Mining

The Fair Work Commission has ruled against a COVID vaccination mandate applying to coal mine workers in NSW but the ruling is unlikely to have a big impact in Western Australia.

Some major companies have decided the sum of their parts is greater than the whole.

Goldminer Ramelius Resources is set to complete a compulsory acquisition of Apollo Consolidated, having acquired more than 90 per cent of the target’s shares on issue.

International mining software company Datamine will combine two of its consulting businesses, Perth-based Snowden with new addition Optiro.

Iron ore miner Karara Mining has had a big win in its multi-million dollar dispute with DM Civil after a Supreme Court judge delivered a withering critique of the contractor’s legal strategy.

Dacian Gold has secured funds to continue with expanding its Mt Morgans operations in WA and fast-track exploration.

Unemployment is at record lows in WA, but pressure from mass resignations and outbound travellers is looming.

Budding lithium player Liontown Resources has unveiled a big share placement to fund its planned mine, with the deal also marking the first WA transaction for investment bank Barrenjoey.

Former Vimy Resources boss Mike Young has been appointed to lead Superior Lake Resources through the ASX-listed company’s planned clean energy transition.

Shares in MetalsTech spinout Winsome Resources have risen 30 per cent on its first day of trading, as the hard rock lithium aspirant readies for exploration.

Austin Engineering has delivered its 1,000th truck body to Rio Tinto's iron ore division, while Forrestfield-based Schlam won a $110 million contract from BHP.

Mineral Resources has struck an agreement with Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to jointly pursue the development of a new export berth at Port Hedland’s South West Creek.

West Perth-based Parabellum Resources has quietly listed on the stock exchange, having earlier raised $6 million to explore tenements in NSW.

Mineral sands explorer Sheffield Resources is selling its wholly owned Eneabba project to West Perth-based Image Resources for $24 million in cash.

Former WA attorney general Cheryl Edwardes has become the latest board member set to leave uranium aspirant Vimy Resources, announcing her resignation ahead of the company’s closed-door AGM today.

Gina Rinehart’s private company has posted an 80 per cent jump in annual profit to a mammoth $7.3 billion, underscoring her ranking as Australia’s wealthiest person.

Listed drilling business Dynamic Group Holdings has secured work on mining operations in WA, with six contracts worth at least $12 million.

Battery materials business EcoGraf has scored an offtake with South Korea’s Posco, sending its shares up by more than 32 per cent.

Elevate Uranium and Valor Resources have raised funds to advance their uranium projects, while fellow WA companies Saturn Metals and Medallion Metals are continuing their search for gold.

BCI Minerals’ $1.2 billion salt and potash project has been approved by WA environment minister Amber-Jade Sanderson, but not without conditions.

Great Boulder Resources has lodged a prospectus to raise funds for copper-nickel-cobalt spin-out, Cosmo Metals ahead of a proposed listing in the new year.

Swick Mining Services is on track to demerge and list its Orexplore Technologies business, with a shareholder meeting scheduled for next month and documents submitted to ASIC.

Hancock Prospecting-owned Atlas Iron is the latest player to reap the benefits of a buoyant iron ore market, posting a $938 million profit for the end of the financial year.

Tietto Minerals has secured the remaining funds needed to develop its Abujar gold project in Cote d'Ivoire, while Wiluna Mining is advancing an expansion of its operations in WA.

Nimy Resources has joined the rush of explorers in listing on the stock exchange, as it advances its Mons nickel project in WA using proceeds from a $6.5 million IPO.

High iron ore prices meant the average Western Australian’s purchasing power skyrocketed by 17 per cent in the year to June, although the state is more reliant on mining than ever.

Cooper Metals is having a solid start to its first day of trading, as its search for copper and gold in WA and Queensland continues.

Iron ore miner Roy Hill Holdings doubled its profit last year to $4.4 billion, triggering a big dividend payout to shareholders led by Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting.

GreenTech Metals is acquiring tenements from Artemis Resources ahead of an ASX listing next month, having launched an IPO to raise $5 million.

Osborne Park-based Decmil Group is chasing Avid Australia for more than $1.3 million it claims it’s owed for works at Rio Tinto’s Mesa mines, just one week after Avid's subsidiary went bust.

First Quantum Minerals has opened a $100 million extension project at the Ravensthorpe nickel mine.

BCI Minerals is set to receive a $175 million cash injection from AustralianSuper and $110 million from major stakeholder Kerry Stokes to get its $1.2 billion potash project up and running.