Mining

Bellevue Gold boss Steve Parsons has played down speculation his company's namesake gold project is in the crosshairs of some of WA's most prominent gold miners.

Regis Resources head expects the current strength of the gold sector to last for a few years.

Prospect Resources is raising $6 million from a share placement to go towards its lithium project in Africa.

Shareholders of Victoria's Boadicea Resources have approved the $7 million sale of its Fraser Range tenements to nickel miner IGO.

Labour costs make the construction of downstream processing plants a challenge in Australia.

Rockingham-based WA Kaolin has kicked off a capital raising to fund the scale-up of its WA operations; it joins several companies planning to mine the specialist industrial mineral.

Perth-based Mader Group will provide heavy maintenance equipment services to Nevada Gold Mines under a new contract.

A rush to consolidate mines could herald a flurry of mergers.

Sustainability and social responsibility were on the agenda at Diggers & Dealers.

Poseidon Nickel hopes Golden Swan could be another black swan event.

Horizon Minerals has signed an agreement to buy a gold project in Western Australia for $2.8 million.

Juukan Gorge is back in the news, amid a dispute between Fortescue Metals Group and the traditional owners.

Demand for electric vehicles has given BHP's nickel business a new lease of life.

Gold assets in the US and Canada are on the radar for local producers.

Mount Gibson Mining is investigating options to extend the life of WA's oldest iron ore mine.

There's life in WA's shell-shocked lithium mining and processing industry, according to one of its veterans, Pilbara Minerals chief executive, Ken Brinsden.

Swick Mining Services has appointed experienced managing director Jason Marinko to lead the company's mineral technologies business.

Goldminers on opposite coasts have diverging views on the value of Western Australia's hard border closure.

Perth-based Magnum Mining & Exploration has picked up an advanced-stage magnetite project in the US, sending its shares up by more than 40 per cent.

The proposed merger of Northern Star Resources and Saracen Mineral Holdings dominated the opening session on day one of the Diggers & Dealers forum.

Panoramic Resources is selling a portion of its non-core metals project to a private entity in Dubai for $12 million.

Mark McGowan lauds state's COVID-19 response and economic resilience as he opens the annual Diggers & Dealers forum in Kalgoorlie.

Traditional owners of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters destroyed by Rio Tinto have given emotional evidence to a parliamentary inquiry.

Perth-based Myanmar Metals has sought up to $9.5 million from a capital raising to go towards the restart of its Bawdin mine.

The parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge will hold three public hearings next week.

Mount Gibson Iron is targeting first ore sales from its previously deferred Shine operations in Western Australia by mid-next year.

BHP workers could be tested for Legionnaires' disease following reported contamination at the company's Nickel West refinery south of Perth.

Gibb River Diamonds has announced a major discovery at its new gold project in Western Australia, sending its shares up by more than 300 per cent.

New Zealand-focused explorer Siren Gold has had a positive start to its ASX debut, with the company's share price soaring 80 per cent.

The high gold price and strength of the market has made it easier for junior goldminers to raise capital and launch IPOs.

After a rocky start to the year, confidence in WA's gold sector is driving economic activity, with investment and exploration up.

Qatar is moving to reclaim its place as the world's biggest LNG exporter, potentially jeopardising WA exports.