Clive Palmer's estranged Chinese joint venture partner has largely lost an appeal over royalties from their massive iron ore project in Western Australia's Pilbara.
About $150 million of non-lithium projects for the battery industry are in the pipeline for Kwinana, with Magellan Power and Pilbara Metals Group the latest proponents.
Venture Minerals will undertake a share placement and rights issue, with the funds set to fast-track the restart of its Riley iron ore mine in Tasmania.
Lynas Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based Blue Line Corporation to set up a rare earths separation facility in Texas, following ongoing regulatory issues at its processing plant in Malaysia.
ASX-listed Metminco and West Perth-based Andes Resources have agreed binding terms for a merger, which is supported by Andes’ cornerstone shareholder Sandfire Resources.
Shares in NRW Holdings have closed trade up 10.65 per cent, after it secured an earthworks contract at Rio Tinto’s $3.5 billion Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara.
Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA has told prosecutors in the state of Minas Gerais that a dam is at risk of rupturing at its Gongo Soco mine, about 65km from the site of its Brumadinho dam collapse that killed more than 230 people.
Prodigy Gold has signed a $14.5 million joint venture and exploration farm-in agreement with Newmont Mining at Prodigy’s Tobruk project in the Northern Territory.
Alliance Mineral Assets has raised $32.5 million via two share placements, including with Galaxy Resources, with the funds set to primarily go towards upgrades at the processing facilities at its Bald Hill lithium and tantalum mine.
Civmec has reported a sharp fall in quarterly profit to $141,000 after accounting for cost overruns on projects but has also reported strong growth in its order book.
Pantoro is set to acquire a 50 per cent stake in the Central Norseman gold project from Norseman Gold in a cash and scrip deal worth $45 million, and will raise $43 million via a share placement to fund the transaction.
Three juniors in the resources sector, including Breaker Resources and Saturn Metals, have raised $12.1 million via share placements, with the funds set to go towards each of their exploratory drilling programs.
BHP Group will retain its Nickel West business, with a potential expansion of the company's WA nickel operations likely to generate a higher return, with higher risk, than the Scarborough LNG development.
Andrew Forrest will have an income of nearly $1 billion this financial year after Fortescue Metals Group announced a 60 cent per share final dividend today.
WA BUDGET: WA Treasury has revised its forecasting methodology for iron ore prices to assume that prices fall away quickly from the current inflated levels, which have provided a large boost to government coffers.
Rio Tinto has awarded $110 million in new contracts for its Pilbara operations, with the beneficiaries including indigenous contractor Yurra and global mining services firm FLSmidth.
A legal dispute between Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart and two of her children will be heard in private after the High Court ruled in her favour.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting appears to have emerged victorious in its $644 million bid to acquire metallurgical coal hopeful Riversdale Resources, after Resource Capital Funds accepted the deal.
A big expansion of lithium production at the Greenbushes mine is a step closer after Talison Lithium was given environmental approval for its plans to lift output to 2.8 million tonnes per annum.
Mont Royal Resources has become just the second Western Australian exploration company to list on the ASX this year, with the help of high-profile directors and ‘family office’ investors.
Fenix Resources has formed a strategic alliance with trucking and logistics company Mineheaul, to be led by Craig Mitchell, which the mining company said is a significant step towards the development of its Iron Ridge project.
Troy Resources announced it received commitments to raise $7.57 via a share placement, with the funds to accelerate exploration at its South American gold project.
Rio Tinto has agreed to buy a fleet of autonomous trucks and other mining equipment from Caterpillar for its new Koodaideri iron ore mine in Western Australia.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a $25 million claim brought by local contractor AGC Industries against the developer of the Karara iron ore project in the Mid West.
Mondium, a joint venture between local contractors Monadelphous and Lycopodium, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract at Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes project.
