Rio Tinto has reported record first-quarter iron ore shipments as it continues to benefit from strong commodity prices, while China’s iron ore imports are at record levels.
Evolution Mining has restarted operations at its copper and gold mine in Queensland after it was forced to halt production due to a significant weather event.
AVZ Minerals has launched arbitration proceedings against its project partner, a state-owned entity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the latest development of an ongoing ownership dispute.
Genesis Minerals shares have risen sharply on the back of a revised deal to acquire St Barbara’s Leonora assets without taking on the miner’s Canadian and Papua New Guinea operations.
Genesis Minerals is understood to have locked in a new deal to buy St Barbara’s Leonora assets for $600 million while removing risks tied to its earlier merger plan.
WA’s new Aboriginal heritage laws have been broadly welcomed but raised concerns about the capacity of Indigenous corporations to deliver on their new responsibilities.
The Australian Securities Exchange snapped its longest streak of gains since 2017 heading into the Easter long weekend after overseas markets weakened.
Canadian engineering giant WSP Global will more than double the size of its WA operation to 1,300 people after agreeing to buy most of Calibre Group’s business.
Bassendean business Hofmann Engineering has signed a memorandum with global engineering company Flanders to combine resources to produce electro-mechanical mining haul trucks.
Investors have backed Ausgold’s $12 million placement to continue the expansion of the Perth-based explorer’s Katanning gold project in the state's Great Southern.
Genesis Minerals has been forced to resume negotiations with St Barbara as the asset at the heart of their planned merger battles a litany of costs and production problems.
The state government has committed $40 million towards critical minerals initiatives in the upcoming budget, in a bid to find new resources and shift to net zero.
Western Australian lithium operations have helped cement Australia as a global powerhouse for the commodity however a new report indicates surging prices may have peaked.
Ravensthorpe miner First Quantum Minerals has inked a deal under which it will invest up to $651 million for a majority stake in a copper project in Peru with Rio Tinto.
Albemarle has strongly signalled it will proceed with an expansion of its Kemerton lithium plant after awarding work to Civmec and progressing plans for a $125 million accommodation camp.
Global abrasive player GMA Garnet Group has recorded strong growth in revenue as it expanded its product portfolio and increased market share in key specialist industries.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled on what should be redacted from documents related to the legal proceedings between Mineral Resources and Destec.
Changes to the safeguard mechanism putting a hard cap on pollution from big emitters have passed the Senate with the support of the Greens and crossbenchers.
Takeover target Mincor Resources has withdrawn its full-year nickel production guidance after customer BHP refused to alter its contract to accept lower quality ore.
Mineral Resources has stepped up its calls for increased government support for processing of ‘critical minerals’ in Australia saying it is needed to match subsidies on offer elsewhere.
Pilbara Minerals has given the tick of approval to invest a further $560 million to nearly double nameplate production at its Pilgangoora lithium project in the Pilbara.
Shares in lithium project developer Liontown Resources have jumped nearly 70 per cent after it disclosed US company Albemarle Corporation had submitted three takeover proposals.
The explorer has tabled a 50 per cent increase to its Gonneville mineral resource, touting the deposit as the second largest undeveloped nickel sulphide resource in Australia.
