Mincor Resources is expecting first cash-flow from its Kambalda nickel operations restart in the June quarter after firming up the details of an offtake agreement with BHP Nickel West.
Ukraine could look to Australian expertise in mining and metals processing to unlock its own resources after the war with Russia, according to its ambassador.
Leichhardt Industrial's $280 million solar salt project in the Pilbara has received a major boost, with Melbourne's billionaire Smorgon family buying a 20 per cent stake in the project.
Mineral Resources shares have nosedived as iron ore miners headed lower and the company announced it would issue up to $US1 billion in unsecured notes to institutional buyers.
Belmont-based SSH Group is looking to bolster its equipment division and its bottom line by taking on an established mining and civil machine hire business in the Pilbara.
“Challenging as expected,” is how Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm chose to describe production during the mining giant’s first three months of 2022.
An Australian company commercialising revolutionary gold testing technology has lodged a prospectus for what is shaping up to be the largest initial public offering of the year.
Scott Morrison has used his trip to Western Australia to announce grants for eight businesses in the mining and energy sector, with the biggest grants going to two new hydrogen hubs.
Approval for a $160 million NAIF loan has ticked off a solid chunk of funding Sheffield Resources needs to develop the Thunderbird Mineral Sands project in the Kimberley region.
Engineering group Monadelphous has secured new work and extensions to the tune of $230 million, as Bill Beament-led Develop lands a $400 million job on Bellevue’s namesake project.
Western Australia has jumped from fourth place to first in Fraser Institute’s global mining survey rankings for 2021, knocking Nevada off the top spot.
Iluka Resources intends to demerge its rutile business in West Africa, while Northern Star is set to pocket $44.5 million from divesting two gold projects.
A Southern Cross Electrical Engineering subsidiary has been awarded approximately $50 million worth of work at BHP’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara.
FQM has returned to environmental regulators to ensure it has sufficient approvals to continue mining at Ravensthorpe until 2041, as it shifts its focus to the Shoemaker-Levy orebody.
An electric vehicle for underground mines and a geothermal development in the Mid West are among more than a dozen projects to have secured grants worth nearly $14 million.
Hancock Prospecting’s plan to earn-in to a slice of a Yilgarn magnetite project is proceeding, with the deal finalised just days after a new trade agreement with India.
Asbestos contamination at the site of rail works was downplayed by Rio Tinto subsidiary Hamersley Iron, two rail contractors have alleged in a lawsuit.
Clough and Acciona’s Coleman Rail have launched a $150 million lawsuit against Rio Tinto subsidiary Hamersley Iron for rail works, over allegations the mining giant engaged in “misleading and deceptive conduct”.
The iron ore giant has renewed its sponsorship of the Australian national men’s and women’s hockey teams and funded the expansion of a community hockey program in the Pilbara.
New data from Rio Tinto has highlighted the WA government’s reliance on a handful of big miners, with Rio alone paying 10 per cent of the government’s total income last year.
Mineral Resources has announced plans to increase production from its Wodgina and Mt Marion mines in response to “unprecedented global customer demand” for lithium products.
IGO’s proposed acquisition of Western Areas has hit a snag amid claims that an independent report prompted the WSA board to potentially reconsider its endorsement of the $3.36 per share offer.
