West Perth-based Catalyst Metals has received commitments to raise $7.9 million through a share placement, backed by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting, to accelerate its Four Eagles and Tandarra gold projects in Victoria.
Rio Tinto has approved a $1 billion investment in its Pilbara iron ore operations, including the rollout of more autonomous trucks, on the same day the state government urged Canberra to support changes designed to fast track approvals for major resources projects.
Four hundred Metals X employees and contractors have lost their jobs after the company halted operations at its Nifty Copper mine today, one day after another Pilbara miner Millennium Minerals entered into voluntary administration.
Minority shareholders in aspiring iron ore miner Flinders Mines expressed frustration at today's AGM over its proposed deal with infrastructure company BBI Group, accusing their board of trying to push through a deal without offering complete details.
NRW Holdings today confirmed it expected 35 per cent growth in revenue this year, helped by the recently acquired RCR Mining Technologies, but was coy on its plans to purchase BGC Contracting.
Gold explorer Catalyst Metals has entered a farm-in and joint venture agreement with major shareholder St Barbara to explore its Drummartin project in Victoria.
Rio Tinto has partnered with Amazon Web Services and startup accelerator BlueChilli to develop a four-year national program designed to prepare young Australians for a digital workforce.
Mining company Gold Fields and energy producer EDL have completed the first stage of a renewable energy project that will eventually see wind and solar deliver half the power needs of the Agnew gold mine.
Poseidon Nickel has made two key additions to its board and management team as it moves closer towards the restart of its flagship Black Swan operation near Kalgoorlie.
Panoramic Resources and Independence Group have entered into a confidentiality deed which allows IGO to conduct due diligence on Panoramic and its Savannah nickel mine, in relation to an off-market takeover offer launched earlier this month.
US-focused Winchester Energy has received commitments to raise $6.4 million through a share placement to fast-track oil exploration and production activities at its Permian Basin project in Texas.
Vango Mining has entered a non-binding agreement with China-based Nonferrous Metal Industry's Foreign Engineering and Construction (NFC) to provide $70 million for its Marymia project in the Mid-West region.
Perth-based Mincor Resources has received commitments to raise $30 million through a placement, backed by major shareholders Andrew Forrest and Independence Group, and is looking to raise a further $5 million through a share purchase plan.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA (CME) has welcomed the federal government's plan to deliver new deregulation measures for Australian businesses, saying it could save Western Australian resources projects more than $23 million each year.
Perth-based Meteoric Resources has received commitments to raise $7 million through a share placement to accelerate its Juruena and Novo Astro gold projects in Brazil.
About $300 million will be invested by Mineral Resources into expansion projects in the 2020 financial year, led by moves to boost Yilgarn iron ore output nearly 50 per cent.
Engineering company Monadelphous has secured a five-year, $100 million contract for maintenance work across Rio Tinto's iron ore mines in Western Australia.
Mining contractor MACA has secured open pit mining works for the restart of First Quantum Minerals' Ravensthorpe nickel mine, which it said would generate $480 million in revenue over an initial five-year term.
The mining sector has welcomed an agreement signed by Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey to collaborate on developing critical minerals assets, which include commodities such as lithium and rare earths.
Sipa Resources managing director Lynda Burnett has announced her resignation, after serving more than five years in the role, and will join the board at Regis Resources as an independent non-executive director.
Lithium miner Galaxy Resources said it would scale back operations at its Mt Cattlin mine in Ravensthorpe to help reduce costs until the electric vehicle market improves.
Minerals explorer Alderan Resources has entered an earn-in and joint venture agreement worth up to $US30 million with Rio Tinto to explore its Frisco project in Utah.
African-focused gold explorer Tietto Minerals announced it would raise $17 million through a share placement, primarily to fund drilling at the company's Abujar project in Côte D'Ivoire.
Saracen Mineral Holdings confirmed today it has agreed to buy a 50 per cent stake in Kalgoorlie's famous Super Pit gold mine with managing director Raleigh Finlayson saying the asset has already delivered positive surprises.
Rio Tinto said it will subscribe to $326 million rights shares of Energy Resources of Australia, which has been desperately seeking funds to close and rehabilitate the controversial Ranger uranium mine.
West Perth-based Talga Resources is seeking to raise $6.25 million through a share placement and purchase plan, primarily to fund the development of its graphite project in Sweden.
Northern Star Resources executive chairman Bill Beament has been handsomely rewarded for the gold miner's strong performance over the past few years, with the recent exercising of three million performance rights.
Takeover target Panoramic Resources revealed today operational performance at its Savannah nickel project would be below previous forecasts over the next four months and that it would need to raise extra capital, with bidder Independence Group saying it would now review its offer.
There's no bad news in Western Australia's battery industry, Energy Minister Bill Johnston says, shrugging off the deferral of major projects in recent months.
Engineering company Monadelphous has entered the Chilean market with the acquisition of two jointly-owned mining services providers, Buildtek and Maqrent.
Fortescue Metals Group has agreed to a $6 million farm-in with Carawine Resources to explore its Paterson project in Western Australia, and a $2 million farm-in with Reward Minerals to explore its potash tenements in the McKay range.
