Battery minerals specialist IGO will close its Cosmos nickel mine in WA’s Goldfields before it is fully complete,slashing 400 jobs.
If Australia wants to do more than just “dig and ship” its wealth of critical minerals it may have to back processing investments.
Ahead of expanding their lithium processing capacity in Australia,IGO and Tianqi have launched a bid to swallow a listed miner with a promising deposit of the valuable battery metal.
The boss of one of WA’s most prominent nickel and gold producers has warned the proposed shake-up of the state's Aboriginal heritage legislation would create more bureaucracy for the sector.
Australia's stock market rebounded by nearly 70 points during Wednesday's session,buoyed by gold miners and oil producers.
Australian gold and nickel miner Independence Group has launched a $312 million hostile takeover bid for Panoramic Resources via an all scrip bid.
He was flown to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service after being stabilised on-site but died in hospital on September 18.
A huge drop in the number of WA mining engineer students has the industry worried.