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Minerals 260 managing director Luke McFadyen explains the company’s exploration strategy at the Bullabulling gold project.

Gold miningPremiumMinerals 260 gets $410m in credit for Bullabulling

Minerals 260 has wrapped up its funding to first production at the Bullabulling gold project south-west of Coolgardie after receiving credit approved commitments for $410 million in debt facilities.

Neil Watkinson

Ashurst Perkins Coie WA corporate partners Carl Della-Bosca (left) and Ben Stewart in their Perth offices.

MiningPremiumGold frenzy remains and SPACs are back: Ashurst dealmakers

A tough environment to build mines from scratch means the appetite for mergers and acquisitions among local gold producers will still be strong next year, according to a leading law firm.

Adrian Rauso

Victory Metals chief executive and executive director Brendan Clark.

Critical mineralsPremiumCurtin deal removes need for standalone processing facility

 A deal with Curtin University will give Victory Metals access to advanced processing infrastructure for large pilot-scale production and product qualification without having to build a standalone facility.

Neil Watkinson

OzAurum Resources managing director and chief executive Andrew Pumphrey.

Gold miningPremiumOzAurum Resources expands Mulgabbie North MRE to 294,000oz

OzAurum Resources has expanded the mineral resource estimate at its Mulgabbie North gold project 135km north-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Neil Watkinson

BHP’s Tim Day

MiningPremiumBHP warns it’s getting ‘significantly harder’ in Australia

Australia is becoming a ‘significantly harder’ place to do business, BHP WA iron ore boss Tim Day warns, ramping up threats by the Big Australian that more of its investment may shift overseas.

Adrian Rauso

Brent Smoothy descibed the fine as ‘horrendous’

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Justice system lets miner dodge $355k penalty for tyre blast

A wealthy businessman’s mining firm legally avoided paying a $355,000 injury penalty for two years and counting, exposing WA’s Department of Justice as a toothless tiger.

Adrian Rauso

A Rio spokesman on Tuesday said its investigation into the cause of the outbreak was “still being finalised”.

MiningPremiumPilbara mine site salmonella outbreak still a mystery

Rio Tinto is yet to reveal what caused a large salmonella outbreak at its Pilbara iron ore mine camps over a month ago but is confident the nasty gastric bug has been eliminated.

Adrian Rauso

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UPDATEDPremium‘True blue’: Mine collapse survivor dies at 54

One of the two men who spent two weeks trapped inside a collapsed Tasmanian gold mine in 2006 has died aged 54 after a long illness.

Blair Jackson

Australian Vanadium chief executive Graham Arvidson.

Energy transitionPremiumState awards $15m for electrolyte manufacturing facility

The company pitching to build a $150m vanadium battery energy storage system in Kalgoorlie-Boulder has been awarded $15m in State Government funds to build an electrolyte manufacturing facility in WA.

Neil Watkinson

Paul Parolo

MiningPremiumIdentity of grandfather killed on WA mine site revealed

A 75-year-old man who died at Regis Resources’ Duketon gold mine has been remembered as a doting grandfather. 

Adrian Rauso

The Kalgoorlie Super Pit from above.

MiningPremiumTeething issues trouble Northern Star’s new $1.7b mill

Northern Star Resources is experiencing teething issues at its expanded Kalgoorlie Super Pit processing plant but there was a positive update for its Pilbara project.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

KGL Resources is moving ahead with plans to become Australia's next medium-sized copper producer. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

MiningPremiumLong road to production for nation's next copper miner

KGL Resources is moving ahead with construction of a mid-sized copper mine in the Northern Territory as the price of the metal climbs.

Derek Rose

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NEWSPremiumFatal gold mine incident kills 75yo contractor

Authorities are investigating after a contractor was killed at a mining camp in Western Australia’s Goldfields.

Emma Kirk

Regis Resources’ Duketon South operations in the northern Goldfields includes the Rosemont underground mine.

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Elderly worker fatally injured at regional WA mine

Operations have been suspended at a gold mine in the northern Goldfields after the death of a contractor.

Neil Watkinson and Caleb Runciman

WIN Metals managing director and chief executive Steve Norregaard.

Critical mineralsPremiumWIN Metals unveils rubidium mineral resource estimate

WIN Metals has this week revealed a maiden mineral resource estimate for a “hidden treasure” — the high-value critical mineral rubidium — at its Faraday deposit 4km north-west of Widgiemooltha.

Neil Watkinson

Granules of gold poured into a tray during kilogram bar production at the Perth Mint Refinery. Photographer: Matt Jelonek/Bloomberg

MiningPremiumGold could be back in vogue

Gold could soon be the metal in vogue again as copper miners, including BHP and Rio Tinto, were smashed over growing fears of a data centre development slowdown.

Adrian Rauso

Rita Saffioti at Dumas House.

State PoliticsPremiumTreasurer ‘goes in to bat’ for Woodside after job cuts

Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti has taken aim at environmental activists and uncertain Federal Government policies for risking the future of major resources projects in Australia.

Jessica Page

The Worsley alumina refinery.

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Alumina workers set to strike over demands for higher pay

Unions hope to disrupt production from South32’s Worsley alumina refinery near Bunbury with a staff strike next week. 

Adrian Rauso

Woodside is set to cut more than 500 jobs. NewsWire / Sharon Smith

MININGPremiumAussie energy giant to axe more than 500 jobs

One of Australia’s largest energy companies has announced it will axe more than 500 jobs across the globe, targeting US$400m in annual cost savings by 2028.

David Hannant

The first player taken as the No.1 draft pick in the AFLW, Nicola Barr, is calling for AustralianSuper to divest from Whitehaven Coal. Supplied

UPDATEDPremiumFooty star calls out fossil fuel investments

A footy champion is among those calling for Australia’s biggest super fund to dump shares in a major coal miner.

Blair Jackson

Tasmanian miner Todd Russell, left, who was rescued from the Beaconsfield mine collapse in 2006, has revealed he will soon die at home after a lengthy stay in hospital. AFP PHOTO/POOL

NewsPremiumBeaconsfield hero’s heartbreaking goodbye

A man whose rescue from a collapsed mine in Tasmania gripped Australia in 2006 has revealed he will soon die at home surrounded by family after a lengthy stay in hospital.

Blair Jackson

Back: AngloGold Ashanti Australia manager environment social and governance Rose Lane, Barra Parrapi Aboriginal Corporation’s Bobbie Ray, AngloGold senior vice-president deputy general counsel Nerilee Rockman, BPAC’s Nakisha Smith, Mariah O’Loughlin, BPAC director Dennis Forrest, AngloGold vice-president sustainability Clair Brennan, BPAC’s Greg Stubbs; front: AngloGold senior vice-president David Brown and BPAC chair Hector O’Loughlin.

Native titlePremiumAngloGold Ashanti signs native title agreement for Tropicana

A variety of benefits are expected to flow following AngloGold Ashanti signing a native title agreement covering the Tropicana gold mine in the Goldfields.

Neil Watkinson

AMEC boss Warren Pearce says there is too much friction between miners and renewable energy developers, when both should work together. This is a stock image.

MiningPremiumGreen energy projects ‘sterilising’ mining: industry boss

A prominent mining industry lobbyist has warned of an unnecessary ‘free-for-all’ pitting explorers against renewable energy developers.

Adrian Rauso

The Koolyanobbing iron ore mine in the Yilgarn area of the Goldfields.

MiningPremiumYilgarn Iron rehab tops $100m, rescue package flagged

Mineral Resources’ former Yilgarn iron ore hub lost $2.6 million in its first operating period under new ownership as mining clean-up obligations topped $100m.

Adrian Rauso