Mining

Pilbara Minerals has awarded a $70 million contract extension to mining services company MACA and added Miriam Stanborough to the board as a non-executive director.

GBM Resources is seeking to raise $7.4 million to continue exploring for gold in Queensland's Drummond Basin, while Conico and Corazon also announced capital raisings.

Shares in Pilbara Minerals jumped 8 per cent to close near all-time highs today after the company announced strong results from its second online lithium auction.

Shares in Fenix Resources rose 12 per cent this morning after the iron ore producer declared a full-year profit and maiden dividend.

Fortescue Metals Group has announced a high-level framework agreement with the Eastern Guruma people and flagged a $500 million mining joint venture but was light on details.

MACA, Mineral Resources and WesTrac have formed an alliance to support the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research’s fundraiser for cancer research.

Great Boulder Resources has announced plans to demerge its Yamarna project near Laverton into a newly listed entity, which will raise $5 million ahead of a stock market float later this year.

The state’s environmental regulator has given BHP the green light to increase iron ore exports from Port Hedland by 40 million tonnes annually, despite concerns about dust exposure.

Gina Rinehart-backed lithium explorer Vulcan Energy Resources is seeking $200 million ahead of its entry into the ASX300 index later this week.

Metalicity has sought to consolidate ownership of two gold projects in Western Australia after launching a hostile takeover bid for joint venture partner Nex Metals.

Inflationary threats in a low interest rate environment are bringing the lustre back to gold.

Former BHP and Fortescue mines manager Isak Buitendag has been appointed as the new chief executive of Salt Lake Potash.

History is repeating in the state’s nickel industry.

ASX-listed Imdex is acquiring mining software from Californian business DataCloud for $20 million in cash and shares.

Two directors have been added to the board of CZR Resources following last week’s walkout which involved chairman David Flanagan.

BUDGET: Last year’s boom in iron ore prices underpinned a massive surge in WA government revenue but the good times are coming to an end, with treasury assuming prices will fall sharply.

Galena Mining has finalised contracts with GR Engineering Services and Byrnecut in relation to its $170 million Abra base metals project near Newman.

WA’s mining industry is renowned for its technical innovations, but key industry players believe far more could be achieved.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Hancock Prospecting for a separate trial over ownership of lucrative iron ore tenements in the Pilbara.

BHP has provided a taste of what to expect in tomorrow’s state budget with the mining giant reporting a surge in royalty payments and employee numbers.

Wesfarmers-backed Covalent Lithium has awarded the engineering contract for its Mt Holland lithium concentrator to NRW Holdings.

Maddington-based PWR Hybrid has been named as the preferred proponent to build a microgrid at Australian Potash’s $208 million development in the Goldfields.

The oil and gas sector has strongly criticised the state government’s new resources sector strategy, saying it failed to focus on policies needed to achieve future success.

Mincor Resources has secured funds to build an accommodation camp for its proposed Cassini nickel operation near Kambalda.

Fortescue and Wesfarmers were among the Western Australian ASX 100 companies which provided the most comprehensive statements to the modern slavery register.

Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources has pocketed almost $330 million from the sale of its stake in lithium miner Pilbara Minerals.

MICROMINE has completed its second acquisition in less than three months, having purchased fellow Western Australian mining software business Alastri.

A Byrnecut underground worker has been fatally injured at OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill mine in South Australia.

Four CZR Resources directors including chairman David Flanagan will leave the company after its board was unable to agree on a development strategy for the Robe Mesa iron ore project.

Shareholders in Red Hill Iron have voted in favour of selling an entire stake in a West Pilbara joint venture to Mineral Resources.

GR Engineering Services has secured work on another WA gold project, taking its total EPC contracts this year to more than $300 million.

Newcrest Mining has been fined after a worker in outback Western Australia suffered serious injuries when she was attacked by dingoes while on her lunch break.