Jack McGinn

Mineral Resources closed at its lowest point since 2020 today, after American investment giant BlackRock was revealed to have sold off shares in the company last week.

Premier Roger Cook says the government will work with the business community around potential support for those impacted by a spate of power outages across the state today.

Premier Roger Cook has backed the state’s emerging vanadium sector to dodge the supply woes which have plagued Western Australian battery metal miners in recent years.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss Talison's Greenbushes expansion; an Alcoa update; a mineral sands miner in administration; Satterley's Perth Hills project; BP; and a mag preview.

With only weeks until the WA election, a few key seats have political watchers licking their lips and locals trying to read the tea leaves.

Water Corporation moved to distance itself from a state decision to approve mining operations by Alcoa in the Darling Range in December 2023, internal documents have revealed.

BP says it will continue design work on its multi-billion-dollar local renewable energy project book, as the dust settles from its global refocus on oil and gas.

The scale of BP’s shift away from renewables has been revealed, with the company announcing a plan to slash new energy spend by $US5 billion globally per year and ramp up oil and gas investment.

A US Virginia-class nuclear submarine has checked into port at Garden Island off Rockingham, as the Australian Navy prepares to welcome nuclear vessels from late 2027.

Chevron Australia director of operations Danny Woodall says Australia is in an international race for investment, as the company reviews its global operating model.

The growth of a state-of-the-art technical hub by Birdon at Henderson has coincided with a significant scale-up in defence sector activity in the region – but the firm is focused on more.

Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill issued a warning to regulators holding up progress on the North West Shelf joint venture, while handing down a $5.6 billion full-year net profit.

WA Labor has revealed the details of a promised $50 million to fund a Western Australian battery manufacturing program, if re-elected at the March 8 state election.

The Nationals WA have pledged $1 billion to regional housing over the decade ahead, if voted into government on March 8.

ANALYSIS: WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam is aware of the mountain her party has to climb at the March 8 federal election, but two weeks out, she has no plan to throw in the towel.

Windfall from Northern Star Resources’ move for De Grey Mining has pushed the value of Gold Road Resources’ listed investments to around $870,000.

The world’s largest goldminer expects to produce less and spend more at its sole Western Australian asset in 2025, as it gears up to increase production in the latter half of the decade.

High grades delivered Ramelius Resources a profit record in the first half of the financial year, with the company delivering 19 per cent more gold despite mining significantly less ore.

Wyloo plans take a majority stake in the Yangibana rare earths project, in a move which would cancel out millions owed to it by Hastings Technology Metals.

Woodside Energy has warned of flow on effects from the battle for approvals extending the life of its North West Shelf plant, after regulators pushed out the deadline for a decision.

Westgold Resources is shopping around the Lakewood gold processing facility acquired last year in its $1.2 billion move for Karora Resources.

Production from Santos’ Western Australian assets sunk to its lowest level since 2018 last year, as the company prioritised other jurisdictions.

Jack McGinn and Nadia Budihardjo discuss what a Trump presidency means for AUKUS.

The new administration’s commitment to the AUKUS partnership has been reaffirmed by incoming US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

WA Labor has pledged $5 million in an initial bid to boost the resilience of the state’s fragile supply chain network, if re-elected in March.

Frontier Energy has appointed former Western Power chief executive Guy Chalkley as its non-executive chair, following an appointment of Mark McGowan that was ultimately never ratified.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss a busy year ahead for a Pilbara youth project.

The state’s Liberal and National parties have hit out at the government’s performance on cultural heritage, after a Toodyay farmer was fined for work he carried out on his driveway.

Woodside Energy could realise a statutory petroleum rent resources tax benefit in 2024, as it claims on deductible spending at its Pluto project.

Two directors at the heart of a boardroom tussle for control of Global Lithium, including chair Ron Mitchell, will resign at this afternoon’s annual general meeting.

Northern Star Resources has lauded a record half, in which the goldminer generated cash earnings of $1.1 billion and returned an all-time high dividend.

Leadership tensions which have simmered at lithium explorer Global Lithium will come to a head tomorrow, as shareholders vote on whether a major holder should join the board.