Shares in Chalice Mining jumped nearly 20 per cent after it was given the green light to drill in State Forest as it seeks to expand its famed Gonneville polymetallic discovery near Toodyay.
Daniel Newell
The first commercial production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide at Tianqi’s Kwinana plant is being heralded as a milestone in WA’s plans to become a key player in the emerging electric vehicle supply chain.
Stuart McKinnon and Cheyanne Enciso
Traditional Owners and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement to guide cultural heritage protections in the Pilbara in the wake of the Juukan Gorge debacle.
Tim Dornin
Several big-name WA mining identities have backed the $6.5 million initial public offering of battery metals play Bellavista Resources ahead of its ASX listing next week.
Stuart McKinnon
BHP is willing to protect its joint venture in Samarco Mineracao, saying it sees room to negotiate with financial creditors in the Brazil miner’s debt restructuring.
Mariana Durao
Bryah Resources has signed an option agreement with Mining Green Metals to sell a 51 per cent stake in the Lake Johnston lithium-nickel project to concentrate its focus on its near-term production assets.
Neil Watkinson
Brisbane-based mining tech startup Plotlogic will establish its first Perth office in a move the company says will further extend its capabilities across the Pilbara iron ore heartland.
Cheyanne Enciso
Tony Sage’s one-time market darling European Lithium is behind a $125 million last-ditch bid for the Avebury nickel mine in Tasmania.
Neale Prior
Galileo Mining’s big palladium-platinum-gold discovery last week has this week energised the neighbouring joint venture to go hunting for a similar find at Mt Thirsty 16km north-west of Norseman.
Consumer demand for gold in Australia increased 24 per cent in the March quarter when compared with the same period a year ago, the World Gold Council’s latest report says.
Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest will reprise his role as executive chairman at the company he founded nearly two decades ago as it transitions into a global green energy giant.
Long-suffering shareholders of Wiluna Mining Corporation are again facing an anxious wait as the embattled gold miner scrambles to avoid collapse.
It’s an extraordinary call that will alarm those investors already worried about Andrew Forrest’s relentless recalibration of the company around green hydrogen.
Sean Smith
BHP boss Mike Henry says he expects COVID and Ukraine-led supply chain disruptions to last as long as 2-3 years.
The Perth-based mining engineering firm is already dealing with a profit downgrade and a regulatory hit after failing to disclose an internal power struggle that forced out its chief executive.
The investment bank’s research analysts believe Australian resources stocks offer much better value given the threat of higher interest rates and inflation.
Under a $50 million agreement struck in 2014, the State Government-owned electricity retailer could end up with 25 per cent in the Chinese-controlled miner.
Billionaire WA prospector Mark Creasy has upped his stake in Galileo Mining after its palladium-platinum discovery last week, sending shares in the stock to fresh highs.
Bill Beament’s Develop Global has flagged a significant upgrade in the resource at its Sulphur Springs copper-zinc-silver project in the Pilbara following another batch of high-grade drilling intersections.
Shares in Australian Strategic Materials were up strongly after it flagged a $US15 million ($21.8M) raising at a near 70 per cent premium to its closing price on Friday.
Shares in recent listing Chrysos Corporation continued to recover on Monday after the mineral analysis company announced five new lease agreements worth more than $100 million.
A late offer mooted by Perth investment promoter Tony Sage threatens Mallee Resources’ potential company-making to buy a Tasmanian nickel mine.
Police Minister Paul Papalia has dismissed claims that morale amongst rank and file officers was at an all-time low saying he had not encountered such views and questioned the motive behind the claims.
Emily Moulton and Phil Hickey
WA Police officers are so disillusioned with their jobs they are applying in their hundreds to work as investigators at high-paying mining companies.
Phil Hickey
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