Cameco Australia has been handed federal environmental approval for the Yeelirrie uranium project in Western Australia after a ‘complex’ two-year process. The controversial project has now been greenlit by the Department of Environment and Energy, following an approval by the Western Australian Government in January 2017. However,...
The Western Australian (WA) government will this week be handed legislation for a new statutory authority that will advise the state on the most important infrastructure projects to embark on. Infrastructure WA will help the government lay out a 20-year infrastructure strategy and is intended to...
Construction of Australia’s first ‘waste-to-energy plant is set to go ahead in Western Australia, after winning the backing of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corp (CEFC). The AUS$668 million project, which had already gained approval by the WA Environmental Protection...
RNC Minerals, the company made famous by its discovery of over 9,000 ounces of high grade gold from a single blast at its Beta Hunt mine in Western Australia last month, has recovered the first specimen. The Canadian miner said the slab was cut in the...
Rio Tinto has become the latest mining company to launch a large-scale iron ore replenishment drive in Western Australia, after it announced it would spend AUS$2.1 billion to maintain production capacity at two projects. The Anglo-Australian major and its joint venture partners Mitsui & Co and...
Fortescue Metals Group has confirmed it will build a new large-scale iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, as part of its plans to increase the average grade of its iron ore output. The Australian mining giant will spend US$1.27 billion on the...