The US Government will tip $US166 million ($243m) into an Osborne Park-based manganese developer wanting to build a battery grade processing operation in Louisiana.
Simone Grogan
The portion of Mineral Resources shares in the hands of short sellers is rising exponentially. Detractors are betting the embattled company will need to raise capital or conduct a fire sale.
Adrian Rauso
Even for BHP — a $206 billion company — large, greenfield projects are scarce, and becoming more so. Deals, not discoveries, are grabbing the headlines.
Paul-Alain Hunt
Gold has usurped uranium in luring the lion’s share of market funds during a big upswing in equity raisings over the June quarter, with former investor favourite lithium still squarely out of vogue.
The Australian sharemarket booked a fresh record high on Thursday as investors celebrated the US Fed’s “jumbo” rate cut.
Duncan Evans
One of Andrew Forrest’s ex-associates was surprised by Fortescue’s extensive spying, including going through his bins and taking his mail.
Rebecca Le May
The Prime Minister has batted away Chris Ellison’s comments about Federal Labor’s controversial reforms, as the Opposition seizes an opportunity to highlight the country’s growing workforce woes.
After losing a big lithium contract last month Monadelphous has dusted itself off and secured a suite of new work with BHP, South32 and Perdaman Industries.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has ruled out inserting a ‘climate trigger’ into her Nature Positive laws
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Under the changes, new or expanding onshore projects will be required to reserve 80 per cent of gas produced for WA’s domestic market.
Jessica Page
Famed prospector Mark Creasy is seeking to rescue a collapsed Pilbara miner weeks after buying the company’s big pile of secured debt.
Matt Mckenzie
The head honcho of Australian mining’s top headline-grabber has fired back against critics, saying Federal Labor should leave WA alone. He also reveals why the ‘Pilbara Killer’ is his company’s best friend.
The Albanese Government has finally signed off on a plan for Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to build an iron ore mine in the Pilbara that will create 800 jobs.
WA Premier Roger Cook has used parliamentary privilege to slam billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer as ‘greedy’ for launching further ‘staggering’ and ‘audacious’ legal attacks.
Caitlyn Rintoul
The backing from WA rich lister Tim Goyder sent the explorer’s share price soaring more than 70 per cent.
Police have revealed a heartbreaking update in the search for a man who fell down an old mine shaft in NSW’s coal mining region.
Blair Jackson and Nathan Schmidt
Australian rare earths companies are facing challenges in their bid to usurp China as the dominant force in a commodity loaded with geopolitics.
Amy Bainbridge
The low-profile Western Australian outpost of a sprawling Chinese mining empire wants more gold and will push ahead with plans to further cement itself as a key local player.
The rate cut rally in Australian shares continued on Tuesday, with the local bourse hitting fresh highs once again as it booked a fourth consecutive session in the green.
Prices have slumped by about a third this year, fuelling talk about how low they must go to force mine closures and bring supply back in line with demand.
Daniel Newell
Chalice Mining’s flagship Gonneville critical minerals discovery north of Perth has received a shot in the arm from the State Government, which will rally its departments to help bring the project online.
Junior explorer Bulletin Resources has moved to hook into the cash flow-generation potential of the Devon Pit gold mine in the northern Goldfields by acquiring a 10.7 per cent stake in Matsa Resources.
Neil Watkinson
Newly expanded WA gold miner Westgold Resources has set its official production target for this financial year at 400,000-420,000 ounces.
A top workplace gender equality group has condemned a “regression” sweeping the upper ranks of Australia’s largest companies that won’t change unless women are included in the running for internal promotions.
