Mining

Industrial operators on the outer fringes of WA's main power network are weighing up their options as competition for electricity rages.

Critical minerals exposure was a key drawcard for a Canadian company behind the $125 million purchase of ambitious Osborne Park mining services group Iron Mine Contracting.

A prospective lithium miner is probing its export options for a major new mine project in the Goldfields.

Boab Metals has approved the $264 million Sorby Hills silver-lead project as it aims for first production in 2027.

Paramount Earthmoving boss Shawn Tilley has pleaded not guilty to four charges of fraud, with the trial date yet to be set.

Boss has withdrawn a key feasibility study, prompting a sizeable sell-off on Thursday morning.

Gold majors, iron ore heavyweights and offshore trading houses dominated WA's mining deals list in 2025, as cashed-up boards chased commodity booms.

The state's workplace watchdog has charged mining maintenance firm Dalmain Enterprises Pty Ltd over the death of a worker in the Goldfields.

In its next step of selling off non-core gold assets, Westgold Resources will divest its Mt Henry-Selene gold project to Alicanto Minerals for $64.4 million.

Talison Lithium has crossed out recommissioning the abandoned Greenbushes to Bunbury rail line to cart spodumene from the mine to port, after concluding it was not economically feasible.

John Van Der Wielen has been appointed chair of The Perth Mint operator Gold Corporation, succeeding Sam Walsh and heralding a new era for the organisation.

Mining services company MLG Oz has been fined $750,000 after pleading guilty to a safety breach at the Mungari gold mine west of Kalgoorlie.

Brian Rodan-chaired Augustus Minerals has announced a significant management change with Dr James Warren resigning as chief executive, effective immediately.

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Community is at the heart of Bennco Group's success, an approach which led to its recognition as Regional Business of the Year at the recent WA Business Awards.

Perseus Mining is unlikely to submit a revised bid for Predictive Discovery, quashing rumours of a bidding war with fellow ASX-lister Robex Resources.

Work to bring the Pilbara's largest known undeveloped iron ore deposit to life has begun, with a Rio Tinto-led consortium to spend $294 million to stand the project up.

Mader Group celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025 as one of WA's great success stories.

Canadian lithium explorers Li-FT Power and Winsome Resources are set to combine under a deal that values the latter, a Perth-based company, at $131 million.

Westgold Resources will spin out a suite of non-core gold assets in the Murchison region into a standalone operation which will share a chair with Chalice Mining.

Critical minerals-focused Locksley Resources has announced another key appointment on its journey to become a significant antimony producer in the US.

Fortescue has moved to acquire the remainder of Peruvian developer Alta Copper it doesn't already own under a deal worth $152 million, as it eyes an expansion of its copper portfolio.

Medallion Metals has announced plans to raise up to $60 million, as it moves towards potentially acquiring the Forrestania nickel operation from IGO next year.

With exports resuming today, the Koolyanobbing mine is living up to its 1947 billing as holding an almost inexhaustible deposit.

Silver and zinc aspirant BMC Minerals has debuted on the local bourse after a $100 million initial public offering, finishing its first day of trade up 25 per cent.

Matthew Hogan-led Venus Metals has announced that lithium producer IGO will proceed with the stage two farm-in period of the Bridgetown-Greenbushes project.

The company recently raised $10 million to fast-track drilling at its Clermont gold project.

Monadelphous Engineering has sued a contractor over work done at BHP Iron Ore's dewatering project near Newman.

As it moves toward first production in the second half of next year at its Arrowsmith North project, VRX Silica has secured additional offtake agreements.

Westgold has returned the historic Great Fingall underground goldmine to production, more than a century after it was last in operation.

Shares in Predictive Discovery were sold off on Thursday, following news of an amended merger agreement with Robex Resources.

Rare earths aspirant Barkly Rare Earths is readying for a timely debut on the local bourse after building an experienced board to develop its Northern Territory project.