A new study has highlighted the lack of progress in closing the ‘indigenous employment gap' in Australia and the near complete absence of indigenous people from senior management.
K2fly has tabled some healthy numbers from the March quarter with record invoices of $3.3m, maintaining its all-time high total contract values of $16.6m and cracking the $5m mark in annual recurring revenue for the first time. The company operates in the global resources space under a ‘Software as a Service' business model – meaning it delivers its software on a subscription basis.
After successfully shaking the tin for $6.2m, K2fly now has the largest privately owned mining software provider in the world on its register. Australian based Maptek has emerged from K2fly's latest capital raise with a 13.2 per cent holding in the ASX-listed mining software player. The deal also includes Maptek Chairman Peter Johnson taking a seat on the K2fly board as a non-executive director.
South32's quarterly results give some guidance of how an Omicron outbreak in WA might impact the resources sector, with marginally lower output at two east coast units.
Fortescue and Wesfarmers were among the Western Australian ASX 100 companies which provided the most comprehensive statements to the modern slavery register.
Fortescue Metals Group and Curtin University are part of a consortium to research low-carbon iron pellets, cement and alumina, which received $39 million from the federal government today.
Listed company Delta Drone International has been reappointed as South32's aerial data services provider in South Africa under a $2.7 million contract extension.
Newcrest Mining and South32 have announced plans to reduce their carbon emissions in the coming decades, in line with commitments to sustainable mining.
South32 is expecting to book a loss of up to $US175 million this financial year, in relation to the sale of its South African coal operations to local mining company Seriti Resources.
Five Western Australian women have been recognised for their contribution to the state's resources sector, with Cube Consulting's Rebecca Prain claiming the top honour.
Adbri will continue supplying lime to the Worsley Alumina refinery in WA after securing a five-year contract extension with the plant's majority owner, South32.
SRG Global has secured a new, $100 million contract with South32 for work at its alumina operations in Western Australia, as well as a $25 million extension.
There are five major commodities mined in WA that have substantial downstream processing. Credit for most of the value adding can be attributed to investment decisions taken decades ago, as Mark Beyer reports.
South32 has posted a near 18 per cent rise in third-quarter metallurgical coal output and says it has received approval to restart its South African coal operations during a coronavirus-related lockdown, although at a reduced rate.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing investors who have shunned Western Australian mining companies for decades (because they prefer buying shares in banks) to smarten their game or risk being left holding yield-free assets as bank dividends dry up.
In an initiative led by the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA, the Western Australian resources sector has pledged $6.6 million to Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations, Foodbank WA and Lifeline WA.
South32 has temporarily suspended its manganese and coal production in South Africa, while also withdrawing full-year guidance for its international operations, in response to coronavirus-related g
South32 will continue to explore AusQuest's projects in Australia and South America after the companies extended their strategic alliance agreement by two years.
