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Northern Star is pouring $1.6 billion into an expansion of its Fimiston mill in Kalgoorlie that will more than double throughput to 27 million tonnes a year. Northern Star managing director Stuart Tonkin. Claire Weir

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Northern Star CEO announces bombshell exit

Northern Star Resources’ long-serving boss Stuart Tonkin is set to quit his post within months once he finishes overseeing a troubled expansion project.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

Carnavale Resources’ Kookynie gold project now has a mineral resource estimate of 850,000 tonnes at 4.4g per tonne for 120,000oz of gold.

Bigger resourcePremiumCarnavale Resources boosts Kookynie gold project MRE

Carnavale Resources has boosted the mineral resource estimate of its Kookynie gold project in the northern Goldfields as it prepares to release a bankable feasibility study next quarter.

Neil Watkinson

An aerial shot of Arafura’s Nolans project.

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Rinehart-backed Arafura gets tick after government pledge

Arafura Rare Earths’ mine will move into construction after becoming the first project to be backed by the Federal Government’s critical minerals strategic reserve.

Katina Curtis

Challenger gold is pushing ahead with plans to develop in Argentina.

BusinessPremiumMarrone to drive Challenger Gold’s next phase

WA-based Challenger Gold has raised $85 million and recruited two heavyweight mining executives as it pushes ahead with development of its Hualilan gold project in Argentina.

Ryan Johnson

Foreign investors in mining and energy projects are going to be hit with retrospective CGT tax bills dating back 20 years after changes made in the Federal Budget.

MiningVideoCommentsPremiumRetrospective CGT changes hit mining, energy projects

Foreign investors will be further scared off Australian mining and energy — pushing up power prices and crippling the nascent critical minerals industry — by a retrospective change to capital gains tax rules.

Katina Curtis

Rio Tinto's eight billionth tonne of Pilbara iron ore being loaded

MiningCommentsPremiumRio Tinto notches up whopping Pilbara milestone

The mining giant has now shipped enough iron ore from WA’s north to make the steel needed to build about 161,000 Optus Stadiums.

Adrian Rauso

Western Australian mining tycoon Lang Hancock and his daughter Gina Rinehart. Supplied

COURTPremiumMining giants battle over $100m court costs

Lawyers for two of Australia’s wealthiest mining dynasties have returned to court to discuss who should pick up the hefty legal bill over a commercial dispute about mining royalties.

Emma Kirk

Nine of 11 ASX sectors made gains on Tuesday. NewsWire / Nikki Short

MARKET WRAPPremium‘Solid’: ASX bounces back from sell-off

The Aussie sharemarket has recovered from Monday’s heavy losses, with nine of eleven sectors posting gains amid falling oil prices.

Blair Jackson

Mining is tipped to drive the Australian share market to a record high within 12 months,

MiningPremiumMining tipped to push share market to record high next year

Morgan Stanley reckons the S&P-ASX200 will hit 9250 points over the next 12 months, implying nearly 8 per cent growth from Tuesday’s close of 8605 and bettering its record high of 9202 points in February.

Sean Smith

Anthony Albanese says a decision to remove a group of Chinese investors from one of the country’s most significant critical mineral deposits is about protecting Australia’s national interest and sovereignty.

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Northern Minerals backs Chalmers’ China sell-off order

Northern Minerals is hoping the Federal Government’s fourth intervention to rid its register of mysterious Chinese entities will be the last as the miner welcomes orders for their stakes to be sold.

Daniel Newell

The Prime Minister says a decision to remove a group of Chinese investors from one of the country’s most significant critical mineral deposits is about protecting Australia’s national interest and sovereignty.

MiningCommentsPremiumBeijing lashes Australia over Northern Minerals stock move

Australia has been told to ‘earnestly respect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors’ after the Albanese government forced the hand over several Beijing-linked companies.

Andrew Greene and Daniel Newell

Ora Banda Mining managing director Luke Creagh.

