Perenti business idoba is partnering with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to create sustainable mining services products while completing two local acquisitions.
Fortescue Future Industries has lodged environmental documents for a renewable energy project near Ashburton that would be a multi-billion dollar development to rival the capacity of the state’s entire South West grid.
Bullseye Mining is mulling two takeover offers after shareholder Au Xingao tabled a $155 million cash offer for the target, competing with an existing scrip proposition from fellow shareholder Emerald Resources.
Shares in recently listed mining services provider MLG Oz have risen 8 per cent after winning a new contract set to generate an additional $10 million in revenue with WA gold producer Red 5.
The joint owners of the giant Greenbushes lithium mine in WA’s South West are planning a $1.4 billion expansion, regulatory filings in Hong Kong have revealed.
Paul Everingham will step down from his role as chief executive of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia at the end of his contract in May.
Two Mineral Resources-owned companies have been hit with $51,000 in fines for failing to protect workers after a 600,000-litre water tank left uninspected failed.
Mining tech company Imdex reported solid revenue and profit increases during the past six months but has indicated that labour restrictions and delivery delays frustrated its pace of growth.
Iluka Resources shares lifted after a class action brought against it before the Federal Court was dismissed and its Tutunup mineral sands plan progressed with the EPA.
The EPA has recommended approval of OZ Mineral’s proposal to mine nickel and copper in WA’s Musgrave Ranges in what could be a first for the region if fully approved.
Revised costs to rehabilitate the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory’s Kakadu National Park could set Rio Tinto back at least $627 million more than first anticipated.
West Perth-based EcoGraf is one of two graphite companies set to receive a major loan through the federal government’s $2 billion critical minerals initiative.
Hastings Technology Metals has received federal government backing to the tune of $140 million to build its Yangibana rare earths project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region.
Julian Grill has hailed Andrew Forrest as a nation builder in his new book, which provides an account of his contentious lobbying activities on behalf of Fortescue Metals Group in the 2000s.
The state government has managed to strike a deal that promises to satisfy each of the mining giants battling for a larger slice of the port of Port Hedland.
A report commissioned by Rio Tinto has found widespread bullying, sexual harassment and racism across its global workforce, with the miner pledging to make lasting change.
Strengthening commodity prices have helped conclude a smooth quarter for IGO and braced Pilbara Minerals through a period of lower production and labour shortages.
Newcrest shares fell sharply in response to a quarterly update that detailed a 10 per cent lift in production but potential COVID-19 headwinds at its PNG operations.
Potash hopeful Agrimin has sought further funds needed to develop its $637 million Mackay project in the Pilbara, as the company closes in on a final investment decision.
Iron ore producer GWR Group is looking to initiate a move into the battery metals market by acquiring a large stake in Jindalee Resources' Prospect Ridge magnesite project in Tasmania.
Wyloo has stepped up its stake in WA nickel play Western Areas to just over 9 per cent, despite the target agreeing to a $1.1 billion takeover with IGO six weeks ago.
