Dwindling iron ore quality at a key cog in Fortescue’s Pilbara iron ore machine has prompted the giant to snap up a mining junior.
Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell
The boss of a mining tech firm has welcomed a national review led by Tesla chair Robyn Denholm into research and development, warning Australia has fallen behind due to a lack of sector support.
Simone Grogan
An executive at Abyssinian Metals’s Ethiopian joint venture has been detained for months amid a fight between the West Perth company and regional officials in the African country.
Matt Mckenzie
SEE THE PICTURES: BHP workers required medical treatment after a freak weather event caused a mining truck’s tyre to explode and damage buildings being used as shelter.
Adrian Rauso
Anglo American’s surging value since fending off a BHP takeover assault is reportedly stopping the Big Australian from having a fourth bite of the cherry.
Angry Riversgold whistleblower Allan Kelly is fighting for his freedom after being busted sending court-protected documents to cops, regulators and former colleagues.
Neale Prior
It can’t be out of the question that having finally scrapped plans for an unlikely second processing train, Tianqi and IGO won’t just go the nuclear option and pull the lithium refinery down.
Sean Smith
Works to boost output at IGO and Tianqi Lithium Corporation’s lithium hydroxide refinery in Kwinana have ground to a halt after flagging writedowns and a backlog of material at the ailing operation.
Heavy rainfall brought by Cyclone Sean has flooded a crucial piece of Rio Tinto infrastructure that could be out of action for up to a month, impacting the mining giant’s output for the quarter.
The mining lobby group most sceptical of the Albanese Government’s $7.1 billion of tax credits for critical mineral miners has now publicly said it is on board with the policy.
BHP has reportedly sacked dozens of contractors amid an investigation into allegations of corruption.
A large chunk of taxpayer cash is set to go up in smoke with the financial restructuring of a WA mineral sands miner looking increasingly likely.
Millions of Aussies are confronting a stark budget black hole, with an economic update exposing a serious $217bn breakdown in one state’s finances.
Duncan Evans
Fortescue has stuck to full-year targets after cranking out record half-year shipments from the Pilbara and finding some momentum at the long-troubled Iron Bridge operation.
Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso
The ASX’s two most shorted stocks have clocked up double-digit gains as a new wave of uranium optimism swells.
Tax bills on sell-downs by Australia’s biggest listed investment company trimmed the return on its $8 billion portfolio to 7.2 per cent in the December half-year.
The WA government has ruled out replicating a sweetheart deal given to Mineral Resources amid a rekindled lobbying effort.
About 130 roles have been culled at rare earths aspirant Iluka Resources as the company tries to trim costs and bunker down for construction of a $1.8 billion rare earths refinery in WA.
The Aussie sharemarket closed up on a strong day of trading, as investors factor in the new US President and how his proposed tariffs will impact the market.
Cameron Micallef
The mining sector appears poised for a frantic year of dealmaking, following market speculation over a potential tie-up between industry giants Rio Tinto and Glencore.
Sam Meredith
Australia’s newest lithium mine is defying expectations by making money in a depressed market.
About 800 of the 3000 workers left in limbo by the shuttering of BHP Nickel West have been given another job at the Big Australian, which has lifted iron ore production in the face of sinking prices.
A big slice of WA’s multibillion-dollar alumina sector is set to miss out on a new Federal green production credit.
A mothballed iron ore hub, which used to sustain 1000 WA jobs and currently has a book value of zero, is on the market.
