Movers, shakers and the cream of the WA mining and resource sector’s crop have poured into Kalgoorlie-Boulder for three days of talks about the future of the industry.
Daniel Newell
Australian gold production is set to increase given the new mines, expansion plans and new treatment capacity that have been announced, gold consultants Surbiton Associates say.
Neil Watkinson
India would ‘welcome’ the lifting of the WA Government’s ban on new uranium mines as the South Asian nation chases more supply of the nuclear fuel to power its ambitious development goals.
Although each individual State battery never produced large quantities of gold, they played an important role in the history of the WA gold mining industry.
Jim Pollock
A commodities boom supercharged the value of WA’s top ASX-listed companies by more than a third to nearly $500 billion, setting the stage for a jovial Diggers & Dealers forum this week.
Adrian Rauso
The departing Northern Star chief intervened when his lieutenants were grilled about the Kalgoorlie Super Pit.
Canberra is secretly planning to let Australia’s iron ore miners form a cartel to protect themselves from China’s increasingly aggressive trade tactics.
Ben Harvey
Australia’s richest citizen has launched a legal assault on the ABC after a clip vocalising violence against her aired on prime time.
Kate Stephenson
A car firebombing outside a WA police station has exposed an escalating battle for control of an Aboriginal group that holds the keys to major mining approvals.
BHP has garnered sympathy from one of its Pilbara iron ore rivals as union-led strikes escalate in an industry landscape that has ‘shifted dramatically’.
Unions have threatened strike action against BHP saying it’s time to put an end to “delay, distract and waste time” negotiation tactics.
Cameron Micallef
Fortescue has stepped up warnings that China is distorting the iron ore market amid a huge value wipeout at its long-troubled Iron Bridge mine.
Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell
Union members at BHP’s sole WA iron ore port will significantly escalate industrial action despite their first strike falling flat.
An Indigenous community has rejected $150 million in compensation from mining giant Fortescue for operating on their land without proper consent.
Duncan Murray
Yindjibarndi traditional owners have decided to appeal their record compensation payout by mining giant Fortescue.
Rebecca Le May
Shareholders in the lithium miner are set to share in the spoils of a growing cash pile, with chief Dale Henderson not keen to whip out the company’s bulging wallet for an acquisition anytime soon.
Australia's richest export market could be at risk unless it takes urgent action to manufacture green steel on home soil, according to a study.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Forrestania Resources’ off-market bid for Zenith Minerals has been hit with a second application to the Takeovers Panel seeking intervention in the process.
Saturn Metals will have a new cornerstone shareholder after raising $100 million to advance the Apollo Hill gold project in the northern Goldfields.
The controversial segment aired on the ABC that depicted violence against Gina Rinehart has been referred to the Ombudsman.
Angie Raphael
Rio Tinto’s push to decentralise power away from its London headquarters has fostered a more collaborative relationship with arch-rival BHP, according to Simon Trott.
A lacklustre end to the financial year and a weaker-than-expected outlook have pummelled Liontown’s share price.
Northern Star Resources is keeping full-year production expectations close to its chest as it starts up the problematic $1.6 billion expansion of its Fimiston mill at the Super Pit mine in the Goldfields.
Rebecca Le May and Daniel Newell
Rio Tinto, which has major iron ore operations in the WA and is working to boost its presence in copper, has delivered a bullish outlook.
Kaaren Morrissey
