Western Australia has risen to the top of the Fraser Institute’s latest Annual Survey of Mining Companies, ahead of Finland and the US state of Nevada in second and third respectively. The Australian state, which is home to almost 130 export-oriented mining projects and hundreds of...
ASX-listed NTM Gold has intersected 'outstanding' high-grade gold during shallow drilling at a prospect within its Redcliffe gold project near Leonora in Western Australia. The reverse circulation drilling programme tested Northern and Southern extensions at the Hub prospect, with notable results including: 15 metres at 8.5...
Barrick Gold Corporation has reached an agreement with Saracen Mineral Holdings for the sale of its 50% interest in Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) in Western Australia for a fee of US$750 million. The world’s second largest gold producer said that funds from the sale will...
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...