Mining

Spartan Resources posted a half-year net loss of $44.4 million, up from $26.4 million during the prior corresponding period, courtesy of increased expenses.

Rio Tinto has announced a $US1.8 billion ($A2.8 billion) investment to extend its Brockman mine in the Pilbara, after receiving the green light for the project.

Cost increases have played a role in a reduced half-year net profit for goldminer Capricorn Metals.

Goldminer West African Resources post a full-year net profit of $246 million in 2024, spurred on by strong production at its Sanbrad mine in Burkina Faso.

Embattled miner Mineral Resources has come to the defence of its balance sheet, after Fitch Ratings downgraded its credit rating to BB-, with a negative outlook.

Mineral Resources closed at its lowest point since 2020 today, after American investment giant BlackRock was revealed to have sold off shares in the company last week.

West Perth-based junior Antipa Minerals has announced plans to proceed with drill testing at the Wilki gold project in Western Australia’s north.

Citing a desire to enhance its balance sheet and optimise its portfolio, Newmont Corporation has sold three of its non-core projects for $US1.7 billion, or $2.7 billion.

Perth-based software firm Micromine, founded by local geologist Graeme Tuder, has been bought by global mining services company Weir for $1.3 billion.

Mineral Resources has agreed to defer repayments on an interest-free $135 million loan to an ASX company led by chief executive Chris Ellison’s brother.

St George Mining executive chair John Prineas has heralded the company’s acquisition of the Araxá niobium-rare earth elements project in Brazil as a “landmark” day.

Water Corporation moved to distance itself from a state decision to approve mining operations by Alcoa in the Darling Range in December 2023, internal documents have revealed.

A renewable fuel trial at Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations has cut direct emissions in the Pilbara by 10 per cent over a four-week period.

Lynas Rare Earths' profit has plummeted 85 per cent as challenging market conditions for the China-dominated critical mineral continue to weigh on the producer and processor.

Boosted by solid production at its flagship mine, gold miner Emerald Resources increased its half-year net profit by 45 per cent from the prior corresponding period.

Paladin Energy chief executive Ian Purdy says the uranium producer is ideally placed to become a major producer in the sector.

There have been big shifts in the ranking of WA’s largest, and most profitable, private companies over the past year.

ANALYSIS: Fenix' bid for CZR Resources says a lot about investor confidence in the future of the Pilbara's iron ore industry.

Mader Group has reported a solid rise in half-year profit on the back of a 10 per cent lift in revenue, with its Australian operations offsetting a fall in overseas revenue.

Westgold Resources has sold its Goldfields-based Lakewood Mill to Black Cat Syndicate for $85 million.

Anax Metals has hatched a plan involving an historic Pilbara mine to crack open the region’s copper industry.

Mid West miner Fenix Resources plans to muscle in on the Pilbara’s iron ore industry via acquisition of billionaire prospector Mark Creasy’s CZR Resources.

Embattled miner Mineral Resources has answered another round of questioning from the Australian Securities Exchange scrutinising its latest financial reporting and share price tumble.

Mining services contractor Perenti has put a 13 per cent profit slide down to late debtors and a flat half for contract mining services.

The operator of the mammoth Greenbushes lithium mine is proposing to expand its footprint across South Western Highway and build an over or underpass to a new waste rock facility.

Restructuring specialists have been called in to sell or recapitalise taxpayer-backed Strandline Resources, after the mineral sands miner failed to secure a critical funding deal.

Windfall from Northern Star Resources’ move for De Grey Mining has pushed the value of Gold Road Resources’ listed investments to around $870,000.

The world’s largest goldminer expects to produce less and spend more at its sole Western Australian asset in 2025, as it gears up to increase production in the latter half of the decade.

High grades delivered Ramelius Resources a profit record in the first half of the financial year, with the company delivering 19 per cent more gold despite mining significantly less ore.

Sandfire boss Brendan Harris says safety is key to the copper miner’s productivity as it targets an injury-free workplace.

The state’s peak resources lobby group has welcomed the federal governments new green iron funding package but urged more focus on WA as the “sensible” choice for green iron industries.

Fortescue and its former employees have been urged to progress a dispute over alleged misuse of the Andrew Forrest-led company’s green iron technology information.