State governments are leading the way for Australian green bonds with the latest issuance to fund an electric car charging network, wind farms and rebates.
Burgundy Diamond Mines is working towards raising $203 million to fund what it has deemed a ‘transformational’ acquisition of an operating diamond mine in Canada once owned by BHP.
Engineering services company Lycopodium has secured a $55 million deal for the study and scope of Barrick Gold Corporation’s Reko Diq copper-gold project.
The cost of propping up the embattled Ewington coal mine in Collie has gone beyond the $19.5 million initially set aside by the state government to support it.
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.
Mining and civil services firm MACA has secured a $850 million contract extension for open pit mining activities at the Gruyere gold mine in the Goldfields.
Australian Potash has put its flagship Lake Wells development on pause and pivoted to nearby exploration activities after a strategic review failed to attract an investment partner.
Land developer Cedar Woods Properties has cut its financial year profit forecast due to construction delays it claims are showing signs of stabilising.
Efforts to revive manufacturing in WA have been boosted by a $150 million deal between Gemco Rail and Rio Tinto to build 100 iron ore wagons and certain components locally.
The proposed union of two of the country’s biggest cash logistics companies has received approval, with the merged entity expected to start operating in September.
Rare earths hopeful Hastings Technology Metals has secured a potential offtake agreement with a Canadian magnet manufacturer for its Yangbiana project in the Gascoyne.
Battery metals miner IGO has found a new chief executive in Ivan Vella, a long-serving Rio Tinto executive whose career includes a stint as iron ore boss in the aftermath of Juukan Gorge.
Australia will need to break new ground in order for the economy to not go backwards amid high inflation, the prime minister will say in a major speech.
Costs at global salt producer K+S Group’s Ashburton project near Onslow have blown out by more than $400 million following revised costs and inflationary pressures.
The state government will push ahead with plans to implement the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act from July 1, with or without a key pillar of the reform’s proposed permitting structure.
IGO acting chief executive Matt Dusci will receive a tidy $400,000-plus pay bump for leading the miner on an interim basis, with his permanent replacement due to be named soon.
Rio Tinto has struck an agreement with the world’s biggest steelmaker, China Baowu, to collaborate on projects aimed to reduce carbon emissions in the industry.
Former premier Colin Barnett, scientists Carol Bower and David Blacker and mining executive Philip Crabb are among the 112 Western Australians recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for 2023.
