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Thousands lash outVideoCommentsPremiumFIFOs, nurses slam McGowan at anti-vax protest

More than 10,000 FIFO workers and nurses — some in uniform — have flocked to Forrest Place to slam the State Government’s vaccine mandates and closed border. SEE THE EXTRAORDINARY PICTURES

Briana Fiore

SPINIFEXPremiumE79 pledges to spend its money in the ground

SPINIFEX: The newly-listed E79 Gold Mines has made a pledge to shareholders that it will spending their money on its ground.

Stuart McKinnon

Skills crunchCommentsPremiumRio cuts iron ore shipment target amid worker shortage

Rio Tinto has been forced to lower its full-year iron ore shipment guidance from the Pilbara, partly because of WA’s tight labour market delaying its projects.

Stuart McKinnon

Industrial actionVideoPremiumMaritime Union to suspend Freo Port strike

The Maritime Union of Australia is suspending strike action at Fremantle Port today despite failed bargaining talks with one of the country’s biggest logistics providers.

Danielle Le Messurier

Up and awayCommentsPremiumFortescue’s first FIFO service from SW takes flight

Fortescue Metals Group has taken to the skies with its first charter flight from Busselton to its Pilbara operations.

Caitlin Paroczai

Worth its saltPremiumBCI secures $740m in debt funding for salt project

BCI Minerals has moved another step closer to a final investment decision with its $1.2b Mardie salt and potash project after securing $740m in debt including a big slab from the Federal Government.

Stuart McKinnon

FIFO flightsPremiumFortescue takes flight from South West

South West FIFO workers will have an easier trek to work, as Fortescue Metals Group celebrates its inaugural flight from Busselton.

Taylar Amonini

Vocal oppositionCommentsPremiumBHP overcomes revolt with first win for climate plan

BHP Group’s London investors voted to support the biggest mining company’s climate change plan, despite some opponents of the strategy saying it doesn’t go far enough.

Thomas Biesheuvel

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The West Australian exclusive
Industrial actionPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Feds steps in to end worsening Freo Port dispute

Federal Minister for Industrial Relations Michaelia Cash will intervene in the long-running industrial dispute at Fremantle Port, which is putting a stranglehold on the WA economy.

Danielle Le Messurier, Lanai Scarr, Jenne Brammer

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The West Australian exclusive
Legal shockCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Clive Palmer’s most outrageous move yet

Not content with suing the State of WA in an attempt to extract $30bn dollars, now the billionaire mining magnate has upped the stakes even further - taking on the entire nation.

Lanai Scarr

Taking actionPremium‘Frustrated’ BHP boss lashes out at FIFO sex assaults

BHP chief executive Mike Henry says the mining giant is ‘absolutely committed to eliminating’ sexual harassment and assault across its minesites.

Stuart McKinnon

Fair go umpPremiumWestgold appeals to umpire in Gascoyne takeover stoush

Westgold Resources has called on the Takeovers Panel to intervene in its hostile bid to take control of Gascoyne Resources.

Stuart McKinnon

Future facingPremiumSouth32 says Chile copper deal positions it for future

South32 boss Graham Kerr says the $US2.05 billion purchase of a non-controlling stake in a Chilean copper mine is part of a repositioning of the company towards metals of the future.

Stuart McKinnon

PoliticsTwiggy’s bold message to ‘cop out’ MPs

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest delivered a warning to climate deniers.

Courtney Gould

Hitting paydirtPremiumStrickland jumps on zinc find

Strickland Metals has unveiled a zinc/lead discovery on ground along strike from Rumble Resources similar find in the Earaheedy Basin

Stuart McKinnon

Carbon focusPremiumRio eyes new technology for low-carbon steel

Rio Tinto is working on new technology that will cut CO2 emissions produced in the steel-making process.

Stuart McKinnon

Advancing plansPremiumPoseidon could supply nickel for PBT’s WA refinery

Poseidon Nickel has entered into a draft agreement with Pure Battery Technologies to study the merits of supplying nickel concentrate to the Queensland-based company’s proposed Kalgoorlie refinery.

Caitlin Paroczai

Tin rattlePremiumKalium to raise $50m to expand production

Kalium Lakes has announced a well-flagged $50m capital raising just days after announcing it had become Australia’s first sulphate of potash producer.

Stuart McKinnon

Questions raisedPremiumBP, Shell investigated over climate disinformation

Executives from BP and Royal Dutch Shell will testify before a House committee investigating allegations that oil giants misled the public about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming.

Ari Natter

MiningQueensland guarantees 900 mining leases

Queensland has passed laws to guarantee 900 historical mining leases that were due to expire in November.

Fraser Barton

New sheriff in townVideoCommentsThreat to seize Clive Palmer’s jet over costs

WA’s Attorney-General has threatened to seize the mining magnate’s plane — and send him back to Queensland by train — if the billionaire does not pay up for legal fees owed to the State.

Troy de Ruyter

CEO steps downPremiumPerth Mint chief Richard Hayes flags retirement

The 122-year-old refiner will embark on a global search for a new boss after Richard Hayes announced he will step down next year.

Sean Smith

No dealPremiumGascoyne rejects Westgold bid, hatches defence plan

Gascoyne has formally opposed a $100m all-scrip takeover offer from Westgold Resources and hatched up plan aimed at shoring-up its defences.

Stuart McKinnon

Good tradePremiumSandfire offloads Adriatic stake for $97m

Sandfire Resources is set for a windfall profit as it unloads its stake in Adriatic Metals ahead of a period of heavy capital spending for the copper miner.

Stuart McKinnon