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Saturn Metals managing director Ian Bamborough at the Apollo Hill gold project south-east of Leonora.

Native titlePremiumSaturn Metals signs native title agreement for Apollo Hill

Saturn Metals has signed an agreement with the organisation representing the native title holders of the northern Goldfields land where the company’s Apollo Hill gold project is located.

Neil Watkinson

Smaller miners and explorers fear the impact of the Federal Government’s changes to capital gains tax.

BusinessCommentsPremiumMiners fear Budget tax change will ‘kill’ next big discovery

Explorers warn the Federal Government’s capital gains tax shake-up could choke investment in the next generation of mining projects by making high-risk exploration less attractive.

Ryan Johnson

Nine of 11 ASX sectors made gains Friday, but the heavyweight mining sector fell enough to drag the market to an overall loss. Photo: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

MARKET WRAPPremium‘Super cycle’: ASX down 2.8pc for the week

The Australian share market has closed federal budget week with another loss, posting a 2.8 per cent dip since Monday.

Blair Jackson

CBA’s record sell-off has raised a bigger question for investors: if Australia’s largest stocks start to wobble, how much strain Australia’s top stocks take?

MarketsCommentsPremiumWhat CBA’s stock plunge means to your shares

CBA’s record sell-off has raised a bigger question for investors: if Australia’s largest stocks start to wobble, how much strain Australia’s top stocks take?

Ryan Johnson

Gina Rinehart

MiningCommentsPremiumRinehart grows rare earths exposure in US

Gina Rinehart has expanded her rare earths empire after taking a near $US23 million ($31m) stake in a newly listed US critical minerals junior.

Daniel Newell

VanEck tips the banks will no longer drive growth on the Australian sharemarket.

FINANCE‘Regime shift’: Warning after CBA bloodbath

After 14 million people’s superannuation took a hit this week, asset managers warn of a “regime change” on the Australian share market.

Blair Jackson

Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison.

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Ellison cashes in $122m MinRes stake to launch family office

Chris Ellison has offloaded a massive slice of his stake in Mineral Resources to pocket more than $122 million and kick-start a family office.

Sean Smith

Glencore’s Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt operation east of Leonora in the northern Goldfields.

Native titlePremiumGlencore signs native title agreement for Murrin Murrin

Benefits are expected to flow to the Nyalpa Pirniku people following the signing of a native title agreement with Swiss mining giant Glencore, which operates the Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt mine in WA.

Neil Watkinson

Supporters of a regional fracking ban say removing it will put farm land and water systems at risk. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

MiningCommunity shocked as state moves to end fracking ban

A government wants to end a ban on fracking to unlock much-needed gas supplies but opponents say it could create environmental risks in a sensitive region.

Abe Maddison

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Michael Woodley.

MiningCommentsPremiumYindjibarndi leave door open to Fortescue compo appeal

The Yindjibarndi people have left the door open to a possible appeal of a court ruling that has ordered Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue to pay them $150.1 million in compensation.

Daniel Newell

Andrew Forrest at the Solomon iron ore mine celebrating FMG’s 20th anniversary in 2023. SoCo Studios

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‘I’d pay tomorrow’: Twiggy’s bold $150m compo call

WA miners should be ‘quietly celebrating’ court orders for Fortescue to pay the Yindjibarndi $150.1 million, compensation which Andrew Forrest wants his company to pay ‘tomorrow if given the opportunity’.

Adrian Rauso

Former BlueScope CEO Mark Vassella.

MiningPremiumEx-BlueScope CEO joins BHP board as new boss outlines growth

Former BlueScope Steel boss Mark Vassella has come full circle after being appointed to the board of BHP.

Adrian Rauso

Wright Prospecting's Angela Bennett, left, and Hancock Prospecting's Gina Rinehart had gone head-to-head in a multibillion-dollar legal battle over mining royalties.

MiningPremiumAppeal keeps fight over Hope Downs royalties alive

Gina Rinehart and Angela Bennett’s long-running court battle over Pilbara iron ore royalty riches may not be over quite yet.

Daniel Newell

The Tribune portal at the Bellevue Gold mine.

MiningCommentsPremiumBarminco pips Beament for gold with $850m contract win

Bill Beament’s Develop Global has been cast aside for Perenti subsidiary Barminco, which scooped up a $850 million job in the Goldfields.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

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NewsBillionaire’s brutal loss after native title fury

A mining giant owned by billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has been ordered to pay $150m in compensation after a court found it destroyed Indigenous cultural sites.

Emma Kirk

Community members arriving at Federal Court ahead of the decision.

Courts & JusticePremiumYindjibarndi people awarded record $150.1m compensation

The Yindjibarndi people have been awarded the largest-ever payout for economic and spiritual loss after more than a decade of Fortescue mining iron ore on native title land in the Pilbara.

Hannah Cross

Justice Stephen Burley (centre) will deliver his judgment on the Yindjibarndi compensation claim. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

MiningCommentsPremiumIndigenous leaders braces for decision on $1.8b Fortescue claim

An Aboriginal community will learn whether it will be compensated for the alleged cultural and economic destruction caused by a huge mine on its land.

Aaron Bunch

Rox Resources is targeting first gold for mid-next year at the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet in the Murchison.

Bringing gold backPremiumGolden times returning to historic Youanmi gold area

Rox Resources is charging toward restarting the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet.

Neil Watkinson

Yindjibarndi leader Michael Woodley with Rio Tinto's Simon Trott in Roebourne. Iain Gillespie

MiningPremiumFortescue’s Aboriginal foes and Rio Tinto cement solar deal

The binding agreement comes just a day before the Federal Court rules on a multibillion-dollar battle between the Yindjibarndi and Fortescue.

Adrian Rauso

The Scope Systems hacker has not been identified.

MiningCommentsPremiumNo data stolen from Perth mining software hack

Hackers last week penetrated some of the defences of Scope Systems’ cloud computing infrastructure and were believed to be holding sensitive data to ransom. 

Adrian Rauso

A massive 11,000 carat ruby is being admired for its superior colour and quality. (AP PHOTO)

MiningMassive 11,000-carat ruby unearthed in Myanmar

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a massive ruby, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the country.

Staff Writers

Newmont's Boddington mine is WA’s biggest gold mine by ounces produced.

MiningPremiumTreasury quietly scraps State Budget gold measure

A key WA Budget estimate that laid bare the staggering price of the Labor Government’s refusal to adopt one of its own recommendations has vanished.

Adrian Rauso

BHP’s Olympic Dam copper mine in South Australia.

BusinessVideoCommentsPremiumPrice of ‘critically under supplied’ metal nears record high

A one-month surge in copper prices sent Rio Tinto shares to a record $252 billion valuation this week, amid rising bets inflation will push commodities higher.

Tom Richardson

The Olympus scandium project is 150km north-east of Warburton in the West Musgrave region of the remote northern Goldfields.

Permission grantedPremiumAgreement allows for Olympus scandium project exploration

Hawk Resources has reached an agreement for mineral exploration at the Olympus scandium project near the Northern Territory border after an on-country meeting with native title holders and traditional owners.

Neil Watkinson