The Workforce Gender Equality Agency has published gender pay gap data on more than 400 WA private sector companies, shedding a light on remuneration disparities.
Buoyant gold prices have delivered record earnings for Super Pit owner Northern Star Resources despite mounting cost pressures bumping up the miner's production costs.
Mineral exploration company Cosmo Metals has elected to exercise its option to acquire 100 per cent of the Kanowna gold project from La Zarza Minerals, subject to shareholder approval.
Former Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls has joined an iron ore minnow to lead engagement with Pilbara stakeholders as it presses ahead with a new mine.
The complex mineralisation at Strickland Metals' Marwari trend is unravelling to reveal a 2.6km-long corridor with similar gold enrichment style to that seen at Millrose – which the company sold for $61 million. The corridor contains six leads that have seen little drilling to date. The company is planning to get its drill bit in the ground in April.
Recent power outages in Kalgoorlie have failed to deter Northern Star Resources from remaining on course to achieve its production guidance for the 2024 financial year, according to managing director Stuart Tonkin.
The power plant that supported Kalgoorlie during last week's power outage was, in 2023, rejected by the state government in favour of its own facility, which tripped when it was needed.
Cosmo Metals announced on Wednesday it plans to acquire complete ownership of the Kanowna gold project from La Zarza Minerals, after signing a terms sheet.
Woodside reinvested more than $20 million into Western Australian communities in 2023 as the company ramped up efforts to combat vocal criticism of its multibillion dollar gas projects.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Luke Mortimer, Luke Reinehr, Paul Hughes, Clinton Booth, Alex Hewlett, Ajanth Saverimutto, Samuel Ekins, Bill Parker, Ashleigh Shelton and Cat Sulicich.
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.
Strickland Metals says it has stretched its Marwari gold discovery by 400m to establish a total strike length of 1.1km following a systematic drilling campaign within its Yandal East project in Western Australia. And the company says its geophysical modelling has identified a further six promising “lookalike” targets in close proximity to the Marwari and Chetak deposits in the State's Western Desert.
Strickland Metals has emerged as one of the ASX's runners of the year, jumping 400 per cent to an 11-year high of 20 cents on Thursday, on the back of more drilling at its Marwari gold prospect near Wiluna in WA. Led by entrepreneurial boss Andrew Bray, Stickland sits as the lone gold explorer among a sea of lithium hopefuls leading this year's ASX charge.
Western Australia's resources middle tier could be at the heart of $170 billion in GDP growth by 2040, but only if the nation acts on its critical minerals opportunities, according to PwC.
Super Pit miner Northern Star has had a sedate start to the new financial year but has traded higher against the backdrop of new highs for Australian gold driven by conflict in the Middle East.
Strickland Metals has discovered a new high-grade gold trend at its Horse Well prospect in Western Australia, with its discovery air-core drillhole intersecting 31m at 5.6 grams per tonne gold from 72m to bottom-of-hole, including 8m at 17.7g/t gold. The company says the find was in an area that is not known to have been previously drilled.
In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the DomGas inquiry, PwC, Alcoa, FMG move, and results wrap up on Wesfarmers, BHP, Pilbara Minerals, Northern Star and Monadelphous.
Western Australia's biggest goldminer will shell out a 15.5 cents per share dividend after handing down a $301 million underlying net profit for the 2023 financial year.
The salt of the earth miner-turned reluctant dealmaker talks to Business News about the transaction that's kept him, and the market, on the hook for more than a year.
The state's biggest gold miner Northern Star Resources has backed the embattled Perth Mint, which is currently subject to a strategic review, to stay in state government hands.
The Super Pit miner is comfortable Kalgoorlie can house the 600 workers needed for a $1.5 billion mill expansion next year amid the city's housing squeeze.
In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss mining cost challenges at IGO, BHP and Northern Star, MinRes China pullout, cultural heritage, Comm Games, gold miners, fund managers, indigenous business, Cottesloe development and George Kailis.
Horizon Minerals has revealed fresh mineral resource estimates for its Golden Ridge North and Monument gold prospects in Western Australia's Goldfields region, to take its total resource to 23.22 million tonnes at 1.69 grams per tonne gold for 1.26 million ounces. Management says further drilling is now underway at its Monument prospect, while both deposits will soon be the subject of scoping studies.
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.
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.
NRW Holdings has won a major $973 million contract to construct a processing plant under Northern Star Resources' expansion plan for its Super Pit in Kalgoorlie.
Northern Star Resources is set to pay $67 million for an exploration project to feed its Jundee operation while notching a long-term power deal with Zenith Energy.
Northern Star will spend $1.5 billion to more than double processing capacity at the Kalgoorlie goldmine in an investment decision more than a year in the making.
Northern Star has been forced to lift its cost guidance for the 2023 financial year following downtime for repairs at Kalgoorlie and Pogo during the March quarter.
Goldminer Northern Star Resources is a high-cost producer relative to its peers and is likely to substantially increase annual capital expenditure to $1.3 billion, a ratings agency has found.
While many gold producers are delighted to churn out 100,000 ounces a year, five leading companies wouldn't get out of bed for that. Take a look which WA company stands head and shoulders above them all.
Northern Star Resources is anticipating production from its Pogo operation in Alaska could be trimmed by up to 40,000 ounces for FY23 as a result of unplanned motor repairs.
The state's biggest goldminer will pay a record interim dividend to investors on the back of stronger commodity prices, despite feeling the effects of a higher inflationary environment.
