A development assessment panel was unable to decide on Albemarle's plan to build a 500-person accommodation village in Binningup, requesting community feedback before progressing.
ASX-listed mining tech Imdex has reported a solid earnings lift to deliver a $44 million profit for the year while revealing a $13 million contract win for work on Fortescue’s new magnetite project.
Bill Beament has defended his industry’s environmental reputation at a speaking engagement this afternoon, saying that underground mining will be crucial for pursuing future-facing minerals.
Gold explorer MinRex is pursuing a fourth investor for allegedly failing to pay up after its recent capital raising, taking its total legal claims to more than $3.5 million.
Mark Bennett’s exploration venture S2 Resources will relocate from its Osborne Park address in Perth to Melbourne, signalling a shift in focus to its flagship asset in Victoria.
Mining giant Fortescue Metals Group has taken a major step towards expanding one of its largest magnetite projects, lodging the plans with the state’s environmental watchdog.
St Barbara shares have fallen more than 11 per cent in response to the gold producer’s latest guidance update which foreshadowed improved output but higher costs.
Shares in new potash producer Kalium Lakes are in a trading halt ahead of new proposed funding measures for its flagship, which ran into ramp-up issues and delays earlier this year.
ANALYSIS: Another day, another front-page headline about sexual harassment in mining. It’s clearly a major issue but where is the balance? What about industries with a bigger problem?
The rare earths newcomer is on track to join the local bourse this month after seeking $6 million from investors to firm up the Cowalinya project south-east of Norseman.
Sheffield Resources has inched closer to reaching a final investment decision for its proposed mineral sands project in the Kimberley after lining up a $US110 million loan facility.
Administrators for Wiluna Mining will investigate details of a last-ditch capital raising that collected less than the company reported to the ASX in the weeks before its collapse.
A proposed 500-person accommodation village to support the expansion of Albemarle's Kemerton lithium plant has failed to gain support from Shire of Harvey councillors.
Deep Yellow chief executive John Borshoff says it will be full steam ahead at the newly-merged WA business on the back of the latest spell of uranium interest.
Former Blue Star Helium chief James Cruickshank has lost an 11th-hour bid to rid himself of an ASIC ban and $40,000 fine for failing to share asset sale details with investors.
Budding rare earths producer Arafura Resources has successfully tapped new and existing investors for $41.5 million for the Nolans project after shares were offered at a generous discount.
Inglewood-based investor Don Evans has pleaded guilty to conspiring to manipulate the share price of Victoria-based explorer Quantum Resources in 2015.
Chalice Mining’s Julimar discovery is tipped to herald a new metals province in WA, but its location within a state forest could put the social licence of ‘green metals’ to the test.
Lynas Rare Earths plans to substantially expand production capacity at its Mt Weld mine, adding to a big investment it is already making in downstream processing in the Goldfields.
In a Diggers & Dealers first, exhibitors have been told to pack up early on the final day of the conference after a severe weather warning was issued for the Goldfields this morning.
BHP Nickel West President Jessica Farrell has diplomatically echoed comments made by outgoing Fortescue boss Elizabeth Gaines calling for fellow mining companies to step up diversity efforts.
Elizabeth Gaines says Fortescue has had boots on the ground at a prospective iron ore deposit in Gabon, firming up the company’s exploration plans and a potential iron ore foothold in Africa.
Bill Beament has told stakeholders he has no aspirations to turn his undergound mining services business Develop Global into a ‘mining behemoth’, at day two of Diggers & Dealers.
Mining sector leaders Jake Klein and Sharon Warburton said today the sector as a whole needed to recognise more action was needed to achieve respectful workplaces.
Genesis boss Raleigh Finlayson could not be drawn to furnish details on a deal with St Barbara, but conceded the Leonora region was more open to consolidation than it once was.
