Mining

The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) has approved a $450 million loan facility for BCI Minerals’ Mardie Salt & Potash project.

Tributes have flowed for entrepreneur Barry Patterson, who passed away last week aged 79.

Resources Minister Keith Pitt has ruled out slapping tariffs on Australian iron ore exports to China as a trade war worsens by the day.

Nickel miner IGO has completed an equity raising associated with its 49 per cent acquisition of Tianqi Lithium, giving it a stake in the Greenbushes lithium mine and Kwinana refinery.

CZR Resources has delivered a positive pre-feasibility study for its Robe Mesa iron ore deposit in the Pilbara, sending its shares up 15 per cent.

Thirteen WA-linked resources businesses were among Australia’s 25 top corporate taxpayers, paying $16 billion between them.

Emerging gold producer Calidus Resources has launched a $32 million share placement to fund the development of its Warrawoona project in WA.

The Australian government will become a shareholder in mining and infrastructure projects across northern Australia after widening the mandate of a $5 billion investment fund.

Syrah Resources is raising funds from a $56 million placement and convertible notes deal with major shareholder AustralianSuper to progress its US and Mozambique graphite operations.

A scathing parliamentary report into Rio Tinto's destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves has found responsibility lay across industry and government, but its recommendations have not all been accepted by the mining lobby. or the WA government.

Adelaide’s OZ Minerals has upgraded the value of its recently acquired West Musgrave project in WA by $200 million, while also lifting the mine’s planned nickel and copper production.

ASX-listed Macmahon Holdings has secured a $250 million mining contract in Queensland and gained a $20 million extension in works in WA.

Fortescue Metals Group has officially opened its Eliwana iron ore mine in the Pilbara, in the same week the commodity’s price reached a new high of $US146 per tonne.

Decision time is looming as iron ore majors seek to lift export capacity.

Nickel miner IGO has announced a transformational deal to buy 49 per cent of Tianqi Lithium, giving it a minority stake in both the Greenbushes lithium mine and the Kwinana lithium refinery.

Andrew Forrest's Tattarang is set to invest more than $15 million in Toronto-listed Noront Resources.

APA Group has been contracted by the owners of the Gruyere goldmine in Western Australia to install a renewable energy microgrid.

Valmec has won a major asset services contract, while Centurion has secured mine site works in Queensland and Decmil has been named preferred contractor for a Victorian rail project.

Perth-based contractor MACA is in talks to buy Downer’s mining services division, while IGO is reportedly considering a $2 billion deal with China’s Tianqi Lithium Corporation.

Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has agreed to sell 80 per cent of Panton Sill, the operator of a metals project in the East Kimberley.

KalNorth Gold Mines has agreed to sell its Lindsays project in Western Australia for $5 million, following a strategic review.

Upcoming producer GWR Group has begun mining its high-grade iron ore deposit in the Mid West, sending its shares up by 20 per cent.

Shares in Fenix Resources have hit a nine-year high after the company struck an agreement to export iron ore from the Port of Geraldton.

Andrew Forrest is $2.7 billion richer after the iron ore price rose to a seven-year high, while Chris Ellison's stake in Mineral Resources has grown by $53.4 million.

Business News talked to former Rio boss Sam Walsh about life, leadership, and why he collects antique milk jugs.

Overexposed amid a collapsing iron ore price, Transmin embraced innovation, restructured, and diversified its offerings.

The overall winner of the RISE business awards has gone from a two-man startup in 1998 to a fast-growing energy company with nearly 300 staff.

Subiaco-based New World Resources has secured $10 million from a share placement to fast-track a drilling program at the company’s high-grade copper project in the US.

The demerged company of Perth-based Magmatic Resources is seeking to raise $10 million from its initial public offering, which opened today.

Pilbara Minerals has moved closer to gaining control of Altura Mining’s key asset after striking a $US175 million agreement with the lithium miner’s receivers and managers.

Perth-based Hot Chili has arranged a $25.6 million private placement to fund the payment of its recent copper-gold project acquisition.

Perth-based Sandfire Resources is spending $371 million to develop a copper-silver mine in Botswana, with production expected in early 2023.