Gina Rinehart has warned against policies that attack Australia’s “mining golden geese”, after Hancock Prospecting was awarded long awaited approvals for its McPhee iron ore project.
A feasibility study into potentially reinstating the abandoned Greenbushes to Bunbury rail line remains on track despite lithium market conditions, according to Talison Lithium.
Australian Potash will be able to begin exploration activities at its Nexus rare earth elements and lithium project, following the execution of a land access agreement.
Shares in WA1 Resources closed trade up 6 per cent to $14.65, following news the mineral exploration company had signed a negotiation protocol agreement in relation to its West Arunta project.
Junior explorer Siren Gold has received a timely boost at its Auld Creek project in New Zealand, following the release of an updated mineral resource estimate.
Paladin Energy's proposed acquisition of Canada-based Fission Uranium Corporation has been delayed, following an objection from one of takeover target's shareholders.
Northern Minerals has announced plans to raise $48 million, as it moves closer towards a final investment decision at its Browns Range heavy rare earths project.
Rio Tinto has increased its stake in ASX-listed Sovereign Metals to 19.9 per cent while spending $17 million on buying out a joint venture asset in WA.
The push for gender equality in the mining industry has progressed but more needs to be done to break the bias, the Women in Mining conference was told.
James Clement-led Vysarn has completed its second acquisition in as many weeks, after entering a binding share sale agreement to buy Victoria-based CMP Consulting Group.
Lithium has been repositioned as IGO’s core focus, ahead of copper and nickel, while it expects to brace for extreme volatility as supply and demand imbalances play out.
Iron ore mining major BHP says it has contributed more than $50 billion in economic value in the past financial year, including $3.1 billion in royalties to the state government.
Stocks in WA lithium players recorded double-digit gains on the ASX in morning trade, including Mineral Resources, Liontown Resources and Pilbara Minerals.
The state’s highest court has criticised the dragged timeline in the ongoing proceedings between Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy and CITIC, with a trial listed for 2025.
The long-running process of winding-up companies associated with former mining high-flyer Michael Fotios has progressed after a debtors’ deed for Delta Resource Management was approved.
Greatland Gold chief executive Shaun Day believes the Telfer gold-copper mine his company is acquiring in a $700 million deal with Newmont Corporation is in its best shape in nearly two decades.
Shares in uranium producer Paladin Energy closed trade up 6 per cent to $8.86, following news its acquisition of Canada-based Fission Uranium had been endorsed overnight.
Mineral Resources is set to cut jobs from across two of its lithium operations by offering redundancies to workers not wanting to be shifted onto a two-to-one swing.
Greatland Gold has confirmed it's in advanced negotiations with Newmont Corporation to potentially acquire its non-core WA assets, with the support of Wyloo.
Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has received environmental approval from the federal government at its Mardie salt and potash project, located 80km south of Karratha.
Global Lithium Resources is tightening its belt amid the lithium price downturn, as one of its shareholders continues his attempt to oust two directors and join the board.
West Perth-based junior Galan Lithium will rattle the tin for the third time since late-January as it aims further develop its Hombre Muerto West lithium brine project in Argentina.
