When Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson called an emergency press conference on January 27, West Australians held their breath, expecting a COVID announcement. But, instead, Dr Robertson revealed authorities were concerned about a 6mm wide radioactive capsule that had gone missing on a 1400km stretch of road between Newman and Malaga a fortnight earlier. Premium … Read more
Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has resigned, eight months out from an election. Fyles, 45, held a snap press conference on Tuesday where she confirmed her intention to step down as chief minister and health minister. She said she had made an oversight and did not declare a share parcel, which came about after … Read more
The Federal Government has updated its critical minerals list, including a surprise addition, and, in a boon for a plethora of WA miners, will up its support for other battery metals developments. Heading into 2024 the Government will knock helium from its critical minerals list and add rare earths elements molybdenum, selenium and tellurium, as … Read more
Under-fire Alcoa Australia is standing firm with its plans to mine State Forest around Dwellingup in years to come despite ever-growing community concern about the scale of tree clearing its bauxite mining involves. The 60 per cent American-owned company’s Holyoake bauxite mining lease surrounds Dwellingup and, along with the Myara North project east of Jarrahdale, … Read more
The U.S. is running out of miners. More than half the nation’s mining workforce, about 221,000 workers, is expected to retire by 2029, according to the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, and the number of candidates willing to fill those slots is shrinking. “Our workforce is aging,” said Bold Baatar, chief executive of copper at … Read more
Glencore will cease operations in Mt Isa at one of the biggest copper mines in the world from 2025. The multinational company has notified 1200 workers that after 60 years mining copper in the far northwest Queensland city, underground operations and the copper concentrator will close. “Glencore has conducted a range of studies and reviews … Read more
Despite the Reserve Bank hitting pause on its rate tightening cycle, the Australian share market sank on Tuesday, dragged lower by energy and mining stocks. The RBA held rates steady at 4.35 per cent at its last board meeting for 2023, a move that was widely anticipated by economists and markets alike. Westpac chief economist … Read more
Another iconic brand has been purchased by one of the country’s richest people after mining magnate Gina Rinehart snapped up Driza-Bone. It’s the latest purchase of a historic Australian brand by a billionaire after Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and ex-wife Nichola purchased hat company Akubra in a deal worth millions of dollars in November. While it … Read more
Copper mines like Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon mine on the outskirts of Salt Lake City are on the frontline of America’s transition to clean energy. Global demand for copper, a major component of electric vehicles, is expected to grow from 25 million metric tons to nearly 49 million metric tons by 2035, according to S&P … Read more
