Mining

A lawyer for Wright Prospecting claims Gina Rinehart and her father Lang Hancock knew disputed Pilbara tenements were held on behalf of the Hancock and Wright partnership since the mid-1980s, a court heard today.

Pilbara Minerals has copped lower revenues for the quarter as spodumene concentrate prices descended from the lofty highs at the start of 2023.

Monadelphous has been contracted for $200 million worth of construction work on Albemarle's billion-dollar Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant expansion in WA's South West.

Industrial services firm Mader Group has smashed through its market guidance with a record $172.9 million June quarter revenue across its global operations to end the financial year.

Newcrest Mining missed its copper production guidance and faced higher production costs in the June quarter, a result one analyst calls "weak."

Fortescue Future Industries' finance chief Felicity Gooding has resigned after more than 10 years climbing the ranks of the Forrest business empire.

Sulphate of potash developer Kalium Lakes has announced revisions to its services agreement with German engineering firm Ebtec GbR in relation to work on the Beyondie Mine.

An almost $2 billion write-down from cost blow outs on a North American project has soured the last quarter for South32.

First magnetite from Fortescue's delay-riddled Iron Bridge operation has been loaded and is bound for Vietnam, with CEO Fiona Hick indicating ramp up is still on track despite 'complexities'.

Dozens of lawyers have filled a courtroom for the start of a legal showdown between descendants of mining pioneers Lang Hancock and Peter Wright over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties.

Iron ore producer Fenix Resources has finalised its acquisition of Mount Gibson Iron's Mid West iron ore, port and rail assets.

Descendants of two WA mining pioneers are gearing up for a legal battle more than a decade in the making over iron ore royalties believed to be worth billions of dollars.

West Perth-based Chalice Mining is set to enter a joint venture agreement with Northam Resources to expand its West Yilgarn exploration, near its Gonneville deposit.

Investigations will continue despite the WA Radiological Council having cleared Rio Tinto over the radioactive capsule that went missing en route from the mining giant's Gudai-Darri mine.

Mining giant BHP has warned of cost pressures and uncertain international economic conditions in the year ahead.

A high-profile broker, boutique fund manager, lithium executives and media outlets have been dragged into a defamation action brought by a pair of prominent Perth resources directors.

Fortescue Metals Group has marked its 20-year anniversary by changing its branding, while its green energy arm has acquired the owner of a proposed green hydrogen project in the US.

Mineral Resources has abandoned plans to put $1 billion towards developing lithium chemicals plants in China, instead affirming intentions to build its own on home soil.

Rio Tinto has reported strong Pilbara iron ore production and upped its annual guidance while also disclosing a doubling in its spend on evaluation of projects in other sectors.

Northern Star has met its sales and cost targets for the 2023 financial year but will maintain a cautious outlook for the coming 12 months, in what continues to be an expensive time for miners.

Andrew Forrest-chaired Fortescue Metals Group is confirmed to be the latest victim in a cyber attack incident, believed to be linked to a Russian ransomware group.

IGO sinks after revealing close to a $1 billion write-down on the Cosmos nickel project, as the miner withdraws costs and timeline projections for the asset and ushers in a review.

Hancock Prospecting is pursuing multiple projects under a new, integrated structure, but faces numerous obstacles.

Spodumene and grain exports and a big uptick in coal imports facilitated a record-breaking year across ports at Albany, Bunbury and Esperance, operator Southern Ports has revealed.

A fire that broke out at a gold processing plant at Northern Star's famed Kalgoorlie Super Pit on Friday morning has been extinguished, with damages estimated at up to $700,000.

Leo Lithium has awarded mining services provider Corica Mali a contract valued at about $520 million to deliver services at its Mali-based Goulamina Lithium Project.

Perth-based Lotus Resources and A-CAP Energy have agreed to a merger to combine their assets and be a major uranium player in Africa.

A memorandum of understanding between Fortescue Metals and PKKP Aboriginal Corporation is hoped to inform a new 'co-management model' underpinning the miner's existing and planned projects.

FYI Resources has appointed Control and Thermal Engineering to conduct work on a proposed high-purity alumina plant in Kwinana, after major partner Alcoa withdrew from the project.

MLG Oz has secured $51 million worth of work from contracts over projects with Ora Banda Mining, Gold Fields Australia and Bellevue Gold.

Creditors for Wiluna Mining have approved a formal agreement between the company and its creditors to avoid the gold play and its subsidiaries winding up.

A deal to acquire the Balla Balla infrastructure project in the Pilbara has fallen through after Flinders Mines terminated the proposed transaction with BBI Group.