Jack McGinn

A bonanza gold price has not dampened the appetite for discussion around mergers and acquisitions in the current market, with some more willing to comment than others.

Nuclear advocate Aidan Morrison has fired a shot at Andrew Forrest on the first morning of the Diggers & Dealers Mining forum, accusing the billionaire of “virtue signaling”.

Northern Star Resources chief executive Stuart Tonkin is confident his company will find solutions to stakeholder concerns over the proposed Hemi development in the Pilbara.

Defence and gold drove the growth in value of Western Australia's listed companies last financial year, fueled geopolitical uncertainty and economic instability.

Perseus Mining's long-serving managing director and chief executive Jeff Quartermaine will retire from the goldminer in September, to be replaced by Newcrest Mining alum Craig Jones.

Mark Beyer, Jack McGinn and Isabel Vieira discuss lithium woes and market reactions; major car retailer deal; Woodside Energy; house prices and inflation updates.

Engineering firm Duratec has bought out Canning Vale-based industry peer EIG Australia in a deal worth $9 million, in a move to boost its fuel and electrical infrastructure offerings.

Ramelius Resources has completed its $2.4 billion acquisition of Spartan Resources, putting a full-stop on the turnaround at the Dalgaranga mine owner and a step-change for its buyer.

Capricorn Metals has continued its project buying spree, striking its seventh deal this year in a move to acquire land north of its Mt Gibson project for $1.5 million.

GOLD WRAP: Capricorn Metals received approval to expand its Karlawinda project, while Ramelius Resources and Ora Banda Mining delivered new numbers.

Woodside will take operating control of Australia's first major offshore oil and gas development in the Bass Strait from ExxonMobil, in a 50-year first.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the career of Chevron Australia boss Balaji Krishnamurthy.

Perth remote telecommunications specialist Titan ICT has been acquired by BAI Communications, in a commercial-in-confidence deal.

Bellevue Gold management says it is confident in the company's future, after recording improved financial and production performance in the June quarter.

Balcatta-based mining services firm Imdex will spend $26 million to buy 80 per cent of a Norwegian geoscience technology developer, in a move to boost its AI capabilities.

A strategic reset, new investment and job cuts are on the agenda for the new Chevron Australia boss.

BP has formally walked away from its lead stake in a $55 billion green hydrogen project in the Pilbara, in a third major blow for the nascent sector this week.

Goldminer Capricorn Metals aims to boost its holdings near the Mt Gibson gold project by buying Warriedar Resources, in an all-scrip deal which values the explorer at $188 million.

Development efficiency and cost increases weighed on Northern Star Resources last financial year, with the goldminer conceding it will not hit a 2 million ounce per annum target.

Decommissioning Chevron's oilfields on Barrow Island is expected cost more than $2.3 billion, with state and federal governments thought to be on the hook for at least $500 million of the bill.

Woodside Energy's revenue fell last quarter despite an output uptick, as it pushed ahead with negotiations over its North West Shelf extension and left a proposed US hydrogen project.

Graphic designer Neil Turner, whose agency designed the Boxing Kangaroo flag for Bond Corporation and put the purple in the Fremantle Dockers, has died at age 74.

Solara Minerals has moved to acquire a series of gold-copper tenements near Meekatharra from private hands, in an all-scrip deal which gives it a landholding in an active development region.

The City of Perth has started consultation on a bid by Gina Rinehart to build a helipad, as part of a planned multi-million-dollar development of Hancock Prospecting's West Perth business hub.

Swan Districts Football Club has looked east in its bid to replace long-serving chief executive Jeff Dennis, appointing Victorian sports administrator Jarrad Wright to take the role.

Gas producer Santos increased its Western Australian domestic gas production in the second quarter of this year, while ending production at its Ningaloo Vision vessel off the state's coast.

Financial risk has climbed to the top of KPMG's annual survey of the factors worrying Australian mining company bosses, as inflationary pressures and financing challenges bite.

The world's largest goldminer has boosted the proceeds from its sale of the Telfer asset to ASX-listed Greatland Resources, reporting a 230 per cent relative return on recently sold shares.

Global gold giant Newmont Corporation has sought to extend the life of the state's largest goldmine, flagging the need for a new tailings dam to keep Boddington running past 2030.

ANALYSIS: A move by Fremantle Ports to hike its fees from October, and an angry response from industry, is the latest warning against rising supply chain costs at sea and on land.

The federal and state environment ministers have lauded the decision by UNESCO to grant World Heritage listing to the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in WA's North West.

WSP has been appointed to carry out marine geotechnical work at the site of the state government's Westport development in Cockburn Sound, under a $22 million contract.