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BUS Women in Resources Awards finalists. Tania Stevens Iain Gillespie

MiningPremiumSEE THE WINNERS: WA mining names its best and brightest

Women from all walks of life with stories of resilience and enterprise have been recognised for their contributions to the resources industry at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA’s annual awards.

Simone Grogan

The pilot for an autonomous delivery system from Sodexo is being trialled at initial pilot phase is being conducted at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri village.

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Robots ready to deliver for WA’s FIFO army

The same autonomous technology running WA’s iron ore mines is about to shift into remote mining camps to make life a little more convenience for our army of fly-in, fly-out workers.

Daniel Newell

BHP boss Mike Henry.

MiningCommentsPremiumInvestors lose faith in BHP staving off China

Investors have lost confidence in BHP’s ability to emerge victorious from an iron ore trade dispute with China after key products were added to a growing ban list.

Adrian Rauso

Aerial view of the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie

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Northern Star’s takeover defences grilled as stock plunges

Northern Star Resources shares have been hammered and its vulnerability to a takeover called into question, as the gold miner’s 37-year old Super Pit mill buckles again while holding out for a replacement.

Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell

Shares in Australia's biggest goldminer plunged in price after it downgraded production guidance. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

MiningNorthern Star cops to more issues at Super Pit goldmine

Northern Star shares have dropped by double-digits after Australia's biggest goldminer indicated it was unlikely to achieve full-year production guidance.

Derek Rose

Westgold Resources managing director and chief executive Wayne Bramwell.

Money availablePremiumWestgold Resources obtains financing of $600 million

A new five-year deal with a syndicate of Australian and international banks provides gold miner Westgold Resources with “unrestricted” access to $600 million in revolving credit facilities.

Neil Watkinson

Paul Everingham will be the new director of strategy and growth at MinRes.

MiningPremiumPaul Everingham to fill Tim Picton’s shoes at MinRes

Respected resources sector lobbyist Paul Everingham is stepping into Tim Picton’s role at Mineral Resources following the former Labor powerbroker’s untimely death.

Adrian Rauso

A cargo ship unloads imported iron ore at the Qingdao Port ore terminal in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

MiningPremiumIron ore miners get price boost from Iran War

WA’s iron ore miners are benefiting from the worsening conflict in the Middle East, with rival cargoes diverted mid-voyage to East Asia as war chokes one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes.

Katharine Gemmell and Adrian Rauso

Former Boss Energy managing director and chief executive Duncan Craib during the 2024 Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.

MiningCommentsPremiumMining exec takes phantom HotCopper posters to court

The former chief of uranium play Boss Energy has escalated some allegedly defamatory posts made by a crew of anonymous users on investor chat forum HotCopper to the Supreme Court.

Simone Grogan

The ETU’s landmark move is the latest escalation of a broader union campaign to re-gain a foothold in the Pilbara’s iron ore mines after decades of dormancy. 

MiningCommentsPremiumWA miners set to walk off job for first time this century

Unions are on the cusp of having workers go on strike in WA’s mining heartland for the first time this century. 

Adrian Rauso

The Kathleen Valley mine near Leinster.

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Liontown suffers from success with $184m loss

The lithium miner’s bottom line was dealt a big blow by its substantial share price rebound, while a shift to renewable energy has so far shielded it from an Iran War shock.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

Former Spartan Resources boss Simon Lawson is set to become non-executive chairman of Goldfields explorer Torque Metals.

New teamPremiumEx-Spartan trio to join Goldfields explorer Torque Metals

Investors have reacted strongly to the news that the team behind the success of the former Spartan Resources are set to come on to the board of Goldfields explorer Torque Metals

Neil Watkinson

The mill feed conveyer at Pantoro Gold’s Norseman processing plant.

Staying optimisticPremiumPantoro maintains expansion ambitions as guidance downgraded

Pantoro Gold is maintaining its sights on a long-term production expansion even as bad weather and equipment and labour availability stymies its latest attempt to achieve annual production of 100,000 ounces

Neil Watkinson

Former Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm at the Rincon lithium project in Argentina.

MiningCommentsPremiumTaxpayers fund Rio’s overseas project despite WA closure

Rio Tinto will receive $US275 million ($383m) from the Australian taxpayer for a lithium project in Argentina while its WA lithium mine remains closed despite resurgent prices.

Adrian Rauso

Matt Gauci, MD of Wolfe Energy

MiningCommentsPremiumUranium hopeful scales up IPO after flood of bids

ASX aspirant Wolfe Energy has upsized its initial public offering as global investors clamour to beef up their uranium exposure.

Adrian Rauso

Lynas’ Rare Earths’ processing facility in Kalgoorlie.

MiningCommentsPremiumLynas gets ‘magic’ $2.9b bump from new offtake price floor

Shares in Lynas Rare Earths have surged after the company revamped a Japanese offtake deal with a ‘magic’ floor price baked in that counters China’s market dominance.

Adrian Rauso

Joe Hockey is the keynote speaker for the 2026 Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.

Joe Hockey PremiumFormer Aussie Treasurer to give speech at Diggers & Dealers

Former Australian treasurer and ambassador to the US, Joe Hockey, will head to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in August to give the keynote address at the annual Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.

Tegan Guthrie

Westgold Resources’ Higginsville mill.

Bigger plantPremiumWestgold Resources to spend $145m on Higginsville expansion

Westgold Resources has approved a final investment decision to spend $145 million on the expansion of the Higginsville processing plant to 2.6 million tonnes per annum.

Neil Watkinson

The CMRG meeting held in Beijing on Wednesday last week.

MiningCommentsPremiumWhy this Beijing meeting is bad news for every West Aussie

The organisation menacing the bedrock of WA’s economy has officially cemented its status as a key part of China’s political apparatus. 

Adrian Rauso

Rox Resources managing director and chief executive Phill Wilding.

Financing sortedPremiumRox Resources locks in $350m of debt facilities for Youanmi

Rox Resources is poised to make a final investment decision on bringing its Youanmi gold project into production after securing $350 million in debt facilities.

Neil Watkinson

Rio Tinto's Paraburdoo mine site. Tom Zaunmayr.

MiningCommentsPremiumPilbara miners face 180-day shutdown if heat rules imposed

Unions want Pilbara mine workers to down tools during hot weather, a demand the industry says ‘ignores’ reality.

Adrian Rauso

“Member companies have not reported disruptions to their operations or concerns about the availability of fuel at this stage,” Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA chief Aaron Morey said on Monday. 

MiningPremiumNo fuel concerns ‘at this stage’, say WA’s mining lobby

WA’s well-stocked miners have not revealed any immediate concern about access to diesel supplies powering scores of rail and haulage fleets, but are staying alert to how conflict in the Middle East plays out. 

Simone Grogan

Gold Fields built a solar farm to power its Granny Smith gold mine near Laverton.

EnergyPremiumFortescue kicks off construction of WA’s biggest solar farm

Fortescue has turned the sod on a massive new solar farm in the Pilbara in the latest of a raft of new energy projects to get the Andrew Forrest-led miner to its 2030 emissions deadline.

Simone Grogan

Northern Star Resources’ Super Pit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder produced 437,894 ounces of gold in 2025, the second-most of any mine in the country, Surbiton Associates say.

Golden timesPremiumPrice protection ‘sensible’ given volatility, Surbiton says

The gold price is at an unprecedented high — but miners might want to consider getting some protection from its volatility, an industry expert says.

Neil Watkinson