Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Iron Ore has produced first ore from its $840 million McPhee mine in the Pilbara following years of regulatory delays.
Adrian Rauso
Billionaire Andrew Forrest has issued a stern warning to workers following disturbing allegations that has led to a class action.
Emma Kirk
There’s hope the Perth contractor that has worked with BHP and Rio Tinto can be rescued for the second time in three years.
Matt Mckenzie
Brandon Craig is a few days away from taking the reins of Australia’s most valuable company and he will inherit a sprawling list of fires to fight.
Two ASX-listed mining companies that share billionaire prospector Mark Creasy as the controlling force are set to merge.
Perth product Jessica Farrell is back in the global mining spotlight after BHP promoted her to run its fast-growing, but problematic, North American business.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
A white knight could soon save the WA Government from having to fork out hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up two derelict nickel mines near Kalgoorlie.
Ramelius Resources will push on with starting early works later this year at the $619 million Rebecca-Roe gold project after learning there will be no formal environment assessment process for Roe.
Neil Watkinson
A tentative 3000-tonne sales deal gives one State-backed Collie project an early market test as coal jobs wind down.
Ryan Johnson
Hancock Prospecting has taken a $US50m stake in California-based Lumitron, which has developed technology able to deliver X-rays with to 1000 times the resolution of conventional machines.
Sean Smith
Thousands of women could be eligible to join a new Fortescue class action into sexual harassment and sexism in the resources sector following a similar legal battle against giants BHP and Rio Tinto.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A major Australian miner has announced huge job cuts as the impacts of the Middle East war weigh on its newly acquired site.
Cameron Micallef
Fortescue has been hit with a class action law suit that accuses it of facilitating a shocking culture at its remote worksites where women paid the price.
Alex Mitchell
Commodity prices and the Australian dollar all extended a dramatic fall to reverse the hottest trade since Trump’s 2024 election victory led investors to bet interest rate cuts were coming.
Tom Richardson
The miner will mothball the Lucky Bay garnet operation on the Mid West coast just nine months after scooping it up from a failed company run by Chris Ellison’s brother.
Rumble Resources has increased the gold mineral resource estimate at its Western Queen project in the Mid West — which now includes a new high-grade zone directly below the historical underground workings.
Gina Rinehart has named a homeless veterans’ housing complex after her “hero” Ben Roberts-Smith, despite the decorated Victoria Cross recipient facing criminal charges.
Rio Tinto plans to produce at least 61,000 metric tonnes of lithium this year and have the capacity to produce 200,000 metric tons by 2028
Ernest Scheyder
A Perth think tank has urged governments to save cash from WA’s resources bonanza for future decades through a sovereign wealth fund — and avoid taking direct ownership of projects.
BHP and Rio Tinto are making major strides towards their green energy goals with the trialling of new electric-powered haul trucks.
Rebecca Le May
The bitter pay battle that threatens to paralyse BHP’s sole WA iron ore port has reached a critical juncture today.
Curtin-developed technology has drawn an ASX acquisition bid after early tests produced battery-grade graphite in seconds.
Woodside Energy has locked in a gas deal with manufacturer Alcoa until the end of the decade as the sector remains under hot scrutiny over local supply.
Iluka Resources has inked its first offtake deal with a mystery buyer for rare earths from its under-construction refinery at Eneabba as it closes in on commissioning by the middle of next year.
Daniel Newell
