SPECIAL REPORT: The state's gold industry is planning to invest more than $1 billion in exploration and development to sustain continued modest growth in production.
SPECIAL REPORT: WA's 30 gold miners achieved a small increase in aggregate output last year with the state's biggest producer, Newmont Mining, making up about a sixth of this at 1.1m ounces, research by Business News has found.
Kewdale-based RCT has installed its latest technology at AngloGold Ashanti's Sunrise Dam gold mine, which gives an operator control of numerous machines from a singular station.
Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has poached one of the top executives from rival Barrick Gold to replace outgoing chief executive Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan.
Bentley-based communications company Swift Networks Group has announced a number of new contracts, including infrastructure works at Iluka Resources' Cataby project and a 12-month extension at AngloGold Ashanti's Tropicana facility in Kalgoorlie.
A three-year battle over an exploration licence in the northern Goldfields has resulted in a win for prospector Andrew Paterson, who appealed against a ruling by the former mines and petroleum minister in favour of listed company Connected IO.
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.
Proceeds raised during last weekend's Mining Emergency Response Competition Mining Emergency Response Competition in Perth have gone towards an emergency responder wellness app developed by support services provider Holyoake.
Gold junior Orinoco has tapped investors for a near-$5 million capital raising and a $3 million investment by AngloGold Ashanti, as it progresses development of its Cascavel operation in Brazil.
Shares in Tanzania-focused mining and exploration companies were hit again today after they revealed the full slate of planned legislative changes in the African nation, which include the Tanzanian government giving itself the right to get a 16 per cent stake in mining companies for no cost.
GR Engineering Services has won a $31 million engineering, procurement and construction contract for upgrades to processing facilities at AngloGold Ashanti's Sunrise Dam gold mine south of Laverton.
Perth explorer Orinoco Gold has announced plans to buy out its joint venture partners at the Cascavel mine for $US6.3 million in cash and shares, while both its managing director and chairman have tendered their resignation.
AngloGold Ashanti has made a $6 million investment in Perth-based Orinoco Gold and plans to spend $US9.5 million ($A12.4 million) to farm-in on the company's gold tenements in Brazil.
Perth-based gold exploration company Huntsman Resources is seeking to list on the ASX with the launch of its prospectus for a $4.5 million initial public offering.
Saracen Mineral Holdings has attracted AngloGold Ashanti for a farm-in agreement for its Carosue Dam North gold project near Kalgoorlie, valued at $25 million.
Curtin University has announced a collaboration agreement with Victora-based Gekko Systems to commercialise new technology designed to make gold processing more efficient.
SPECIAL REPORT: Some of Western Australia's biggest gold miners plan to boost their exploration spend in the coming year, with Saracen Mineral Holdings and Northern Star Resources among those committed to putting increasing amounts ‘into the ground'.
Matthew Painter has been appointed as a principal consultant to the Perth office of SRK Consulting. Most recently, Mr Painter worked in Namibia as the exploration manager for Sabre Resources.
Lower gold production has contributed to a 16 per cent reduction in March quarter revenue for Independence Group compared with the same period last year, helping drive the company's share price down 11 per cent today.
Fortescue Metals Group plans to move to a full owner-operator model at its Christmas Creek mining operations after Downer EDI's contract expires at the end of September.
The state government has officially commissioned the $140 million Eastern Goldfields Pipeline, which will support the ongoing development of mining projects in the region and benefit operators of existing mines due to reduced costs
A joint venture between mining services companies Ausdrill and Barminco has been named the preferred contractor for work at AngloGold Ashanti's Geita gold mine in Tanzania, with the deal worth about $US70 million ($A99.5 million).
Newcrest Mining is looking to increase its exploration acreage in West Africa through a proposed joint venture agreement with Perth-based company Taruga Gold, while AngloGold Ashanti has advanced plans to redevelop its Obuasi mine in Ghana.
Stakeholders in Sirius Resources have shown their support for the proposed acquisition by Independence Group, with three recommendations passing by an almost unanimous vote.
West Perth-based explorer Legend Mining will buy a large block of land in the Fraser Range and form an exploration joint venture with the highly successful prospector Mark Creasy.
Pacific Energy has won a contract to build, own and maintain a 14 megawatt power station at Saracen Mineral Holding's Thunderbox gold project near Leinster for an undisclosed sum.
Mining contractor Barminco has posted a small increase in underlying earnings in the March quarter, as cost reductions and efficiency measures offset a dip in quarterly revenue to $123.9 million.
Engineering and construction firm Valmec has won a contract to supply its services to APA Group's $140 million Eastern Goldfields Gas Pipeline project for an undisclosed sum.
Perth-based tech startup Resource Governance International is seeking to change the way mining companies report their resources and reserves, launching a $3 million capital raising to commercialise software it hopes will become the industry standard.
Orinoco Gold will make the transition from explorer to producer after receiving approval from its board to begin developing an underground mine at its Cascavel project in Brazil.
Macmahon Holdings' shares have been smashed in early trading, falling by about 40 per cent after it was disclosed late on Friday that it had lost a major contract at Fortescue Metals Group's Christmas Creek mine.
Power generation company Pacific Energy has trimmed its full-year earnings guidance after reporting a lower than expected interim profit, but says a contract at the Tropicana gold mine will help it return to growth in 2016.
