Duncan Coutts has been appointed as the chief operating officer of Ramelius Resources. Mr Coutts is a mining engineer with experience in both open pit and underground mining in Western Australia.
WA is one of the world's largest producers of lithium, but a plan to diversify from mining into advanced manufacturing opportunities will be tricky to shore up.
Local companies Triton Minerals, General Mining Corporation and Orinoco Gold have announced plans to raise a combined $24.6 million to fund ongoing work at their respective projects.
SPECIAL REPORT: The potential for mass production of electric cars is among a number of high-technology trends sparking interest in Western Australia's lithium sector, with a series of companies touting projects to meet a forecast surge in demand.
Production is a step closer to restart at the Mt Cattlin lithium mine, with General Mining Corporation signing a four-year offtake deal with Mitsubishi Corporation.
General Mining Corporation has confirmed the viability of earning a 50 per cent stake in Galaxy Resources' Mt Cattlin tantalum project, after an independent review found it would cost $14.7 million to bring the project back into operation.
Local exploration firms Impact Minerals, Lucapa Diamond Company, and General Mining Corporation have taken in a combined $8.4 million from successful capital raisings.
General Mining Corporation shares fell sharply today after the company announced revised terms for the acquisition of an interest in Galaxy Resources' Mt Cattlin tantalum project near Ravensthorpe.
Galaxy Resources' $223 million sale of its Jiangsu lithium carbonate plant to a Chinese buyer has received shareholder approval from both parties after multiple delays and timeframe extensions.
Shares in General Mining Corporation have skyrocketed by over 700 per cent on news it was granted the right to solely operate Galaxy Resources' Mt Cattlin tantalum project near Ravensthorpe, in exchange for $7.5 million in lease fees and a 10 per cent production royalty.
Former Kogi Iron and Galaxy Resources boss Iggy Tan has been appointed managing director of Australia Minerals and Mining Group, as the company moves to commercialise its High Purity Alumina project in the south-west.
Kogi Iron chief executive Iggy Tan has stepped down from the role after just nine months as the struggling iron ore hopeful looks to slash costs amid tough times for explorers.
Galaxy Resources has agreed to sell its Jiangsu lithium carbonate plant in China to Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries in a deal worth about $249 million.
Never has the KISS management principle (keep it simple, stupid) been better demonstrated than in the dreadful condition of Western Australia's mineral processing sector, where crisis is piling on crisis.
Mining and engineering contractors were the biggest losers today when the S&P Dow Jones rebalanced all of its Australian indices, with RCR Tomlinson one of the few to buck the trend.
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Global miner First Quantum Minerals is set to purchase a stake in West Perth copper junior Caravel Minerals, adding to its interests in Western Australia.
Pay cuts, some up to 50 per cent, were the order of the day in the Business News quarterly CEO salary survey, but not all companies have been on trend.
Galaxy Resources says it is back on track to pursue the development of its flagship mine, with its Jiangsu processing facility on course to break even this year, and a further $1.1 million in cost
Galaxy Resources says it is poised to pursue its debt reduction strategies after securing an additional $20.3 million through a shortfall placement, taking its total capital raising up to $37.5 million.
Eight Western Australia-based resources sector firms have been removed from the list of Australia's top 300 companies, providing further evidence that the slowdown in mining activity is hurting WA
Galaxy Resources has restructured its debts and will now turn its focus to its operations after announcing its long-running capital raising has secured $17.2 million to date.
Iggy Tan has secured a new highly-paid executive role with exploration company Kogi Iron, less than two months after he stepped down from the helm of struggling lithium miner Galaxy Resources.
Galaxy Resources says it has received strong interest from institutional investors in a shortfall placement, after its entitlement offer fell massively short of its $47 million target.
Galaxy Resources says it has reached the minimum subscription caveat of its $47 million million capital raising, which was first launched in May and since extended twice, two days ahead of the offe
Struggling lithium miner Galaxy Resources has appointed First Quantum Minerals co-founder Martin Rowley to a special management committee tasked with overseeing a review of the company's operations
Embattled lithium producer Galaxy Resources has announced a deeply discounted $47 million rights issue to give the company a much needed cash injection.
Perth-based Gunson Resources has become the latest junior mining company to cut pay rates and boardroom numbers in a trend demonstrating the increasingly difficult operating environment for the sec
A blast and subsequent shutdown of Galaxy Resources' Chinese processing plant has cost the miner a potential $66.2 million cornerstone investment from the East China Mineral Exploration & Devel
Lithium producer Galaxy Resources has received Chinese backing for an $81 million capital raising, which it will use to reduce its debts and progress development at the Sal de Vida lithium mine in
