Jack McGinn

A prominent left-leaning think tank has come to blows with an oil and gas industry group, over warnings of a domestic gas shortfall in Western Australia over the years ahead.

A partnership between two influential Indian businessmen has its sights on WA’s healthcare squeeze.

MinRes has revealed maiden resources for its Lockyer gas and Erregulla oil projects in the Perth Basin, as it reviews its path forward in the region amid a stalemate with government.

A Perth man has been sentenced to two years in jail, after dodgy tax dealings conducted in his name were referred to prosecutors by the Australian Taxation Office.

State-owned Lotterywest generated more than $1.4 billion in revenue last financial year, with sales up 13.4 per cent and $373 million worth of grants and allocations signed off.

The Association of Mining & Exploration Companies says increased focus on ESG credentials in the code governing mineral exploration reporting could further cloud a complicated process.

Liv Declerck and Jack McGinn discuss the state of WA's distilling industry.

Greatland Gold chief executive Shaun Day believes the Telfer gold-copper mine his company is acquiring in a $700 million deal with Newmont Corporation is in its best shape in nearly two decades.

Liberal and Nationals candidates for the newly formed Bullwinkel electorate turned out at a farmers rally in Canberra today, as live sheep export rhetoric ramps up in the new seat.

ANALYSIS: The new chair of defence shipbuilder Austal, Richard V Spencer, has a résumé tailor-made for capitalising on Aukus opportunities.

Ramelius Resources made three unsuccessful attempts to acquire Westgold Resources between October 2023 and April 2024, the Takeovers Panel has revealed.

Complete Tyre Solutions has struck a deal with logistics firm Matic Group to divert 3,500 tyres from landfill to its recycling facility currently under construction.

Tropicana joint venture partners AngloGold Ashanti and Regis Resources will spend as much as $15 million on growth this year, after approving development underground at the Havana mine.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has announced a $44 million federal government cash injection into Western Australian recycling at a facility in Bibra Lake this afternoon.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has insisted Regis Resources’ McPhillamys gold project is not dead, despite controversially blocking a critical tailings dam at the site.

Perth Basin producer Strike Energy has made two new discoveries during drilling at its Erregulla Deep-1 well, intercepting gas at depths never previously encountered in the region.

Hancock Prospecting chief executive of operations Gerhard Veldsman has warned of the dangers of resources policy pitfalls, in the context of the company’s magnetite ambitions.

LNG producer Chevron has tipped more than $68 million into a state government desalination plant at Onslow, as part of a state development agreement over its Wheatstone project.

GOLD WRAP: Westgold Resources, Red 5 and Genesis Minerals, each at the heart of gold’s merger flurry, have unveiled last year's financial results.

More than $1 million has been donated to Western Australia's major political parties since new disclosure laws were introduced on July 1, ahead of the state election in March 2025.

ANALYSIS: The Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum is typically focused on geology. On its first morning this year, however, keynote speaker Kim Beazley flipped the script.

Woodside Energy’s underlying net profit slipped 14 per cent in the first half of 2024 to $2.36 billion, as lower prices for its oil and gas products weighed heavily.

Founding Azure Minerals managing director and chief executive Tony Rovira has stepped down from the company, following this year’s acquisition by Hancock Prospecting and SQM.

GOLD WRAP: Ramelius Resources has increased its profit 250 per cent year-on-year, bringing in almost $220 million last financial year as it rode a wave of record gold prices and low costs.

Strikes planned at Fremantle Ports from Sunday morning have been called off, after agreement was reached between the authority and union.

Isabel Vieira and Jack McGinn discuss goldminer Gold Fields and its push to shore up its place in the world.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss Regis' McPhillamys project; BGC's asset sales and legal action; CFMEU; McGowan's new role; Lennon retires from Peet; and major property deals.

Fremantle Ports is battling bad weather, with vessels evacuated back to sea yesterday in a move which could compound the impact of strike action scheduled from Sunday morning.

Chevron and Woodside have secured a greenhouse gas assessment permit off the WA coast, as the pair explore selling carbon capture as a product to industrial users.

Australian and American navy personnel will maintain a nuclear submarine at HMAS Stirling in the coming weeks, in what's been dubbed a milestone for pillar one of Aukus.

An updated 249D notice lobbed at Global Lithium Resources by shareholder Leon Zhu hopes to oust directors Greg Lilleyman and Hayley Lawrance and cap the company’s board to three.

Market conditions have forced Chalice Mining to cut the size of its board and further slash spending, as it looks to develop the Gonneville project near Toodyay.