Mining

Shares in West African Resources rose 3 per cent to $1.50 on Friday, following news that the gold miner had drawn down the final $US100 million of its $US265 million secured loan facility.

Foreign investment in Australia’s critical minerals sector is about to become a headline issue for this country’s relationship with the US and China.

Pilbara Minerals has announced that production at its flagship Pilgangoora operation could expand to more than 2 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate per annum.

Exploration expenditure took a hit during the March 2024 quarter, according to BDO’s recent explorers quarterly cash update.

Alcoa Corporation has tapped a BHP veteran to lead its Australian division, as it draws closer to its acquisition of JV partner Alumina Limited.

Green Technology Metals has announced Cameron Henry will transition from executive director to managing director, effective immediately.

A 'green' pricing premium for critical minerals produced in Australia remains unlikely, industry experts have told a Business News event.

High-value magnetite could be the key for Mineral Resources to dust off the cobwebs of its Yilgarn iron ore precinct, which will be shut down at the end of the year.

Mineral Resources will close its Yilgarn iron ore operations by the end of the year in a move expected to affect about 1,000 jobs.

Pantoro managing director Paul Cmrlec is confident the company’s Norseman gold project can eventually produce more than 200,000 ounces of gold per annum.

Shares in WA1 Resources climbed 28 per cent on Wednesday to $20.69 per share, on the back of positive initial metallurgical test results.

Rising gold producer Red 5 has finalised changes to its board and management team, following its successful merger with Silver Lake Resources earlier this month.

Develop Global has received $11.55 million in proceeds, following the exercising of options by managing director Bill Beament and non-executive chair Michael Blakiston.

Perth-based Sierra Rutile has confirmed a worker has been killed at its Area 1 operation in Sierra Leone.

Tony Sage-led European Lithium has welcomed the completion of an initial cash payment of $5 million by Critical Metals Corp for 5.55 per cent equity in the Tanbreez project.

Richard Homsany-chaired Toro released updated scoping study results on Tuesday from its proposed Lake Maitland uranium-vanadium project, located 105km south-east of Wiluna in Western Australia’s Murchison region.

Specialist WA mining company GMA Garnet, which recently came under full ownership of Singapore’s Jebsen & Jessen Group, has expanded its global network with a distribution hub in Malaysia.

Gold aspirant Horizon Minerals has officially merged with Greenstone Resources, following all schemes of arrangement being implemented on Tuesday.

Gold Valley-chaired Yuzheng Xie has signed a binding term sheet with Queensland-based Macarthur Minerals.

The federal government's takeovers panel has declined to conduct proceedings into an application relating to Sierra Rutile's affairs.

Chris Evans-led Winsome Resources has announced it will raise $25 million in order to accelerate development at its Adina lithium project in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has announced it will divest its Iron Valley assets to Mineral Resources for up to $72.6 million.

Duncan Craib-led Boss Energy has begun production at its US-based Alta Mesa uranium project in Texas.

VRX Silica has finalised a comprehensive top-down review of its organisation and elected to implement a series of cost-saving initiatives, effective immediately.

The opening up of Esperance’s port could unlock a new iron ore precinct in WA's Goldfields and remote Mid West.

Roy Hill has escalated a mining lease dispute to the Supreme Court of Western Australia, over tenements in the Pilbara.

West Perth-based junior Aurum Resources has announced it will raise $20 million in order to accelerate exploration activities at its Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire.

Hastings Technology Metals says it has shaved around $30 million off the price tag of its Yangibana rare earths project.

Fortescue global growth director Julie Shuttleworth has left the organisation after more than a decade, the latest high-profile departure from the Forrest empire’s group of businesses.

Mineral exploration company Galileo Mining has announced its farm-in and joint venture with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chris Ellison-backed Mineral Resources, has been finalised.

Green Critical Minerals has launched legal action against Hexagon Energy Materials over alleged breach of warranties related to the McIntosh graphite project in the state’s north.

The state government has drafted amendments to the Mining Act to offer security of tenure over exploration tenements, following a 2017 High Court judgment which cast doubt on the system.