Glencore

Industry stakeholders are concerned about the level of port market share held by grain handler CBH Group, while entry for new players like Bunge has been challenging, according to a new Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report.

Major WA agribusinesses plan new investments to create scale and efficiency, while smaller operators are cooperating to access new markets with niche products.

Subiaco-based tech company K2fly has signed a five-year contract with Rio Tinto for the provision and implementation of its RCubed resources software across 20 reporting sites.

The grain industry is sharpening its strategy with new markets, new products and a focus on supply chain costs.

Perth-based nickel miner Minara Resources is pushing ahead with plans to assess the development potential of its Irwin Hills Project in the north-eastern Goldfields.

Perth executives Bill Beament and Nev Power are among the key players in a new US company looking to raise $US287 million ($A380 million) to invest in mining and metals.

The EPA has given Glencore subsidiary Minara Resources the green light to conduct an exploration program in the southern portion of its Irwin Hills Project in the north-eastern Goldfields.

Shares in Perth-based Hot Chili have risen by more than 20 per cent after the copper explorer said it had secured funds to complete its purchase of an overseas project.

Perth engineering company Monadelphous has secured a number of new contracts and extensions, including with Woodside and South32.

With its Western Areas acquisition still in progress, IGO has responded to media speculation surrounding a copper mine deal with Glencore.

IGO has walked away from talks first reported last month regarding Glencore’s CSA copper mine in New South Wales without a commercial agreement.

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.

A US company associated with Bill Beament and Nev Power is set to purchase Glencore’s CSA copper mine for $US1.1 billion ($A1.5 billion).

Comet Resources is raising $50 million to cover restart and acquisition costs for Glencore’s Queensland Mt Margaret Copper project, which has been out of action since 2014.

Cobalt from Australia's Murrin Murrin mine will power General Motors' Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Hummer and Cadillac Lyriq electric vehicles under a new deal.

Leeuwin Metals’ debut on the ASX has marked the end of a two-month initial public offering drought for Western Australian companies.

Battery mineral explorer Galan Lithium has struck an offtake deal and potential financing package worth up to US$100 million with global miner Glencore.

Glencore appears set on keeping its WA nickel mine running despite the metal’s unprofitability forcing one of the miner’s other nickel operations into care and maintenance.

A senior Indonesian official has warned the nation has little interest in letting nickel prices rise above $US18,000 per tonne as analysts send mixed signals around the beleaguered battery metal’s revival.

BHP's Geraldine Slattery outlines why Nickel West is being mothballed, what needs to happen to fire it back up, and what will happen in the interim

The fallout from BHP mothballing its Nickel West operations has had a ripple effect through engineering and haulage contractors, fellow miners, airlines and power suppliers.

St John WA has opened a new building to accommodate touring volunteers – ‘voluntourists’ – travelling to the Goldfields town of Laverton.