With the antimony market booming and setting the share market alight, Bulls N' Bears has gone looking for the next critical metal shouting out for attention from new technologies – and it could be tungsten. Driven by demand in the industrial, renewables and defence sectors – and a shrinking supply – the alloy-hardening metal could soon join the chorus of critical minerals that are making all the noise.
West Perth-based Tungsten Mining NL will acquire the remaining 80 per cent interest in the Hatches Creek tungsten project from joint venture partner GWR Group.
Private iron ore miner Gold Valley has won a three-year battle to move export 1.5 million tonnes of ore per year from its Goldfields mine from Geraldton to Esperance.
Our board moves wrap includes Attilenore Manero, Julito Sarmiento, Peter Hume, Tamara Barr, Stephen Strubel, Rhys Davies, Tim Slate, Stuart Usher, Shannon Robinson, Carly Terzanidis, and Ian Pamensky.
Iron ore producer GWR Group is looking to initiate a move into the battery metals market by acquiring a large stake in Jindalee Resources' Prospect Ridge magnesite project in Tasmania.
GWR shares were up some 13 per cent on the news that mining operations would recommence at the C4 project in Wiluna after being put on hold in September last year.
Construction and civil contractor Pilbara Resource Group has gone into administration after its major mining partner GWR Group scaled back its operations.
Iron ore junior Fenix Resources has reported $25 million in net operating cashflows for the September quarter despite a testing period for the commodity.
Mount Gibson Iron is suspending operations at its Shine site due to falling iron ore prices and high shipping costs, making it the fourth miner to close in recent weeks.
Mount Gibson Iron's Shine project in the Mid West could become the fourth iron ore mine to halt operations this month after the company called a trading halt.
GWR Group has become the fourth junior iron ore company to suspend operations or review its strategy in light of the dramatic fall in the commodity's price.
GWR Group has confirmed a fatality involving one of its contractor's trucks, which rolled over on Goldfields Highway yesterday while transporting iron ore to the Port of Geraldton.
China's iron ore imports hit a record volume last year, helping to explain the surprising strength in the commodity's price and underpinning higher profits for the big miners.
ASX-listed Dynamic Drill and Blast has secured work on gold and iron ore projects in Western Australia under two subcontracts, with Pilbara Resource Group and Carey Mining.
GWR Group has joined a growing list of companies aiming to start small iron ore mines in WA, after signing a term sheet with contractor Pilbara Resource Group.
GWR Group has struck a deal to sell its Hatches Creek tungsten project in the Northern Territory to West Perth-based Tungsten Mining for $8.7 million cash.
Innovative shareholder registry management company, Advanced Share Registry is pleased to announce it has signed a binding agreement with Private Company Platform Pty Ltd to acquire a 51% sharehold
Shares in junior miner Excelsior Gold were pummelled today after the company's new board revealed the full extent of operational issues at its flagship Kalgoorlie North mine.
Five Perth-based junior miners and explorers have announced plans to raise a combined $29.8 million to fund ongoing work at their respective projects, with Excelsior Gold also attracting a new cornerstone investor.
Tony Chong has been appointed as non-executive chairman of TV2U Worldwide. Mr Chong is a corporate and tax lawyer and also serves as the lead partner of Lavan Legal's corporate services group.
One month after the state government named an Asciano-led consortium as preferred proponent for a major port expansion at Esperance, it has emerged that one of the key consortium members has withdrawn.
Two major events last week highlighted the private sector's desire to deliver new port infrastructure, and it's a trend the Barnett government could take even further.
Junior explorers Alcyone Resources and Golden West Resources are looking to raise capital through discounted rights issues worth a combined $21 million.
IRON ore producers in the state's Yilgarn region are not immune from the hurdles facing producers in the Pilbara and Mid West – port capacity and access issues, transportation and infrastructure –
Golden West Resources has announced a 230 per cent increase in inferred and indicated gold resource at its Wiluna West project in the Eastern Goldfields.
The hot and cold relationship between Osborne Park-based explorers Fairstar Resources and Golden West Resources is back in the spotlight, with the surprise appointment of former GWR executive chairman Con Markopoulos to the Fairstar board.
