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A young man who was killed while at work on a mine site in the Goldfields has been remembered as a ‘beautiful soul’ as authorities investigate the circumstances of his death.
A 21-year-old man has died at an Australian gold mine — the second death at the site in just 18 months.
Bad weather and a train derailment on Fortescue’s Pilbara rail network just a day before the end of 2023 battered iron ore exports from the Andrew Forrest-led miner in the first three months of the new year.
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Gina Rinehart’s handshake agreement to spend up to $US120 million on an early-stage copper find in Ecuador adds to a growing tally of purchases in South America by the mining billionaire.
BHP says a decision on the fate of its WA nickel assets is still a few months away as it continues to assess their longer-term viability amid a market beaten down by a flood of cheap supply from Indonesia.
US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy has taken a veiled swipe at the state-owned Chinese mining companies in Indonesia squeezing WA local nickel producers out of the market.
Australia’s richest person has set the stage for reinvigorated merger talks between Lynas Rare Earths and its US peer MP Materials.
Aluminium and nickel surged on the London Metal Exchange as traders responded to new US and UK sanctions that banned deliveries of any Russian supplies produced after midnight on Friday.
The clean-up bill for the famed Argyle diamond mine will be about $270 million more than Rio Tinto originally planned, but the mining behemoth’s financial commitment to traditional owners is unshaken.
An investigation into whether the Environmental Defenders’ Office breached the terms of its taxpayer-funded contract during the Barossa gas pipeline legal saga is being kept under wraps.
The iron ore price faces a fork in the road moment, one which could make or break the resurgence of WA’s bantam iron ore players just as they find their footing.
The major metals trader hoping to seize control of Sierra Rutile has decried “doctored photos”, after a picture of Sierra Leone’s President disembarking a mysterious private plane surfaces.
Karora Resources has moved on quick after deal discussions broke down with Ramelius Resources, finding another WA mid-tier suitor in Westgold Resources.
Santos is looking to recoup costs from the failed bid to block its Barossa offshore gas project in a move that could lift the lid on some of Environmental Defenders Office’s mysterious backers.
Rio Tinto chair Dominic Barton has warned shareholders there is a large technological gap holding back the world’s efforts to decarbonise, and that permitting processes aren’t helping.