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Australia recorded 188 worker deaths in 2024. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani

nationalPremium‘Too many’: Australia’s deadliest jobs revealed

New data shows Australia’s deadliest industries and the jobs with the most serious workers’ compensation claims.

Blair Jackson

rare earths minerals

MiningCommentsPremiumThe definitive guide to WA’s key rare earths companies

The race is heating up to get domestic rare earth projects into production with Anthony Albanese expected to cut a deal with the US when he meets with Donald Trump. See which WA companies are leading the pack.

Adrian Rauso

Wiluna Mining - Wiluna Mining Centre (Including Regent)

MiningPremiumFormer mining boss demands answers over missing $39m

Administrators of collapsed gold play Wiluna Mining Company have been hit with a shock legal bid.

Matt Mckenzie

Australian Strategic Minerals CEO Rowena Smith

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ASM set to raise $50m amid rare earths boom

Australian Strategic Materials is the latest local rare earth element company to cash in on its rapid share price ascent by pulling the trigger on a capital raise.

Adrian Rauso

Iluka Resources Eneabba

MiningCommentsPremiumIluka shares hammered on UK buyer’s asset sale to China

Shares in Iluka Resources have nosedived after the minerals sands miner on Friday withdrew guidance for sales of synthetic rutile, citing uncertainty over the sale of a major UK buyer’s manufacturing site.

Daniel Newell

Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese will meet next week.

MiningIs Trump lining up for his slice of Aussie rare earths?

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers will promote his nation’s ability to be a crucial part of Washington’s efforts to diversify the rare earths supply chain away from China.

Jason Scott

Mt Gibson's Koolan Island project off the Kimberley coast.

MiningMount Gibson halt after Koolan rockfall

Mount Gibson Iron has ducked into a trading halt following an overnight rockfall in the main pit of its Koolan Island project off the Kimberley coast.

Daniel Newell

Gold has also been bolstered by concerns over a resurgence in trade frictions, including those between Washington and Beijing. 

MiningUnstoppable run takes gold higher, higher, higher ...

Gold has touched new all-time highs as fears about credit quality in the economy and heightened US-China frictions strengthened demand for havens.

Sybilla Gross

Genesis Minerals managing director Raleigh Finlayson.

Up she goesPremiumGenesis Minerals continues relentless gold production rise

Raleigh Finlayson’s Genesis Minerals has racked up another rise in quarterly gold production at its northern Goldfields operations, generating output of 72,878 ounces in the September quarter.

Neil Watkinson

Shares in real estate firms saw the biggest gains on Thursday. NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

MarketsPremiumASX records intraday high on jobs data

More people out of work has lifted expectations of an interest rate next month and pushed the Australian sharemarket to record highs.

Blair Jackson

Heavy machinery operates in the pit at Rio Tinto’s West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

MiningCommentsPremiumOre quality now trumps ESG as top mining challenge

Miners are no longer prioritising environmental, social and governance factors, with the focus shifting to concerns about low-grade ore and tricky deposits.

Adrian Rauso

US pushes Australia to join China critical minerals fight

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‘China vs world’: US drags Aus into critical minerals fight

The Trump administration has warned that China is working to isolate itself from the world over a critical minerals ‘global supply chain power grab’.

Caitlyn Rintoul

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the fight over rare metals is "China versus the world." (AP PHOTO)

Mining‘It’s China v the world’: US asks Australia for critical minerals help

Australia is being called upon to join the United States in the global fight against China for critical minerals dominance.

Zac de Silva

Beacon Minerals’ Graham McGarry.

Cashing inPremiumBeacon Minerals benefits from record-high gold price

Beacon Minerals has cashed in on the record-high gold price in the September quarter despite output being lower than the previous quarter.

Neil Watkinson

Evolution Mining’s Mungari processing plant west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Strong quarterPremiumFinal bill for Mungari mill expansion to come in at $212m

The final bill for Evolution Mining’s Mungari mill expansion is predicted to come in at $212 million, 15 per cent under budget, the company said on Wednesday.

Neil Watkinson

Lights on at the Mt Marion lithium mine, which is already part Chinese owned.

MiningPremiumBeijing’s lithium raid on MinRes mines in strife

Chinese suitors of mines run by Mineral Resources face a fresh warning from the Federal Government that regulatory scrutiny of foreign investment into lithium has gotten ‘tougher’.

Adrian Rauso

Geraldine Slattery says the company’s relationship with its Chinese customers remained ‘strong’ and negotiations were a ‘normal’ annual event.

MiningCommentsPremiumSlattery says BHP-China relationship ‘strong’

BHP’s Australia boss has said the mining giant’s relationship with China is ‘strong’ amid a rumoured ban on the company’s iron ore and she revealed her price prediction for the vital commodity.

Adrian Rauso

Environment Minister Murray Watt says modelling of his proposed environmental reforms could save anywhere from $450m to $6.8bn. NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

PoliticsPremium‘Time is money’: Overhaul for ageing laws

Labor’s environmental reforms promise to slash almost 300 days off project wait times, potentially saving industries billions, as Minister Murray Watt seeks crucial support.

Blair Jackson

Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest and CEO Dino Otranto at the opening of the miner’s Green Energy Hub at the Christmas Creek mine site in the Pilbara last year.

MiningPremiumFortescue to sack hundreds in the UK and Australia

Scores of Fortescue jobs are set to go as the miner sends work to China and Germany while drastically scaling back plans to build renewable batteries in-house for mining trucks and equipment. 

Adrian Rauso

The spot price of silver has soared more than 70 per cent this year.

MiningCommentsSilver surges past record price set 45 years ago

Gold and silver prices surged again on Tuesday as the gains spread across the share market and boosted national wealth.

Tom Richardson

Northern Minerals’ Browns Range project site. Jakeb Waddell

MiningCommentsPremiumRare earth players big and small soar on US-China brawl

Local rare earth stocks continue to accumulate massive gains as tensions between China and the United States over the coveted basket of minerals reach boiling point.

Adrian Rauso

Rio Tinto says its on track to hit the lower end of iron ore guidance.

MiningCommentsPremiumRio in ‘tightly balanced’ race to reach iron ore target

The mining giant has a bullish view on Chinese steel demand and is tipping a strong finish to the year in the Pilbara as it stays in the race to meet its full-year shipments goal.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

Triuranium octoxide is commonly known as U3O8 or yellowcake.

Takeover proposalPremiumUranium players agree to $75 million deal

The owner of the stalled Wiluna uranium project in the northern Goldfields has agreed to a $75 million deal that will see it become part of New York Stock Exchange-listed IsoEnergy.

Neil Watkinson

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NewsPremiumAussie workplace shame revealed

Male-dominated industries are going backwards on gender equality despite evidence showing companies with balanced leadership are worth $100m more than those without.

Blair Jackson