More than 400 TAFE lecturers undertook industry placements in 2022 and 2023 as part of a program costing $10 million to the state, the government has revealed.
Western Australia's iron ore giants have inked a deal with Australia's largest steelmaker which could see the country's first electric smelter in an effort to realise green steel ambitions.
BMG Resources is planning to beef up its holdings in WA's West Arunta region – known as elephant country for niobium and rare earths – with an option to nab a 90 per cent interest in 1470sq km of ground. The package sits 30km from Encounter Resources' Crean project and its resource of 282 million tonnes at 0.54 per cent niobium oxide and 0.17 per cent TRE0.
Perth-based explorer King River Resources is on the hunt for high-grade gold in elephant country in Australia's Top End. It has plenty of cash and a gaggle of lucrative-looking targets begging to see a drill bit. With miners selling gold at record highs, King River's focus on Tennant Creek in the NT, an area that has historically pumped out millions of gold ounces, is timely.
Software provider K2fly says cost management remains its major focus as the company's latest financial report today revealed a remarkable 14th consecutive quarter of annual recurring revenue growth. The ARR was at $8 million in the past quarter, up 16 per cent compared to the previous corresponding period (PCP) and revenue was at $3.4million, up 21 per cent from the PCP.
Lower-grade iron ore product made up 20 per cent of Rio Tinto's Pilbara shipments during the December quarter, as the company progresses new project delivery in a delicate approvals environment.
Rio Tinto has confirmed a $US251 million ($375 million) deal to sell the Lake MacLeod salt and gypsum operation in Carnarvon to privately-owned Leichhardt Industrials Group.
Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Alcoa's refinery closure; Panoramic's shuttered mine; Stockland's retirement living vision; another Creasy deal; a new Yallingup resort, and preview the upcoming magazine.
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.
A Rio Tinto subsidiary has revised its West Angelas iron ore mine expansion plan, proposing to clear up to 17,555 hectares of vegetation in the East Pilbara.
Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss BGC results; home building incentives; housing price hikes; Rio royalty payments; Harvest Road's loss; all the action in lithium; Satterley's LWP deal and Cottesloe preselection.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has paid $125 million to a major Aboriginal group in the Pilbara and is likely to contribute more in future after underpaying royalties over many years.
Battery-electric trains remain some way off for Western Australia's largest grain handler as fellow heavy rail users in the mining industry press ahead with the technology to decarbonise their operations.
Heavy rail users need to standardise parts if they want railcar manufacturing in WA to become cost-competitive with Chinese imports, according to the nation's peak railway lobby group.
Rio Tinto's proposed mega copper mine in the Pilbara has taken a major step forward, with plans put out today by the state's environmental watchdog for public comment.
Rio Tinto plans to ramp up spending on iron ore, notably at the giant Simandou project in Africa, but has scaled back its investment in decarbonisation.
Rio Tinto has highlighted the importance of its giant Rhodes Ridge project in the Pilbara by approving a pre-feasibility study and outlining plans to spend $400 million on exploration.
Rio Tinto's inaugural diamond tender attracted buyers from the Kimberley through to Japan seeking to get their hands on the miner's legacy inventory of pink and red Argyle diamonds.
The bluster around automation, artificial intelligence and jobs plays out online and in column inches most weeks around the world, but is it justified?
Software provider K2fly has initiated a sweeping strategic review of its operations in a swift boardroom move designed to maximise the full potential of its innovative resource governance software solutions. After posting 13 quarters of increasing revenue on the trot, K2Fly has vowed not to sit on those laurels and has appointed Argonaut PCF and Atrico as joint advisors to steer its review.
IGO will proceed with plans to employ Ivan Vella as chief executive despite the shock news that Rio Tinto sacked him over a confidential information breach.
