One high-flying gold executive has reaped more than $50 million after cashing out another big chunk of his shareholding in the company he built from scratch.
Adrian Rauso
Medallion Metals has made a final investment decision for the Ravensthorpe gold project after locking in a $US50 million loan facility and offtake agreement.
Neil Watkinson
The financial performance of Kalgoorlie-Boulder mining services firm MLG Oz keeps getting better, with the company recording a big increase in profit for the latest half-year.
BHP chief executive Mike Henry ‘fears’ an ‘explosion’ of union activity will stifle long-term investment in the mining giant’s WA iron ore arm.
Copper is now ahead of iron ore as the biggest contributor to BHP’s profit and its chief executive suggests it’s great news for shareholder returns.
Tom Richardson
The new owners of a nickel processing plant near Kalgoorlie that’s been unable to be revived since the global financial crisis are raising $175 million to shift gears to better fortunes being found in gold.
Simone Grogan
WA iron ore no longer makes up the lion’s share of BHP’s earnings and boss Mike Henry ‘fears’ an ‘explosion’ of union activity will stifle long-term investment in the business unit.
Mining giant BHP has stunned the world with a massive result that tilts everything we know about the Aussie economy on its head.
Blair Jackson
Miner BHP, well known for its iron ore operations in Western Australia, now has another metal darling in its outlook after copper earnings came in at a record.
Staff Writers
Australian Vanadium has brought in global industrial heavyweight Sumitomo Electric Industries to bolster its bid to develop Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s $150 million vanadium battery project.
Shares in WA’s big three iron ore miners to took a hit on Monday as concerns mount over growing stockpiles in Chinese warehouses.
The worst fears of WA’s mining regulator have become reality after the owner of two long-dormant nickel mines missed a critical payment deadline.
Genesis Minerals has emerged as the successful bidder for Magnetic Resources’ neighbouring Lady Julie project in Laverton, tallying up another acquisition for the busy Raleigh Finlayson-led gold miner.
Work has been suspended at Rio Tinto's giant Simandou mine site in Guinea after a contract worker died at the weekend.
Rox Resources has selected MACA Interquip Mintrex to build the processing plant for the $383 million Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet.
Roger Cook urged Albemarle’s chief executive to at least keep the now-idled Kemerton lithium refinery open to a restart, days before the US giant axed 250 jobs blaming WA’s high business costs.
Specialised blue-collar workers on Western Australian mine sites are raking in more than experienced surgeons, thanks to a gold mining boom.
Lefroy Exploration is on the cusp of producing first gold from its Lucky Strike mine south-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, with toll milling under way.
Albemarle chief Kent Masters says the chemicals producer needs Western buyers to pay a premium for its lithium hydroxide to consider a restart of the Kemerton refinery it suddenly idled blaming high costs.
A minefield of results this reporting season has slugged tech and healthcare stocks with large losses on Thursday.
One of the ASX’s longest serving mining bosses says dealmaking between global resources giants needs to “make sense” and not be driven solely by a frenzied hunger for copper.
Albemarle’s decision to put the refinery on care and maintenance will result in 250 local workers being made redundant, and comes despite a rebound in prices for the battery mineral.
Following years of secretive trials and delays, Fortescue has officially started phasing out the diesel trains that transport iron ore from its mines to port.
Last year’s stellar price run for gold delivered a monster increase in Northern Star Resources’ first-half revenue to more than $3.4 billion — but investors will not enjoy the spoils.
Daniel Newell
