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Prospectors are applying for licences like they are going out of fashion in the hopes of striking it lucky in the outback as the gold price reaches historic highs.
An environmental group has accused ASX minnow Rey Resources of shirking its rehabilitation responsibilities in the Kimberley, as it prepares to sell an oil project in the area to a Chinese firm.
Fresh from news earlier this week that it was moving closer towards mining approval at its Trident gold project, Catalyst Metals has outlined its focus for the calendar year.
The deadline for a paper guiding Western Power's infrastructure planning from July 2027 has been pushed out by 12 months, less than a week before it was due to be published.
WA's energy regulator has commenced legal proceedings against industry heavyweight Santos over the petroleum spill at its Varanus Island gas plant off the Pilbara coast.
Ian Campbell has reiterated his view that WA is at the forefront of decarbonsation and applauded the Premier for moving in the right direction on approvals.
West Perth-based junior Image Resources has announced construction will begin at its Atlas mineral sands project imminently, as it aims to capitalise on the site’s impressive ore reserves.
A proposed doubling of a cap applied to energy prices has been met with calls for change by industry players, in a series of submissions to the Economic Regulation Authority.
Westgold Resources has ridden the wave of a higher achieved gold price during the first half of the 2024 financial year, recording a net profit after tax of $43.78 million, up from a $11.14 million loss during the prior corresponding period.
Westgold Resources has revealed it is being prosecuted over a mine site fatality after Byrnecut, Northern Star Resources and Billabong Gold were fined more than $2 million.
Buru Energy's wholly-owned hydrogen-chasing business 2H Resources has picked up hydrogen and helium-prospective ground in South Australia – right next to the nation's first discovery well for the natural gas. The company is now the preferred applicant for seven petroleum and two gas exploration licences in SA, with its WA helium and hydrogen hunt expanding into six new “special prospecting authorities with an acreage option”.
The state opposition has questioned the government's energy priorities following its decision to rename the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.
A mining trailer explosion in the eastern Goldfields that was felt 25 kilometres away and blasted debris nearly 700 metres from the site in October last year has been deemed preventable.
Western Australia has recorded its fifth workplace fatality this month after the death of a teenage worker following an incident at a Welshpool industrial workplace this morning.
A high-profile workplace fatality that spurred the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws in Western Australia has reached its conclusion in the Magistrates Court six years after the tragic event.
The cost of fixing up the failed Ellendale diamond mine in the Kimberley has risen to $70 million after the state government awarded a major contract for rehabilitation earthworks.
More than 1,000 building complaints were lodged in the past financial year, attracting criticism from the opposition but defended by a WA government department.
Western Australia's resources industry has smashed another annual record, with weaker iron ore prices made up for by the state's flourishing lithium sector and soaring oil and gas prices.
Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie speaks with Jordan Murray about the future of the Liberal Party and the electoral consequences of shifting to the right.
The WorkSafe commissioner has supported majority of the recommendations derived from the injury into the agriculture industry which has been described as the “most deadly” sector.
The state government has committed $40 million towards critical minerals initiatives in the upcoming budget, in a bid to find new resources and shift to net zero.
Fortescue Metals Group has agreed to hand over documents relating to alleged sexual harassment to WorkSafe but will keep employee names redacted to protect their identity.
Fortescue Metals Group says it will not be pushed into 'breaking the law' or releasing private staff records in a scathing response to allegations made public this week by WorkSafe.
JV partners Buru Energy and Mineral Resources' subsidiary Energy Resources have become the largest acreage holders in the onshore Carnarvon Basin and Merlinleigh Sub-basin.
Safe Work Australia has reported a decline in workplace fatalities across the country, but highlighted road transport and farming as by far the most dangerous sectors to work in.
The work safety regulator has confirmed it is investigating the death of a farmhand at a property near Collie, the fourth work-related fatality in less than a fortnight.
