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Mining 26 Mar 2026

McClements joins AVL board

Former Mineral Resources chair James McClements has been appointed as a non-executive director at Australian Vanadium, effective from April 1.

Mining 22 Jul 2024

Strong production finish for Paladin

Paladin Energy ended the 2024 financial year in style, following the resumption of commercial production at its Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia.

Mining 07 May 2024

AVL updates mineral resource estimate

Mineral exploration company Australian Vanadium has announced an updated mineral resource estimate for its namesake project in Meekatharra.

Appointments 08 Aug 2022

Board Moves August 8, 2022

Our board moves wrap includes Melanie Kiely, Mark Hohnen, Scott Phegan, Cliff Lawrenson, Steven Zaninovich, Daniel Harris, Amanda Reid, Alistair Stephens, and Asimwe Kabunga.

Deals 08 Mar 2022

Paladin bosses lighten stake

Paladin Energy chair Cliff Lawrenson and non-executive director Peter Watson offloaded a combined 4.5 million shares in the uranium company last week.

Appointments 10 Dec 2020

Board Moves December 10, 2020

Today's board moves wrap includes Cliff Lawrenson, David Netherway, Emmanuel Correia, Sahm Nasseri, Kaggen Ausma, Andrew Barclay, Raymond Parry, and Emma Stein.

Mining 25 Nov 2020

Caspin makes strong ASX debut

The spinout company of Cassini Resources has begun its first day of trading, with its share price more than doubling to 46 cents.

Deals 15 Oct 2020

Caspin plans for November ASX listing

The spinout company of Cassini Resources is seeking to raise $6 million from its initial public offering, with an ASX listing targeted for November.

Appointments 12 Oct 2020

Board Moves October 12, 2020

Our board moves wrap includes Brenton Lewis, Cliff Lawrenson, Sean Fieler, and Jason Marinko.

Appointments 09 Mar 2020

Our daily board moves wrap includes Kim Robinson, Simon Coxhell, Gerard King, Greg Smith, Oonagh Malone, Joseph van den Elsen, John Lynch, Gary Comb, Richard Monti, Cliff Lawrenson, Mark Pensabene, Brett Tucker, Ian Pamensky, and Rachel Kerr.

Mining 04 Feb 2020

Paladin appoints new CEO

Ian Purdy will replace Scott Sullivan as the new chief executive of Paladin Energy, following the uranium miner's major board upheaval two months ago.

News 11 Dec 2019

Paladin undergoes board restructure

Uranium miner Paladin Energy has appointed experienced mining directors Peter Watson and Peter Main to the board, while three non-executive directors have stepped down from their roles.

Appointments 29 Oct 2019

Board Moves October 29, 2019

Our daily board moves wrap includes Brett Lawrence, Cliff Lawrenson, Rick Crabb, Michael Shirley, Brian Elton, and Chris Brophy.

Mining 29 Oct 2019

Lawrenson joins Paladin board

Uranium miner Paladin Energy has appointed Cliff Lawrenson as its non-executive chairman, after Rick Crabb announced his intention to step down from the role.

Appointments 17 Oct 2019

Board Moves October 17, 2019

Our daily board moves wrap includes Flemming Bjoernslev, Anthony Polglase, Dean Hely, Cliff Lawrenson, and Roderick Webster.

Deals 24 Jul 2019

$422m bid for Pacific Energy

Pacific Energy has entered a takeover deed with investment group QIC, with major shareholder Kenneth Hall set to reap more than $200 million from the deal.

Appointments 15 Oct 2018

Board Moves October 15, 2018

Atlas Iron has appointed Spiro Pappas, Professor Ian Plimer, Tad Watroba and Stephen Wood as non-executive directors with Mr Pappas being elected as chair.

Mining 15 Oct 2018

Atlas makes board changes

Atlas Iron has announced a raft of board changes, including the appointment of former state government tourism boss Stephen Wood and National Australia Bank executive Spiro Pappas.

Mining 17 Apr 2018

Atlas posts poor March results

Atlas Iron has posted disappointing quarterly results, with discounted prices for its low-grade iron ore leaving the miner with a loss from its March production.

Mining 29 Jan 2018

Atlas repays $20m in debt

Perth-based Atlas Iron has repaid $20 million of debt to reduce its term loan to less than $85 million, while also continuing to pursue diversification opportunities in copper and lithium.

Mining 20 Dec 2017

Atlas strikes lithium deal with Pilbara

Atlas Iron has struck a deal with lithium developer Pilbara Minerals to purchase up to 1.4 million tonnes of direct shipping lithium ore over the next 15 months.

Mining 29 Aug 2017

Atlas Iron swings to profit

Atlas Iron has swung to a full-year profit as a rebound in iron ore prices helped the junior miner recover from losses following a write-down a year earlier.

Mining 21 Jul 2017

Steady quarter for Atlas Iron

Atlas Iron has delivered a steady result for the three months to June and has reaffirmed its output guidance for FY18.

Mining 21 Jun 2017

Atlas puts Corunna Downs plans on hold

Atlas Iron has put plans to develop its Corunna Downs iron ore project on ice, but will maintain production for FY18 by increasing output at its Mt Webber operation.Perth-based Atlas said the de

Mining 20 Apr 2017

Sharp fall in CEO salaries

Newly appointed chief executives in WA are on substantially lower salary packages compared with recent years, a Business News survey has found.

Deals 29 Mar 2017

Pilbara Minerals strikes Atlas Iron deals

Pilbara Minerals has signed a farm-in deal with Atlas Iron over its Mt Francisco lithium project, and the two companies have also struck a preliminary agreement allowing Pilbara to use Atlas Iron's existing infrastructure to support early shipments from the Pilgangoora project.