Expansion projectsPremiumOra Banda Mining to build new $375m gold processing plant

Ora Banda Mining has greenlit the construction of a new $375m processing plant at its Davyhurst gold project north-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and set itself the “aspirational” target of producing 300,000ozpa.

Neil Watkinson

The resources industry wants the government to improve investment conditions and competitiveness. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

MiningCommentsPremiumMiners demand stable tax settings as PM heads west

As Anthony Albanese continues travelling across Australia to sell an unpopular federal budget, the resources sector is demanding stability from the government.

Tess Ikonomou

Former Ferrier Hodgson partner Darren Weaver is believed to be heading up the family office of Mineral Resources founder Chris Ellison.

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Is this man in charge of Chris Ellison’s new family office?

A Barramundi breadcrumb and close ties with Chris Ellison’s billionaire chum has a former liquidator pegged as the boss of a new family office.

Adrian Rauso

The Prime Minister says a decision to remove a group of Chinese investors from one of the country’s most significant critical mineral deposits is about protecting Australia’s national interest and sovereignty.

MiningCommentsPremiumCanberra strips Chinese stake in WA rare earths firm

The Prime Minister says a decision to remove a group of Chinese investors from one of the country’s most significant critical mineral deposits is about protecting Australia’s national interest and sovereignty. 

Daniel Newell, Adrian Rauso and Andrew Greene

The Bald Hill lithium mine is located approximately 50km south east of Kambalda in the Goldfields region of Western Australia.

MiningPremiumMinRes to restart WA lithium mine, hire 370 more workers

Mineral Resources is looking to boost its headcount by about 370 after pressing the restart button for its Bald Hill lithium mine in the Goldfields.

Adrian Rauso

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has again made orders for Chinese investors in Northern Minerals to divest. NewsWire / Martin Ollman.

FINANCEPremium‘Bruising’: ASX hits seven-week low

The Aussie sharemarket falls to a seven-week low as oil rises and the industries relying on it tank.

Blair Jackson

The sale to Dhilmar includes Moranbah North and Grosvenor Mines, Capcoal, Roper Creek, Dawson South and Theodore South joint ventures. Tara Miko

financePremium$5bn mining deal includes entire Aussie town

Anglo American has sold its five steelmaking coal mines in Queensland to a UK mining company.

Angie Raphael

Unionisation of the Pilbara’s iron ore mines is spreading to Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue and looms as an unprecedented test of the Albanese government’s controversial industrial relations regime.

MiningCommentsPremiumFortescue union fight puts PM’s laws in the spotlight

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has raised the alarm on the Albanese government’s controversial industrial relations regime as unions attempt to gain a greater foothold in employee negotiations on its sites.

Adrian Rauso

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ordered six investors to dump shares in a rare earths miner developing a project in remote Western Australia. NewsWire / Martin Ollman.

FINANCEPremiumChalmers’ big call on Chinese investors

Six investors of a crucial West Australian rare earths mine have been ordered to dump their shares over concerns about Chinese control of the project.

Blair Jackson

Northern Minerals’ Browns Range project.

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Chalmers issues deadline for rare earths shares to be sold

Treasurer Chalmers continues to play whack-a-mole with mysterious Chinese investors in WA rare earths hopeful Northern Minerals.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

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Eagles, BHP extend partnership to boost AFL in regional WA

Like thousands of country kids, Connor Riley-Hughes loves a kick of the footy and the rare opportunity to meet his AFL heroes.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Saturn Metals managing director Ian Bamborough at the Apollo Hill gold project south-east of Leonora.

Native titlePremiumSaturn Metals signs native title agreement for Apollo Hill

Saturn Metals has signed an agreement with the organisation representing the native title holders of the northern Goldfields land where the company’s Apollo Hill gold project is located.

Neil Watkinson

Smaller miners and explorers fear the impact of the Federal Government’s changes to capital gains tax.

BusinessCommentsPremiumMiners fear Budget tax change will ‘kill’ next big discovery

Explorers warn the Federal Government’s capital gains tax shake-up could choke investment in the next generation of mining projects by making high-risk exploration less attractive.

Ryan Johnson