Mining

The state’s peak environmental body will assess the social and environmental impacts of Oz Minerals’ $1 billion nickel project in the West Musgrave Ranges.

Element 25 has sought funding to expand manganese production at its Butcherbird Project located south of Newman.

Potash player Kalium Lakes has raised the production capacity for its Beyondie project in the Pilbara, ahead of operations expected to begin this year.

Burgundy Diamond Mines has signed an option deed to acquire Gibb River Diamonds’ Ellendale diamond project in northern WA.

Rio Tinto has predicted its new approach to Aboriginal heritage will fundamentally change the way it runs its mining operations.

WA gold explorer Medallion Metals has listed on the stock exchange after raising $12.5 million from an initial public offering.

Salt Lake Potash is set to emerge as Australia’s first sulphate of potash producer, having begun commissioning of its Lake Way processing plant near Wiluna.

Profit-seeking projects, rather than community infrastructure, have attracted concessions through the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility, amid questions over public benefit.

The state’s mining department has released a new five-year plan to transform the storage of geoscience data.

Subiaco-based Vital Metals will use $43 million raised from a share placement to complete the construction of its rare earths project in Canada.

Philippines-focused Medusa Mining has named recently appointed director Jeff McGlinn as its new chairman, replacing Andrew Teo who will become the company’s managing director.

Apollo Consolidated is selling its entire royalty over a goldmine in Cote d’Ivoire to fund further exploration at the company’s Lake Rebecca project in WA.

Northern Star Resources is purchasing a gold project near its Carosue Dam operations from KalNorth Gold Mines.

Engineering company Monadelphous will continue providing crane services to Pilbara miner Fortescue Metals Group under a new, five-year contract.

Strandline Resources has the debt funding it requires for its Coburn mineral sands project after securing about $80 million from a senior secured bond issue.

Perth-based Canadian lithium miner MetalsTech has announced a spin-out of its lithium assets in a bid to accelerate development in the now booming battery metals sector.

Subiaco-based Paladin Energy is using funds secured from a placement and fully underwritten rights issue to progress the restart of its uranium operations in Namibia.

Red 5 says its King of the Hills project in WA is now fully funded, after the goldminer secured $235 million in debt and equity financing.

The construction and engineering arm of WestStar Industrial has secured $2.1 million in work on Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak mine in the Pilbara.

Local business Nickel X is planning to raise $5 million from an IPO, which will be used to explore its Western Australian projects.

Australian-Singaporean water and wastewater treatment company De.mem is paying $5.1 million to acquire a chemicals supplier in Perth.

Seashell supplier L’Haridon Bight Mining has been fined $20,000 over an injury that left one of its workers with fractures, lacerations and burns.

Perth-based Jindalee Resources has secured $9 million from investors to fund the development of its lithium, gold and nickel projects.

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals will use a $US15 million prepayment from one of its offtake partners to fund plant improvements at its Pilgangoora operations.

Fortescue Metals Group has brought forward its target date for being carbon neutral, with the company spruiking green hydrogen while also talking down the future of gas.

Gold producer Northern Star Resources has been given a $150,000 fine over a vehicle collision at its Kalgoorlie mine in 2017.

Gold’s role as a safe-haven asset seems likely to be around for some time yet.

Subiaco-based MetalsTech is planning to capitalise on a booming batteries sector by advancing its high-grade lithium assets in Canada.

CZR Resources is advancing its $51 million iron ore development south-west of Karratha, with environmental studies now underway.

Roy Hill Holdings has announced a new leadership structure, with Barry Fitzgerald taking a board role and Gerhard Veldsman being promoted to chief executive.

A low-profile WA family that has amassed a $300 million fortune from iron ore royalties has come to prominence by developing a head office in West Perth.

Horizon Gold has secured $5 million in funding from its major shareholder to progress a drilling program at the company’s Gum Creek project in the Mid West.