Fortescue Metals Group has received a below average score on its ESG credentials from S&P Global Ratings but is a high performer against its mining peers.
Stuart McKinnon
Evolution Mining boss Jake Klein says WA is “deferring the inevitable” by keeping its border closed and says the challenge of COVID in the workplace “can be managed”.
Market analysts have raised concerns about Mineral Resources’ ability to achieve higher prices for its iron ore.
Daniel Newell
Labour constraints were behind a drop in iron ore mining at Mineral Resources’ Yilgarn Hub.
Tom Robinson
St Barbara has reported a slight decrease in gold output across its operations in the December quarter, including the historic Gwalia mine near Leonora.
Matsa Resources has received ministerial consent to sell its Red October and Devon gold projects to Linden Gold in a $20 million deal.
Perth Airport has ordered a “significant supply” of rapid antigen tests in response to the growing threat from the highly infectious Omicron strain.
Danielle Le Messurier
AMWU WA state secretary Steve McCartney has lashed the handling of a COVID-19 outbreak at a South West lithium hydroxide plant, saying hundreds of potentially infected workers were ‘completely in the dark’.
Josh Zimmerman
The future of the uranium industry in WA does not look bright according to a leading sustainability expert, despite continued optimism from major players in the sector.
It’s understood as many as 13 workers contracted the virus while dozens more close contacts are in isolation awaiting testing results.
The billionaire has still to declare his hand in IGO’s $1.1 billion agreed takeover bid for Western Areas
Sean Smith
The tax office has failed in an $700 million-plus appeal against a Federal Court ruling giving Shell immediate tax deductions from buying out Chevron’s stake in the stalled Browse gas project.
Neale Prior
A Sydney stockbroker has fired off at Mark McGowan, labelling him a “knob”, as he also blasts Rio Tinto and BHP for backing the Premier’s move to delay reopening WA border.
Rio Tinto has agreed a $US2.4 billion ($3.4b) deal to forgive the Mongolian government’s share of debt for the construction of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the country.
Fortescue Metals Group sees some costs remaining high even after WA’s eventual border reopening.
Sean Smith and Daniel Newell
The State’s biggest mining and energy bosses have been told by the Premier they will be given guidelines for isolation and close contacts within days at a major meeting with 30 leaders.
WA Premier Mark McGowan has made an urgent court application in a bid to avoid adhering to his own Covid-19 restrictions.
Angie Raphael
Most of the Australian coal used by steelmakers that was being held at Chinese ports in the wake of Beijing’s import ban has now been cleared.
Rising COVID-19 cases among South32’s global workforce and supply chain constraints continue to plague the WA-based diversified miner.
Shares in Regis Resources have tumbled after the gold miner disappointed investors by emerging from a trading halt with revised guidance for sharply lower output and higher costs.
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group will take battery power from the race track and put it to work in the mining industry with the acquisition of a UK company linked to Formula One legend Frank Williams.
The value of Australia’s coalminers has rattled around violently as investors weigh sky-high commodity prices and strong demand against a wet Queensland summer and corona-fuelled supply chain woes.
Alex Druce
Another uranium mine in remote WA has failed to substantially start before the State Government’s deadline, with Cameco’s Yeelirrie missing its mark this week.
WA company bosses are begging the McGowan Government to consider exemptions allowing business managers that are triple dose-vaccinated to travel interstate and internationally.
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