Capricorn Metals has cleared a major hurdle for its Mount Gibson gold project about 280km north-east of Perth in WA’s Mid West region, securing Federal environmental approval.
Rebecca Le May
Fortescue has shipped 200 million tonnes of iron ore for first time in a single year — a milestone that made Andrew Forrest ‘hold back tears’.
Adrian Rauso
An Australian company has been blocked by Greenland from mining huge deposits of rare earth elements which are crucial to EVs and national defence.
Blair Jackson
Perth-based Energy Transition Minerals has been knocked back in Greenland as the Arctic island’s uranium laws collide with Western critical minerals ambitions.
Ryan Johnson
An ongoing lawsuit by the corporate watchdog against Wiluna Mining is still hanging over the gold play amid hopes of an ASX relisting aided by a bouyant price for the precious metal.
Matt Mckenzie
As fuel prices are expected to jump this week, retailers have been put on notice that their conduct will be “closely examined”.
Blair Jackson and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Ramelius Resources has inked a deal to sell a mothballed gold operation for $300 million, growing the mid-tier producer’s financial muscle to snap up a Northern Star Resources mine.
Adrian Rauso and Rebecca Le May
WA’s miners and fuel producers pull more than 50 times their weight when it comes to paying tax, according to a key lobby group for the sector.
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Iron Ore has produced first ore from its $840 million McPhee mine in the Pilbara following years of regulatory delays.
Billionaire Andrew Forrest has issued a stern warning to workers following disturbing allegations that has led to a class action.
Emma Kirk
There’s hope the Perth contractor that has worked with BHP and Rio Tinto can be rescued for the second time in three years.
Brandon Craig is a few days away from taking the reins of Australia’s most valuable company and he will inherit a sprawling list of fires to fight.
Two ASX-listed mining companies that share billionaire prospector Mark Creasy as the controlling force are set to merge.
Perth product Jessica Farrell is back in the global mining spotlight after BHP promoted her to run its fast-growing, but problematic, North American business.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
A white knight could soon save the WA Government from having to fork out hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up two derelict nickel mines near Kalgoorlie.
Ramelius Resources will push on with starting early works later this year at the $619 million Rebecca-Roe gold project after learning there will be no formal environment assessment process for Roe.
Neil Watkinson
A tentative 3000-tonne sales deal gives one State-backed Collie project an early market test as coal jobs wind down.
Hancock Prospecting has taken a $US50m stake in California-based Lumitron, which has developed technology able to deliver X-rays with to 1000 times the resolution of conventional machines.
Sean Smith
Thousands of women could be eligible to join a new Fortescue class action into sexual harassment and sexism in the resources sector following a similar legal battle against giants BHP and Rio Tinto.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A major Australian miner has announced huge job cuts as the impacts of the Middle East war weigh on its newly acquired site.
Cameron Micallef
Fortescue has been hit with a class action law suit that accuses it of facilitating a shocking culture at its remote worksites where women paid the price.
Alex Mitchell
Commodity prices and the Australian dollar all extended a dramatic fall to reverse the hottest trade since Trump’s 2024 election victory led investors to bet interest rate cuts were coming.
Tom Richardson
The miner will mothball the Lucky Bay garnet operation on the Mid West coast just nine months after scooping it up from a failed company run by Chris Ellison’s brother.
Rumble Resources has increased the gold mineral resource estimate at its Western Queen project in the Mid West — which now includes a new high-grade zone directly below the historical underground workings.
