WA

The WA Government has launched a new prospectus which showcases the mineral processing and battery development capabilities of Collie.

Gold miner Regis Resources says it expects a roughly 10 per cent increase to its current production levels by the 2022 financial year after announcing record annual production on Tuesday. 

Northern Minerals will launch an ambitious ramp up of exploration and development at its Browns Range rare earths project in Western Australia after securing new funding.

BDO Australia has reported that wages for some professions in the mining sector are rising above the levels seen in the last boom, particularly in Western Australia.

Bis Industries has strengthened a partnership with Glencore-owned Minara Resources at the Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt mine in Western Australia with a four-year contract extension.

Jaylon Environmental Systems will supply and install evaporation pond liners for Kalium Lakes’ Beyondie sulphate of potash (SOP) project in Western Australia as part of a $15 million contract.

Beacon Minerals has commissioned a six-megawatt power station at its developing Jaurdi gold project in Western Australia.

Galena Mining has received final approval for construction, mining and production at the Abra base metals project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Millennium Minerals has reached a milestone at the Nullagine gold project by producing its first gold from the site’s stage one sulphide plant expansion.

Independence Group (IGO) now owns 90 per cent of the Plumridge nickel project in the Fraser Range, Western Australia after completing its farm-in expenditure with joint venture partner Arrow Minerals.

Dacian Gold has discovered some of the thickest, highest-grade gold mineralisation ever intersected from its 100 per cent-owned Mt Morgans mine near Laverton, Western Australia.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is now taking its Going for Gold gold recovery technology out of the trial phase and into the real-world market.

Saracen Minerals has made an off-market offer to acquire Western Australia-based gold miner Bligh Resources.

Employment company SEEK has revealed that the mining, resources and energy sector was the third-strongest contributor to the Australian employment market for the month of May.

Canadian miner RNC Minerals has finalised the acquisition of the Higginsville gold operation from Westgold Resources.

TNG is continuing to attract interest in its diversified Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory after announcing it will receive a $10 million placement from German investors.

Western Australia is driving a boost to mineral exploration spending in the March 2019 quarter, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data.

South32 has awarded a long-term engineering services contract at the Worsley Alumina bauxite operations in Western Australia to SRG Global.

Nearly a third of participants involved in the current round of an ongoing state-backed commodity exploration scheme in Western Australia are focusing on battery metal discoveries.

An amateur prospector in Western Australia has discovered a 49-ounce (1.4-kilogram) gold nugget worth almost $100,000.