Lucapa Diamond Company is planning to launch a follow-up exploration program at its Brooking diamond discovery in Western Australia's Kimberley region after completing a $16.5 million capital raising.
Diversified mining services company Mineral Resources has announced plans to acquire Atlas Iron in a scrip deal that values the iron ore miner at $280 million.
Local engineering company Lycopodium has been awarded a contract for design work at Nzuri Copper's Kalongwe operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The directors of Mineral Resources and Altura Mining have enjoyed solid growth in the value of their shares over the past month, according to data on Director Shareholdings tracked by Business News.
The Takeovers Panel has thrown out an application from Perth-based Auris Minerals to stop a group of dissident shareholders from voting at a meeting to spill the company's board.
A Supreme Court judgement and a stoush with the state government over a new iron ore mine have shone a revealing light on the activities of the Eastern Guruma people and their business interests.
Lithium producer Tawana Resources has announced plans to merge with its Bald Hill project joint venture partner, Singapore-listed Alliance Minerals Assets, to form a $446 million company.
Altura Mining has appointed Citigroup as its corporate adviser in relation to a potential takeover of the $740 million company by its largest shareholder, Chinese battery manufacturer Shaanxi J & R Optimum Energy.
Kerman Contracting has won a $20 million contract for works associated with the upgrade of the crushing circuit at Talison Lithium's Greenbushes operation in the South West.
The board of Finders Resources has been overhauled after Indonesian group Eastern Field Developments increased its stake above 90 per cent in its $177 million takeover of the copper miner, with David Fowler appointed as a director and acting chief executive.
Goldminer St Barbara has invested $4 million in local explorer Duketon Mining, while Resolute Mining has announced it will take a $5.1 million stake in a Canadian gold-focused company.
Rio Tinto has co-hosted 21 of the state's major companies at Scitech to announce further details on its partnership with South Metropolitan Tafe, with high-tech courses in automation expected to be rolled out in 2019.
West Perth-based Caravel Minerals has been forced to call a general meeting to vote on the election of two new directors, who are part of a dissident group that had also wanted shareholders to vote on the removal of three existing board members.
Three Western Australian gold miners have recently started production at their respective operations, with Dacian Gold's $200 million Mt Morgans project near Laverton pouring its first bar of gold last week.
A new mining research centre to be co-based in Western Australia and South Australia and backed by 34 industry and academic partners is set to proceed after the federal government committed to provide $50 million in funding.
The corporate watchdog has submitted an application to the Takeovers Panel asking it to block certain shareholders of Finders Resources from accepting an offer for their shares.
Employment in WA's resources sector hit a record level in 2017, while revenue lifted 16 per cent to $108 billion, according to the latest data from the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.
Mineral sands miner MZI Resources has announced a new $US61 million ($80 million) debt funding package with major shareholder Resource Capital Fund to continue development at its Keysbrook operation near Serpentine and facilitate debt restructuring.
West Perth-based Metalicity has announced plans to spin-out its Admiral Bay zinc project on the TSX Venture Exchange as Kimberley Mining, following strong interest from Canadian investment banks and fund managers.
Perth-based Global Construction Services has been awarded a new three-year scaffolding contract at CITIC Pacific Mining's Sino Iron project south-west of Karratha.
Australian Aboriginal Mining Corporation chairman Daniel Tucker is confident the company will become the first Aboriginal-owned and operated iron ore miner this year, after signing a mine gate sales deal with Fortescue Metals Group.
Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa executive Kim Horne.
Marindi Metals has signed a memorandum of understanding entitling a government-owned Japanese group to earn a 70 per cent stake in the company's Caranbirini zinc project in the Northern Territory.
Fortescue Metals Group has cut the amount it expects to receive for its iron ore shipments this year, saying slow Chinese construction and the recent Trump-inspired trade war fears are weighing on forecasts.
Boss Resources has raised $8 million through a share placement and will use the proceeds to advance a definitive feasibility study at the company's Honeymoon uranium project in South Australia.
Aspiring copper miner Altona Mining is one step closer to a $93 million merger with Canada-based Copper Mountain Mining after Altona shareholders approved the scheme of arrangement today.
Peru-focused Titan Minerals has announced plans to acquire West Perth-based Andina Resources, which owns a number of assets in close proximity to Titan, in a scrip deal worth approximately $19 million.
