Mining

Australian Potash directors have appointed voluntary administrators to the company in a bid to avoid litigation through a sale of the business.

Global companies Metso and Weir Minerals and Perth firm Camco Engineering are leading a flurry of developments that will bring new jobs to Karratha and Port Hedland.

Rio Tinto’s proposed mega copper mine in the Pilbara has taken a major step forward, with plans put out today by the state’s environmental watchdog for public comment.

This is potentially good news for WA as its giant trading partner charts a reset.

Rio Tinto plans to ramp up spending on iron ore, notably at the giant Simandou project in Africa, but has scaled back its investment in decarbonisation.

Chalice Mining has received all approvals to start the next stage of drilling at its Julimar project complex, about 70 kilometres north-east of Perth.

Fortescue is on the cusp of marking a major milestone of exporting its first iron ore from a port outside of its home soil at its Belinga project in Africa.

Rio Tinto has highlighted the importance of its giant Rhodes Ridge project in the Pilbara by approving a pre-feasibility study and outlining plans to spend $400 million on exploration.

Two Capricorn Metals directors have sold parts of their shareholding, including chairman Mark Clark who received a $23 million payout.

The complex litigation over iron ore royalties resumed in court with Hancock Prospecting’s lawyer coming out swinging against claims made by Gina Rinehart’s children.

Rio Tinto’s inaugural diamond tender attracted buyers from the Kimberley through to Japan seeking to get their hands on the miner’s legacy inventory of pink and red Argyle diamonds.

Traditional owners of two Mid West cultural sites, which were destroyed and not reported for five years by a copper miner, have welcomed Roger Cook’s intervention.

Chris Ellison-chaired Delta Lithium has struck a deal to buy lithium rights in the Gascoyne, while Mineral Resources has contracted Develop Global for work in the Goldfields.

Mineral Resources subsidiary Onslow Iron is taking Red Hill Station's owners to court over allegations of assault and being temporarily locked out of the $3 billion project site.

The boss of a WA copper miner in hot water for failing to come clean about destroying Aboriginal artefact sites for five years has spoken up after confirming the failure to the ASX.

Mineral Resources has committed $1.5 million to fund front-line support positions at the under-construction Ruah Centre for Women and Children.

Spending in Western Australia’s mining sector rose 7.5 per cent during the September quarter, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

Fortescue’s former chief financial officer Ian Wells has joined the ranks of Liontown Resources as an independent non-executive director.

A WA copper miner has drawn the ire of traditional owners for failing to disclose the destruction of two heritage sites to authorities more than five years ago.

Belmont-based NRW Holdings has reported record results in the 2022-23 financial year and secured $100 million worth of work more than expected for FY24.

Westgold Resources is forging ahead with major growth plans in the Murchison region after approving the expansion of its Big Bell gold project.

The state government has been presented with five options to resolve the imbroglio threatening WA’s coal supplies.

A NRW Holdings subsidiary has signed a four-year extension over a contract with Aberdare Collieries, valued at about $245 million.

Incoming IGO chief Ivan Vella says he regrets the events leading up to Rio Tinto sacking him a month before his scheduled departure.

Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources has continued its acquisitive streak of lithium interests, securing more shares in Develop Global and Delta Lithium.

The Port Hedland Green Steel project has progressed after Posco and DevelopmentWA agreed on the commercial terms over a 900-hectare site in the Pilbara.

AVZ Minerals shareholders have cast their votes amid a boardroom ousting campaign at the company’s annual general meeting yesterday.

Alex Dorsch says a high-grade underground mine is the best opportunity to move the dial on Chalice Mining’s Gonneville project as shares in the one-time market favourite continued to slide.

Former AVZ Minerals director Peter Huljich has accused several of the company’s board members of defamation, ahead of the lithium hopeful’s annual general meeting today.

Gina Rinehart’s children sat in court while their lawyer claimed the mining magnate was hypocritical and inconsistent, during a Supreme Court trial over their grandfather’s business.

Experienced mining boss Gabrielle Iwanow will head Perenti’s contract mining division after exiting her role as managing director of Mincor Resources.

The Bald Hill lithium mine in the Goldfields will cost Mineral Resources almost $260 million after a price for the acquisition was revealed by administrators.