Australia and Canada have agreed to jointly invest in critical minerals, including processing each other’s resources, as major economies grapple with setting up an alternative supply chain to China.
Katina Curtis
Things are moving fast at Wiluna Mining and the crew at FTI Consulting have hit the ejector button. Plus: Cottesloe gets a royal visit of sorts. And Dino Otranto to the rescue.
An evangelical Andrew Forrest implored Fortescue shareholders to stay on board with green energy trials that ‘probably will fail’, following a litany of costly setbacks in recent months.
Adrian Rauso
Renewable energy is taking over from oil, coal and gas, an Australian mining magnate has told shareholders, and efforts to hold back the trend are misguided.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
It’s been a wild October for the Aussie sharemarket and the final day of the month’s trading delivered a small slide into the red.
Duncan Evans
The work put into a critical minerals deal with the US makes it easier for Australia to sell more resources to other countries in need, the prime minster says.
Tom Wark
With WA set to be a major beneficiary from the US and Australia’s rare minerals deal it can also spell a win for the environment, taking a strangehold off China that use pollution heavy tactics.
Raymond da Silva Rosa
The company behind the $355m Katanning gold project says it has reached “agreement in principle” with the local shire on a long-term lease for a 250-bed workers accommodation facility on the edge of town.
Neil Watkinson
The value of Gina Rinehart’s flagship company has increased by $3 billion but less cash flowed to Australia’s richest person.
The Federal Government’s trade agency has told multiple companies not to jeopardise Australia’s landmark critical minerals pact with the United States by spruiking a forum held in Perth.
Mineral Resources plans to boost the maximum capacity of its key mining operation and believes it has learnt from ‘painful experience’ how to handle the next unforgiving Pilbara wet season.
A top China expert says the Australia-United States critical minerals deal is a good start, but nowhere near enough to keep Chinese President Xi Jinping awake at night.
Latika M Bourke
A review of historical nickel-copper data has led Mt Ridley Mines to establish a maiden gallium resource at its namesake project north-east of Esperance.
The company hoping to develop a $1.65 billion nickel-cobalt project in the Goldfields is exploring the funding benefits of listing on the US Nasdaq stock exchange.
Annual profit produced by the crown jewel of Gina Rinehart’s Pilbara iron ore empire has nearly halved but still remains well above $1 billion.
Western Australia’s miners fear that the 37 different definitions of ‘unacceptable impacts’ included in new environmental laws will stall crucial projects in the State.
Shares in the most shorted stock on the ASX have rallied from four-year lows on the back of record uranium production.
Soon-to-be US funded Northern Minerals is opposing a bid by an unknown accountant supported by mystery backers to become a director.
Sean Smith
Lynas will expand its processing capacity of heavy rare earths at its refinery in Malaysian as it races to meet demand for the metals that are key to robotics, advanced tech and military applications.
Daniel Newell
Westgold Resources has continued to build its cash, bullion and investments position during the first quarter of the current financial year, increasing it by $108 million to $472m.
Ramelius Resources says it will cost $619 million to develop the Rebecca-Roe gold project 150km east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder as part of its five-year growth plan to become a 500,000ozpa producer.
A close-knit outback town is in mourning as experts begin their investigations into the cause of an underground mining explosion that killed two people.
Farid Farid and Alex Mitchell
Atlas Iron posted a net profit of $260 million for the 2025 financial year ‘despite major production interruptions’ caused by cyclone Zelia.
Gina Rinehart will cornerstone Arafura Rare Earths’ $525 million capital raise, boosting her status as a key player in the critical minerals alliance being forged by Australia and the United States.
