Mining

Cranecorp and Tutt Bryant are forming a joint venture to provide clients access to a larger supply of cranes, heavy and lifting and transportation equipment.

Australian Strategic Materials has secured $65 million from investors while announcing plans to raise a further $41 million to build a rare earths processing facility in South Korea.

Mincor Resources has secured $55 million in funding from two banks to progress the restart of its Kambalda nickel operations, expected early next year.

Mining contractor MACA has bolstered its order book to $3.4 billion with two separate contracts, for work on iron ore and gold operations in WA.

With resources royalties high and the economy booming, WA’s business and political leaders have an opportunity to learn from past mistakes.

Mineral Commodities Ltd has sacked its chief executive and major shareholder Mark Caruso over a related party matter, five months after he stepped down as executive chairman.

The voices of those opposed to the use of metallurgical coal may be getting louder, but South32 chief executive Graham Kerr is still comfortable talking about the need for coal.

Boss Energy has become the third Perth-based uranium company to undertake a major capital raising this year, tapping into improving sentiment for the commodity.

Kelly Carter has been made chair of the Gold Industry Group, replacing Richard Hayes.

Calidus Resources has secured commitments to fund the acquisition and exploration of a gold project in Warrawoona, located in the Pilbara.

Alltype Engineering, a subsidiary of mining services company WestStar, has secured $10 million of contracts and extensions across the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors.

The state’s peak environmental body will assess the social and environmental impacts of Oz Minerals’ $1 billion nickel project in the West Musgrave Ranges.

Element 25 has sought funding to expand manganese production at its Butcherbird Project located south of Newman.

Potash player Kalium Lakes has raised the production capacity for its Beyondie project in the Pilbara, ahead of operations expected to begin this year.

Burgundy Diamond Mines has signed an option deed to acquire Gibb River Diamonds’ Ellendale diamond project in northern WA.

Rio Tinto has predicted its new approach to Aboriginal heritage will fundamentally change the way it runs its mining operations.

WA gold explorer Medallion Metals has listed on the stock exchange after raising $12.5 million from an initial public offering.

Salt Lake Potash is set to emerge as Australia’s first sulphate of potash producer, having begun commissioning of its Lake Way processing plant near Wiluna.

Profit-seeking projects, rather than community infrastructure, have attracted concessions through the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility, amid questions over public benefit.

The state’s mining department has released a new five-year plan to transform the storage of geoscience data.

Subiaco-based Vital Metals will use $43 million raised from a share placement to complete the construction of its rare earths project in Canada.

Philippines-focused Medusa Mining has named recently appointed director Jeff McGlinn as its new chairman, replacing Andrew Teo who will become the company’s managing director.

Apollo Consolidated is selling its entire royalty over a goldmine in Cote d’Ivoire to fund further exploration at the company’s Lake Rebecca project in WA.

Northern Star Resources is purchasing a gold project near its Carosue Dam operations from KalNorth Gold Mines.

Engineering company Monadelphous will continue providing crane services to Pilbara miner Fortescue Metals Group under a new, five-year contract.

Strandline Resources has the debt funding it requires for its Coburn mineral sands project after securing about $80 million from a senior secured bond issue.

Perth-based Canadian lithium miner MetalsTech has announced a spin-out of its lithium assets in a bid to accelerate development in the now booming battery metals sector.

Subiaco-based Paladin Energy is using funds secured from a placement and fully underwritten rights issue to progress the restart of its uranium operations in Namibia.

Red 5 says its King of the Hills project in WA is now fully funded, after the goldminer secured $235 million in debt and equity financing.

Local business Nickel X is planning to raise $5 million from an IPO, which will be used to explore its Western Australian projects.

The construction and engineering arm of WestStar Industrial has secured $2.1 million in work on Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak mine in the Pilbara.

Australian-Singaporean water and wastewater treatment company De.mem is paying $5.1 million to acquire a chemicals supplier in Perth.