More than 20 expressions of interest have been lodged for the $150 million Kalgoorlie-Boulder vanadium battery project, with the State Government now preparing to seek detailed business cases
Neil Watkinson
Battery minerals miner IGO has booked a $34.1 million net loss for the second half of 2025 in a move chief executive Ivan Vella said shows “decisive action” over the past 12 months.
Adrian Rauso and Simone Grogan
PLS has struck quickly to capitalise on a bump in lithium prices and hit restart on the Ngungaju processing plant, as the Dale Henderson-led miner creeps back into profitability.
Simone Grogan
Gold miner Beacon Minerals has decided to sell the MacPhersons Reward project to focus on developing other operations in the area north-west of Coolgardie
Glencore posted a drop in full-year profit as record copper prices failed to offset declining earnings from the commodity trader-cum-miner’s sprawling coal operations.
Thomas Biesheuvel
Health insurers and the financial sector have helped boost the Aussie sharemarket for a third consecutive day.
Angie Raphael
Iluka Resources has swung to a largely-expected loss following a rough 12 months in the mineral sands market, with investors focus on a crucial build period for Australia’s first separated rare earths refinery.
Alcoa Australia has been slapped with an ‘unprecedented’ penalty to remediate land it cleared without permission in the Perth Hills, but mining is allowed to continue.
Adrian Rauso
One high-flying gold executive has reaped more than $50 million after cashing out another big chunk of his shareholding in the company he built from scratch.
Medallion Metals has made a final investment decision for the Ravensthorpe gold project after locking in a $US50 million loan facility and offtake agreement.
The financial performance of Kalgoorlie-Boulder mining services firm MLG Oz keeps getting better, with the company recording a big increase in profit for the latest half-year.
BHP chief executive Mike Henry ‘fears’ an ‘explosion’ of union activity will stifle long-term investment in the mining giant’s WA iron ore arm.
Copper is now ahead of iron ore as the biggest contributor to BHP’s profit and its chief executive suggests it’s great news for shareholder returns.
Tom Richardson
The new owners of a nickel processing plant near Kalgoorlie that’s been unable to be revived since the global financial crisis are raising $175 million to shift gears to better fortunes being found in gold.
WA iron ore no longer makes up the lion’s share of BHP’s earnings and boss Mike Henry ‘fears’ an ‘explosion’ of union activity will stifle long-term investment in the business unit.
Mining giant BHP has stunned the world with a massive result that tilts everything we know about the Aussie economy on its head.
Blair Jackson
Miner BHP, well known for its iron ore operations in Western Australia, now has another metal darling in its outlook after copper earnings came in at a record.
Staff Writers
Australian Vanadium has brought in global industrial heavyweight Sumitomo Electric Industries to bolster its bid to develop Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s $150 million vanadium battery project.
Shares in WA’s big three iron ore miners to took a hit on Monday as concerns mount over growing stockpiles in Chinese warehouses.
The worst fears of WA’s mining regulator have become reality after the owner of two long-dormant nickel mines missed a critical payment deadline.
Genesis Minerals has emerged as the successful bidder for Magnetic Resources’ neighbouring Lady Julie project in Laverton, tallying up another acquisition for the busy Raleigh Finlayson-led gold miner.
Work has been suspended at Rio Tinto's giant Simandou mine site in Guinea after a contract worker died at the weekend.
Rox Resources has selected MACA Interquip Mintrex to build the processing plant for the $383 million Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet.
Roger Cook urged Albemarle’s chief executive to at least keep the now-idled Kemerton lithium refinery open to a restart, days before the US giant axed 250 jobs blaming WA’s high business costs.
