Mining

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.

Private iron ore miner Gold Valley has won a three-year battle to move export 1.5 million tonnes of ore per year from its Goldfields mine from Geraldton to Esperance.

The Minderoo Foundation will invest in Fortescue-developed security gates to help deliver aid into Gaza, according to founder and chair Andrew Forrest.

Cosmo Metals defied a challenging day on the Australian Securities Exchange, closing trade up 13 per cent to 5.2 cents per share.

Resources and Northern Australia Minister Madeleine King has told an audience in Perth that the world's path to net zero begins in WA, while praising the decisions of former Liberal premiers.

Aurora Energy Metals has continued its push into the US, following the appointment of Troy Blackledge as its new Oregon-based project manager.

Alex Dorsch-led Chalice Mining says it's heartened by preliminary pre-feasibility study metallurgical testwork at the company’s Gonneville project near Toodyay.

The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed Bluewaters Power's bid for an inquiry into the alleged misconduct of Griffin Coal's receivers despite finding an element of mistrust between the parties.