The first worker strike on a WA mine site this century is off to a rocky start after BHP forced a partial union back down and Premier Roger Cook warned of job losses from industrial action.
Adrian Rauso
WA’s economy was among the strongest in the world through the GFC and pandemic but new analysis warns a prolonged Middle East war could bring that lucky run to an end.
Matt Mckenzie
The expanded Mungari gold operation continues to deliver for Evolution Mining, with the mine west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder generating record net cash flow in the latest quarter.
Neil Watkinson
A worker has been charged over the death of his colleague at a WA gold mine after the car he was driving rolled last week on a 40km/h stretch of road.
Caleb Runciman
Some are household names. Some are highly reclusive. Here’s the who’s who in the epic Supreme Court battle over billions of dollars from WA’s lucrative iron ore mines.
West Australian projects risk missing out on fast-tracked approvals once new Federal environmental laws come into effect because talks on a deal between governments haven’t yet started in earnest.
Katina Curtis
Yancoal Australia is buying an 80 per cent stake in the Kestrel coking coal mine in central Queensland, Australia's largest underground coal mine.
Derek Rose
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Angela Bennett’s Wright Prospecting have both had a partial win in a multimillion-dollar legal battle over some of the world’s most valuable iron ore areas.
Rebecca Le May and John Flint
Administrators have been called in to rescue an Indigenous contractor and will put its Pilbara businesses up for sale.
Two of Australia’s wealthiest citizens will today find out who is entitled to billions of dollars worth of mining royalties and assets.
Emma Kirk
Employment, training and contracting opportunities are expected to flow to a group of traditional owners following the signing of a native title agreement with South African mining giant Gold Fields.
Veteran market analyst Charlie Aitken has issued a bullish prediction the Big Australian will bump Commonwealth Bank as the nation’s largest company, driven by its heavy copper exposure.
Rebecca Le May
China has freed domestic mills to buy BHP iron ore products, signalling the end of a dispute after a visit to the county by BHP's bosses.
Staff Writers
China’s state-backed iron ore buyer has told several steel mills in the country they are allowed to purchase some BHP cargoes, an apparent concession in a months-long commercial dispute.
Alfred Cang and Katharine Gemmell
A process that uses magnets rather than water to extract high-quality iron ore will be tested at an Australian mine to boost the nation's export potential.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Black Cat’s Lakewood mill has started processing ore from its Kal East gold operation, with the plant’s connection to Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s electricity grid meaning it faces no fuel disruption threat.
Element 25 has managed to shore up commitments from investors to tip $18 million into the manganese hopeful’s coffers despite considerable unease in markets stemming from conflict in the Middle East.
Simone Grogan
The Gina Rinehart-backed company has been granted a five-year royalty holiday for future lithium production at its Lionheart project.
The Australian and United States governments are working towards a landmark agreement to deliver billions of dollars in support for domestic critical minerals projects.
Electric vehicle sales in Australia are booming as the global oil supply crisis rages on, yet WA’s lithium producers should temper expectations of an imminent bonanza.
A feud between Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart and miners Angela Bennett, involving billions in royalties from lucrative iron ore mines, is coming to an end.
Does Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen not read his own department’s reports that detail Australia’s critical reliance on fossil fuels?
Paul Murray
Fortescue could be putting the cart before the horse by pursuing yet another ambitious decarbonisation plan.
Former opposition leader Peter Dutton has traded federal politics for a new role in state investment strategy, after losing his seat at the last federal election.
