Perth-based Challenger Exploration is using funds raised from a share placement to take full control of its flagship gold project, in Argentina, and expand drilling programs.
West Perth-based Marvel Gold is proposing to demerge a Tanzanian graphite project into a new listed entity that will target $13 million under an IPO, expected to launch next month.
Pilbara Minerals is considering the joint development of a midstream lithium chemicals refinery at its Pilgangoora operation in WA, under an agreement with Sydney-based Calix.
Goldminer Northern Star Resources is paying $15 million in cash for a further stake in a joint venture with Tanami Gold while entering into a new service agreement.
Nickel X has made a slow start to its first day of trading, after raising $7 million under an IPO to accelerate an exploration program at the company's Biranup project in WA.
Perth-based engineering group Monadelphous is attempting to resolve a dispute with thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions after it launched legal action against Monadelphous this week over vit
The benchmark price of iron ore has moved above $US200 per tonne for the first time, despite growing diplomatic tensions with China, the largest buyer of the steelmaking commodity.
A majority of Rio Tinto shareholders have voted against adoption of the company's remuneration report while a large minority opposed the re-election of director Megan Clark.
Rio Tinto plans to recruit more resident Australians and people with mining expertise onto its board of directors but is unlikely to shift its London head office.
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has launched legal action against Perth-based engineering group Monadelphous for allegedly harbouring vital documents.
The Australian Shareholders' Association has joined several other advisory groups in recommending a vote against Rio Tinto's remuneration report at tomorrow's AGM in Perth.
Production has restarted at the multi-billion dollar Sino Iron mine after a fire on Monday, with inspectors due to visit the site this afternoon to determine the cause.
Strandline Resources will proceed with the development of its $338 million Coburn mineral sands project in WA's Gascoyne region, set to unlock 300 jobs during construction.
A new mining method that uses ‘electromigration' to unearth metals could replace traditional digging, according to researchers at the University of Western Australia and CSIRO.
A privately-owned mining group owned by a trio of high-profile contractors has gone into voluntary administration owing creditors more than $100 million.
Caravel Minerals will use $7.5 million raised from a share placement to fast-track the development of its namesake copper project in the Wheatbelt while St George Mining is raising $7 million.
GWR Group has confirmed a fatality involving one of its contractor's trucks, which rolled over on Goldfields Highway yesterday while transporting iron ore to the Port of Geraldton.
NRW Holdings has secured the crushing plant contract for Fortescue Metals Group's Cloudbreak operation while Pacific Energy is building a battery storage system for the Pilbara miner.
Strandline Resources has contracted Primero Group, now a wholly owned subsidiary of NRW Holdings, to build processing facilities for the $260 million Coburn mineral sands project in WA.
Newcrest Mining has reported a six per cent jump in gold output from its Telfer operations in the Pilbara, despite heavy rainfall during the March quarter.
Fortescue Metals Group has posted a jump in iron ore output, helped by the commissioning of its Eliwana mine in December, while wet weather impacted the Pilbara miner's quarterly shipments.
