Mining

Sandfire boss Brendan Harris says safety is key to the copper miner’s productivity as it targets an injury-free workplace.

The state’s peak resources lobby group has welcomed the federal governments new green iron funding package but urged more focus on WA as the “sensible” choice for green iron industries.

Fortescue and its former employees have been urged to progress a dispute over alleged misuse of the Andrew Forrest-led company’s green iron technology information.

Rio Tinto has foreshadowed a tightening of the purse strings in the Pilbara to account for softening revenue out of its sprawling iron ore operations.

Wesfarmers has reported a small rise in interim profit from its diverse retail and industrial operations while maintaining plans to invest heavily in the depressed lithium sector.

Wyloo plans take a majority stake in the Yangibana rare earths project, in a move which would cancel out millions owed to it by Hastings Technology Metals.

Pilbara Minerals has reported a $69 million loss for the half-year as increasd production partially offsets the ongoing impact of diminished prices for the key battery material.

Fortescue’s half-yearly profit has more than halved to US$1.55 billion as lower iron ore prices eat into bumper revenues recorded this time last year.

IGO has gutted the value of its troubled Kwinana refinery after a recording a significant $525 million impairment against the ailing joint venture asset.

Outgoing Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison says he won’t make a "very good ex-managing director" when questioned on whether he'll remain engaged with the company he founded.

Veolia has accused a US-based water company of breaching a contract over the design and installation of a water treatment plant to supply Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes project.

Engineering firm Lycopodium disappointed the market with its interim results today whereas Southern Cross Electrical Engineering enjoyed strong gains after its profit report.

Chris Ellison has insisted there was "no design fault" with the newly built haul road to MinRes Onslow Iron mine despite spending $230 million fixing the piece of private infrastructure.

Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co will take a US$5.3 billion stake in Rio Tinto’s 6.8 billion tonne Rhodes Ridge iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Westgold Resources is shopping around the Lakewood gold processing facility acquired last year in its $1.2 billion move for Karora Resources.

Despite overall external revenue regressing by 11 per cent from the prior corresponding period, Emeco Holdings posted strong profits during the first six months of the 2025 financial year.

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources generated a full-year net profit of $231 million, down 33 per cent from $343 million in 2024, citing multiple factors.

Mineral Resources has posted a half-year loss of $807 million driven by a major impairment on its Bald Hill lithium mine as it prepares to resurface the entire cyclone-hampered Onslow Iron haul road.

Global Lithium Resources has chosen a new chairman and chief to redirect the lithium explorer’s focus following a turbulent six months largely defined by a public boardroom dispute.

Yindjibarndi traditional owners have experienced collective trauma and emotional distress over FMG's Solomon mine, a lawyer told the court in the ongoing $500 million compensation dispute.

Unionisation of the Pilbara’s iron ore industry could curtail BHP’s plans to invest in new mines, according to the company’s boss, Mike Henry.

Bosnia and Herzegovina-focused Adriatic Metals has announced plans to raise $80 million, in order to accelerate operations at its flagship Vares silver operation.

Macmahon Holdings posted a reduced net profit of $30 million during the first half of the 2025 financial year, which was down 17.8 per cent from $36.5 million.

Copper’s importance to BHP’s portfolio is growing as easing Chinese demand for iron ore cuts into the big Australian’s profit.

Fortescue’s way in developing its Solomon hub is an outlier in how other miners have operated in the Pilbara, a barrister for Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation told the court.

A metallurgical discovery eliminates a high-cost process from Chalice’s flowsheet, greatly reducing Gonneville’s technical risk and operating costs.

West Perth-based junior Cosmo Metals has promoted director Ian Prentice to managing director, effective immediately.

A Pilbara manganese developer has looked at Kwinana, Geraldton and Port Hedland as sites to for a possible refinery, while noting import and finance hurdles remain.

Global Lithium director Dianmin Chen has rubbished Chinese control concerns he says were raised behind his back to the nation’s foreign ownership umpire, speaking after the AGM.

SOUTH WEST: Mining in the region often plays second or third fiddle.

Two directors at the heart of a boardroom tussle for control of Global Lithium, including chair Ron Mitchell, will resign at this afternoon’s annual general meeting.

Chris Ellison has paid the $3.8 million penalty handed down in the fallout from his tax evasion scandal as Mineral Resources’ search for a new chairman draws out until June.