The joint owners of the Tropicana gold mine have approved spending of $48 million to underpin a new mining strategy that will see waste material from new pits tipped back into the original open pit mine, delivering increased production and a longer mine life.
Finders Resources' second-largest largest shareholder, Taurus Funds Management, has rejected a 23-cents-a-share bid for the copper miner by Indonesian group Eastern Field Developments.
Byrnecut executive chairman Steve Coughlan has slammed the state government's decision to crack down on payroll tax exemptions, saying his company will no longer receive the exemption for courses being undertaken by 1,200 employees.
West Perth-based Gascoyne Resources has secured a $60 million debt facility with two major Australian banks as it aims for its Dalgaranga gold project to be in production in mid-2018.
Dutch company KOTUG and local subcontractor Westug have been selected to provide towage services for Fortescue Metals Group at Port Hedland, 18 months after the iron ore miner won a tender that broke BHP Billiton's monopoly at the port.
Incitec Pivot has warned that its 2020 and 2021 full-year profits will be hit by the end of a contract to supply ammonium nitrate prill to mining giant BHP Billiton.
Shares in junior lithium explorers MetalsTech and Force Commodities have spiked after the companies announced funding and joint venture agreements, while European Lithium will tap investors to progress its lithium project in Austria.
Finders Resources has urged its shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Indonesian group Eastern Field Developments after independent expert Deloitte valued the copper miner well above the 23 cents offer price, despite Finders' share price continuing to hover near that mark.
Fortescue Metals Group will appeal the Federal Court ruling granting exclusive rights to the Yindjibarndi people over Pilbara land where the company operates its Solomon hub, three weeks after the state government welcomed the decision.
Mineral Resources founder Chris Ellison has raised $36.9 million from the sale of some of his shares in the mining services group, adding to a string of big share sales by WA company directors who have cashed in on strong market rallies.
European Cobalt will raise $20 million through a share placement as the junior miner advances exploration work at its Dobsina copper, nickel, cobalt project in central Slovakia.
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Shareholders in uranium miner Paladin Energy will end up owning just 2 per cent of the company under a recapitalisation plan that will include a major debt for equity swap and a $US115 million high yield secured note raising.
Perth-based gold explorer AIC Resources, chaired by Centamin founder Josef El-Raghy, got off to a solid start in trading today after raising $10 million in its initial public offering.
Belmont-based Zenith Energy has been selected as preferred contractor to build a 62-megawatt power station at Newmont's Tanami gold mine, edging out incumbent provider Pacific Energy.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has highlighted mining industry concerns regarding grinding media company Moly-Cop's proposed acquisition of competitor Donhad in its statement of issues.
Junior miners Draig Resources and Capricorn Metals will tap investors in separate capital raisings as both companies advance their respective Western Australian gold projects.
Fortescue Metals Group has announced major changes to its leadership, with a new chief executive taking the reins and its directors taking a hands-on role to support an updated strategy that focuses on producing more higher-grade iron ore.
Local contractor EC&M has been awarded the electrical, instrumentation and controls construction contract for Chinese company Tianqi Lithium's $400 million processing facility in Kwinana.
Treasurer Ben Wyatt says the state government will drop its proposal for a gold royalty hike after a revised plan was blocked in the Legislative Council last night.
Engineering contractor RCR Tomlinson has secured a $33 million contract to design and construct a five-kilometre relocatable conveyor system for Fortescue Metals Group.
The state government will draft amendments to the Mining Act that validate granted tenements, in the wake of the High Court's recent ruling that kept sand mining off Andrew Forrest's family pastora
Mining services company Ausdrill has secured three contract extensions, highlighted by a two-year, $US108 million ($142 million) deal at the Iduapriem gold mine in Ghana.
BHP Billiton expects to lower costs in its Australian mining operations by a further 10 per cent, and has forecast the division will deliver $US1.6 billion ($A2.2 billion) in productivity gains over the next two years.
The Chinese government's environmental crackdown could provide a boost for the beleagured Sino Iron project, notwithstanding a recent adverse court ruling.
Shares in Azure Minerals have risen more than 20 per cent after the miner announced high-grade gold and cobalt discoveries at its Sara Alicia project in Mexico.
Perth-based mining conglomerate South32 has flagged a potential sell-down and listing of its South African energy coal business after announcing today a $US301 million ($A395 million) investment in the division.
