Bill Beament

High-quality copper prospects are becoming harder to find, but juniors are poised for the challenge.

Northern Star Resources is on track to meet its full-year targets after posting a jump in quarterly gold sales, underpinned by its recent $5.8 billion acquisition of Saracen Mineral Holdings.

Woodside Petroleum executive Fiona Hick has today become the first woman to be appointed president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia.

Kalgoorlie-based MLG Oz has become the latest mining services provider to list on the ASX, with its share price closing up 27 per cent.

Wesfarmers' Michael Chaney is set to chair another major Western Australian company, replacing Bill Beament at the helm of Northern Star Resources in July.

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.

Northern Star Resources has sold a large portion of its Kalgoorlie operations to Evolution Mining on the same day it appointed Stuart Tonkin as the goldminer’s new managing director.

Venturex Resources' shares were up more than 10 per cent today after the copper-focused company announced a major drilling program in the Pilbara.

Bill Beament has unveiled a new name and business model for Venturex Resources, which plans to combine mining and contracting in a similar manner to major shareholder Mineral Resources.

The mining industry is turning green, but ‘old’ sectors like gold and iron ore are still attracting keen support.

Record commodity prices and a flurry of M&A deals have defined the past year for listed resources companies.

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Gold miner Northern Star Resources has assured it is on track to meet full year guidance despite a costlier and less productive start to the financial year.

Northern Star Resources' chief development officer and general manager will exit the business to take top jobs with Bellevue Gold, adding to a string of departures since merging with Saracen Minerals.

WA’s COVID-19 isolation may be keeping the virus at bay, but inflationary forces are building.

While lower returns on equity have flowed through to WA’s top earners this year, the river has hardly run dry for the top end of town.

Bill Beament-led Develop will pay up to $100 million for Heron Resources and the Woodlawn copper-zinc mine in NSW, seven months after the developer went into administration.

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).

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Engineering group Monadelphous has secured new work and extensions to the tune of $230 million, as Bill Beament-led Develop lands a $400 million job on Bellevue’s namesake project.

Shares in gold technology company Chrysos Corporation have crashed on their first day of trade, down 36 per cent from their issue price.

Aspiring producer Bellevue Gold has struck first ore at its namesake project in the Eastern Goldfields on the back of a strong performance from Develop Global.

Bill Beament has told stakeholders he has no aspirations to turn his undergound mining services business Develop Global into a ‘mining behemoth’, at day two of Diggers & Dealers.

Bill Beament has defended his industry’s environmental reputation at a speaking engagement this afternoon, saying that underground mining will be crucial for pursuing future-facing minerals.

Tributes have poured in for late mining veteran Peter Bradford, who has been praised by his peers as an inspiring leader and a visionary of the state’s mining community.

BHP iron ore chief Brandon Craig has succeeded Fiona Hick as president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia.

Aboriginal-owned Tjiwarl Contracting Services (TCS) is poised for rapid growth after signing a second joint venture agreement with a major mining services company.

Battery metals hopeful Develop Global has updated the market on a revised plan to de-risk and save costs on its Sulphur Springs zinc and copper project in the Pilbara.

Develop Global has lined up a $150 million scrip deal to buy lithium junior Essential Metals, after securing the backing of major shareholder Mineral Resources.

The $12 million sale of a beachfront property at Siesta Park on Geographe Bay shows the holiday region remains a prize destination for the conversion of equity fortunes into land.

Chris Ellison-chaired Delta Lithium has struck a deal to buy lithium rights in the Gascoyne, while Mineral Resources has contracted Develop Global for work in the Goldfields.

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.

A 'green' pricing premium for critical minerals produced in Australia remains unlikely, industry experts have told a Business News event.

West Leederville-based Develop Global has posted a mining services revenue result 10 per cent above forecasts ahead of what it believes will be a strong year of growth.

Bill Beament-led Develop Global has secured a $100 million cash boost from Trafigura, as it pursues a final investment decision on the Woodlawn copper-zinc mine in New South Wales.

GR Engineering has won a contract valued at $25.7 million, from Bill Beament-led Develop Global.

Shareholder returns were not always reflected in the scale and growth of public-listed executive pay packets last financial year.

Bill Beament-helmed Develop Global is mulling selling a 20 per cent stake in its Woodlawn project ahead of bringing the mothballed asset back into production.