Ardea Resources’ Kalgoorlie nickel project has been granted major project status by the federal government amid a heightened period of activity for the commodity.
ANALYSIS: The $243 million critical minerals package announced today adds to a seemingly neverending flow of federal government grants and cheap loans for commercial projects.
Western Australian companies have won the lion's share of a $243 million critical minerals funding initiative from the federal government hoped to bolster domestic manufacturing.
St George Mining is understood to be conducting a $6.5 million equity raise to fund further nickel-copper exploration efforts at the Mt Alexander project in WA’s Yilgarn Craton.
Battery anode materials company EcoGraf has laid plans to demerge and list its Tanzanian nickel exploration assets on the ASX, with the metal in the middle of a significant price spike.
Subiaco-based software business K2fly has won work to roll out its resource governance solution across NYSE-listed Freeport-McMoRan’s global operations.
Global Lithium secured new investment from Mineral Resources, Pantoro is set to bank $45 million ahead of planned first gold production, while Westgold raised $100 million to step up output.
Salt Lake Potash’s Lake Way project, which was predicted to be one of the first producing potash assets in the state before its collapse last year, has been put on the market by receivers.
Mining industry veteran Nathan McMahon has passed away at the age of 51, just days after leaving the board of the company he founded, Cazaly Resources.
Western Areas co-founder and former managing director Julian Hanna said he was excited to return to a promising nickel and base metals exploration story.
Shares in the Subiaco-based company were up as much as 20 per cent in early trade after adding substantial tonnage to its core manganese asset in East Pilbara.
Vimy Resources has completed a deeply discounted capital raising to fund work on its two uranium projects, one week after a strategic review failed to unearth a new partner.
John Van Der Wielen, Ivy Chen and Larry Lopez will head up a $100 million state government program launched to attract investments to potential growth industries.
Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has lodged significant amendments with the environmental watchdog to expand its $1.2 billion Mardie Project in a bid to increase production capacity.
Pharmacist and entrepreneur Emma Hanh Ma and Koori woman and mining boss Amanda Healy have been inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame under the business category.
Dundee Corporation has upped its stake in Ausgold under a 4 cents per share capital raising, under which the explorer gained a new institutional investor.
Ronald McDonald House Charities WA, a new Rare Care Centre at Perth Children’s Hospital and the Perth Lynx are the beneficiaries of three recent sponsorship agreements.
Shares in the Chile-focused copper play closed 16 per cent higher after confirming its biggest shareholder had reserved more than half of copper output from its Costa Fuego project.
Peter Wade has stepped down as Mineral Resources’ non-executive chair after spending a decade in the role and 23 years overall with the WA iron ore play.
Atlas Iron’s Miralga Creek mine has produced its first iron ore, with the project built by a joint venture including Indigenous contractor East West Pilbara.
