of its WA portfolio remains clouded in the longer term.

Fremantle Ports remains hopeful of resolving an ongoing negotiation with vessel traffic service officers who have flagged their intent to strike for a second time this weekend.

Carbon capture and storage could generate more than $80 billion for the state economy over 20 years, according to new analysis funded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA.

One-time high-profile WA Labor electoral candidate Karen Brown has been appointed by the state government to chair Lotterywest and Healthway, replacing the retiring Peter Klinken.