Western Australia

Fortescue Metals Group is trialling the expansion of its Western Australian fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) flight service network, with new charter flights departing Busselton in the state’s southwest.

Deloitte has touted vaccination rates as the economy’s silver bullet, but a removal of lockdowns may even Australia’s playing field while disturbing the Western Australian growth bubble.

The Western Australian resources sector carried the national economy through an arduous 12 months to June 30, as minerals and petroleum sales grew to $210 billion.

Northern Star Resources has had a 3.3 megawatt re-deployable solar farm commissioned at its Carosue Dam gold operations in Western Australia.

Galena Mining subsidiary Abra Mining has begun mining of the underground decline at its Abra base metals project in Western Australia.

Kalium Lakes has delivered the first batch of sulphate of potash at its Beyondie sulphate of potash project in Western Australia.

The Western Australian Government has followed public health advise to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for fly-in, fly-out and other resources sector workers from December.

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

Western Areas has produced first nickel ore at its Odysseus project within the Cosmos nickel operation in Western Australia.

Strandline Resources has locked in Mine Site Construction Services with a seven-year mining services contract at the Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia.

Fortescue Metals Group are progressively recommencing operations at its Solomon Hub operations following an incident last week.

Rio Tinto’s fleet of rail cars at its Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia is set to grow by 50, with the company to release a manufacturing tender for the project.

Red 5 has awarded a mine development contract to Redpath Australia at the Darlot gold mine in Western Australia, accelerating operations for a cost of $13 million.

Fortescue Metals Group has suspended its Solomon Hub iron ore operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region following a ‘significant incident.’

Rio Tinto has published its first report on the company’s progress in the wake of the Juukan Gorge rock shelter incident.

CJD Equipment has enabled a gold mine portal expansion in Western Australia, modifying a Volvo ECR235E excavator to work underground with a rock grinding tool and all the trimmings.

Iron ore prices have dropped below $US100 per tonne for the first time since early November 2020, bringing promising Australian projects to unfeasible standstills.

Operations at CITIC Pacific’s Sino Iron mine in Western Australia have recommenced following suspension on Friday due to an incident involving a 52-year-old maintenance worker.

Rio Tinto will be the first to deploy Caterpillar’s 793 zero-emission autonomous haul trucks, once development is complete at the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia.

Calidus Resources has hired Macmahon to undertake open cut mining at the Warrawoona gold project in Western Australia in preparation for first production next year.