Uranium has rallied above $US35/lb for the first time in six years sparked by physical buying by a Canadian investment fund.
Stuart McKinnon
SPINIFEX: Firebird Metals is looking to emulate the success of its manganese rival Element 25 with its Oakover project near Newman.
Aspiring miner Bellevue Gold has easily filled a $106m placement to help develop its namesake gold project near Leinster.
CZR Resources chairman David Flanagan is among a group of four directors to resign en masse from the Mark Creasy-controlled explorer.
Shareholders of Red Hill Iron have voted to sell the company’s 40pc stake in the West Pilbara iron ore project to Mineral Resources for $400m and a royalty.
BHP chief executive Mike Henry has put the company’s ailing share price down to “short-term volatility”.
Steve Parsons-led explorer Bellevue Gold has announced a funding package to develop its $252m namesake high-grade gold project near Leinster.
A mining company has copped an eye-watering fine after a woman was attacked by a pack of sly dingoes while eating lunch.
Angie Raphael
Great Boulder Resources managing director Andrew Paterson talks up the potential of the explorer’s Side Well project after reporting grades of up to 150g/t in recent drilling.
A WA mining giant has summoned major contractors to a high-level forum to help stamp out sexual assaults and harassment in the industry.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Rio Tinto is set to face its first major test of its relationships with Traditional Owners since the Juukan Gorge debacle with plans to develop its Hope Downs 2 mine in the Pilbara.
Matt Thurston has sold 20 million shares on the market in a further sell-down of the company he co-founded with three others.
Shares in Aurumin surge 40pc after the Yilgarn gold explorer unveils high-grade RC drill intersections at its Mt Dimer project near Koolyanobbing.
The gloves are off in the battle for control of Canadian nickel players Noront Resources with BHP clearing the path for a potential bidding war with Andrew Forrest.
Sandfire Resources will expedite a study on its Old Highway gold deposit to minimise a looming production gap at its flagship DeGrussa project near Meekatharra.
IGO managing director Peter Bradford says he is confident the company’s new joint venture with Tianqi will avoid the mistakes of the past with the Kwinana lithium hydroxide plant.
Mid-tier gold miner Regis Resources has posted a 27pc fall in annual profit to $146m.
BHP and Caterpillar are teaming up to explore the opportunity for zero-emissions haul trucks as the mining giant aims to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has lifted his bid for Canadian nickel player Noront Resources, trumping an offer from BHP.
The corporate colossus is trialling on-the-job jabs and is seriously considering making them compulsory for its workforce.
Rebecca Le May
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA is leading the quarantine hub project, which includes looking into the possibility of relocating existing mine accommodation and facilities to a new site.
The mining giant is seriously considering a ban on staff not vaccinated against COVID-19 from entering its sites as it moves to establish mobile jab clinics around the country.
Adrian Lowe
The miner’s directors say executives should not be excessively rewarded for a bumper share price that was swelled by iron ore prices.
Sean Smith
It come as WA’s $600m spend is the State’s highest since 2012, new data reveals, with the mining sector pushing national profit growth higher.
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