A definitive feasibility study estimates it will cost Medallion Metals just $138 million to develop the Ravensthorpe gold project by integrating the processing assets of IGO’s Forrestania operations.
Neil Watkinson
A US mining giant has doubled their mining avoidance zone in a globally significant forest, taking more than 26,000ha off the chopping block — but conservationists aren’t celebrating yet.
Craig Duncan
Budding silver producer BMC Minerals has burst onto the Australian Securities Exchange carried by the tailwinds of all-time high precious metal prices that led to gains of 50¢ on its first trading day.
Simone Grogan
WA’s budding zero-emissions iron industry will guzzle up vast amounts of water if Fortescue’s need for an extra 60 Optus Stadiums’ worth of groundwater a year is anything to go by.
Adrian Rauso
Contracting major Monadelphous has claimed it suffered loss and damages over allegedly ‘defective’ water transfer works completed by a subcontractor for major client BHP.
Westgold Resources has successfully fired the first high-grade stope at the Great Fingall mine in the Murchison, accessing virgin areas of the famous gold reef last mined more than a century ago.
Rising mining stocks powered the ASX’s performance on Thursday, despite the Australian sharemarket being unable to follow a strong lead-in from Wall Street.
Cameron Micallef
Mt Holland lithium mine partners Wesfarmers and Chile’s SQM have handed a massive mining services contract win to Iron Mine Contracting.
Daniel Newell
Predictive Discovery says the new deal with Canada’s Robex betters last week’s ‘superior’ offer by Perseus and was preferred by major institutional shareholders.
Sean Smith and Adrian Rauso
Astral Resources is raising $65 million as it advances the Mandilla gold project south of Kalgoorlie-Boulder toward a final investment decision.
The charter airline that took Mineral Resources’ planes to the skies has recorded a near quadrupling of net profit, but its lucrative earnings stream could soon dry up.
Ramelius Resources has pulled the trigger on a share buyback program and doubled its minimum dividend as ASX-listed gold miners flush with cash look for ways to spend it beyond mergers and acquisitions.
New York-listed mineral sands miner Tronox is concocting plans to build a rare earths plant in WA with taxpayer support to the tune of $904 million from Uncle Sam and the Federal Government.
Gina Rinehart’s mining company has expressed disappointment after the City of Perth refused a proposal to build a helipad on the iron ore giant’s new West Perth office.
Caleb Runciman
A crew of long-serving staff to Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, will gather in the Pilbara on Wednesday for a soiree’ to celebrate 10 years since Roy Hill shipped first ore.
The company behind the proposal for a gold mine north-east of Katanning has shared its environmental strategy in a bid to ease concerns over its potential impact on the Badgebup site.
Claire Middleton
The Australian sharemarket has plunged after the central bank chief delivered a shock warning to investors – leaving every sector in the red.
BHP is selling nearly half of its share in the Pilbara infrastructure powering its WA iron ore operations for $3 billion in a balance-sheet bolstering exercise.
Liontown Resources has signed an offtake deal with a Chinese-listed partner, with 150,000 wet metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate to be delivered over 2027 and 2028.
Tim Goyder’s Chalice Mining has released a long-awaited study outlining a cheaper way forward for its Gonneville mine near Toodyay that it hopes will win over suitors and environmental sceptics.
Northern Star Resources is sinking $225 million into exploration drilling across its sites this financial year, which it says is paying off with the discovery of future growth opportunities.
Simon Trott’s new game plan for Rio Tinto has landed in line with analyst expectations as ‘evolutionary, not revolutionary’. But the miner’s bullish view on iron ore supply is up for debate.
The Big Australian has taken delivery of its first pair of battery-electric trucks as part of a trial with Rio Tinto to see if the lower-emissions tech can stack up against diesel.
Ramelius Resources has signed a native title mining agreement with the Kakarra Part B native title holders for the $619 million Rebecca-Roe gold project 150km east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
