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The base case is zero. The reality is 20 per cent over. Mining’s most expensive assumption isn’t going away.

Will Kendall has a line that lands with the quiet force of something everyone in the room already knew but hadn’t quite said out loud: "Base case is cost overruns of over 20 per cent," Will says, "That’s your base case.

A pail of epoxy, a mill shell worth millions, and the surface prep that decides which one you end up replacing

Henkel has moved production of its high impact wearing compound to Victoria and cut lead times by two thirds.

There is an armchair on the beach of a closed pit lake and the gates are locked. Which tells you much of what you need to know about mine water safety

Mine water safety conversations default to tailings dams, but Dr Cherie McCullough spent an hour explaining why the larger risk is day to day exposure to as little as 1.

Africa proved it can move the cobalt price, then lost a third of the quota to paperwork, which is the part Australian operations should read twice

Africa's critical mineral producers are shifting from hosting resources to setting terms, and a recent intelligence briefing shows the leverage is real, the value capture is not yet, and the read-through for Australian operations is sharper than the geopolitics suggests.

WA mining’s half-trillion-dollar year proves preparation pays when commodity markets turn

WA-listed companies added almost A$131 billion in market value during FY26, but the strongest performers did more than catch a commodity upswing.

The base case is zero. The reality is 20 per cent over. Mining’s most expensive assumption isn’t going away.

A pail of epoxy, a mill shell worth millions, and the surface prep that decides which one you end up replacing

Henkel has moved production of its high impact wearing compound to Victoria and cut lead times by two thirds.

There is an armchair on the beach of a closed pit lake and the gates are locked. Which tells you much of what you need to know about mine water safety

Mine water safety conversations default to tailings dams, but Dr Cherie McCullough spent an hour explaining why the larger risk is day to day exposure to as little as 1.

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The base case is zero. The reality is 20 per cent over. Mining’s most expensive assumption isn’t going away.

A pail of epoxy, a mill shell worth millions, and the surface prep that decides which one you end up replacing

There is an armchair on the beach of a closed pit lake and the gates are locked. Which tells you much of what you need to know about mine water safety

Africa proved it can move the cobalt price, then lost a third of the quota to paperwork, which is the part Australian operations should read twice

WA mining’s half-trillion-dollar year proves preparation pays when commodity markets turn

The base case is zero. The reality is 20 per cent over. Mining’s most expensive assumption isn’t going away.

A pail of epoxy, a mill shell worth millions, and the surface prep that decides which one you end up replacing

There is an armchair on the beach of a closed pit lake and the gates are locked. Which tells you much of what you need to know about mine water safety

Africa proved it can move the cobalt price, then lost a third of the quota to paperwork, which is the part Australian operations should read twice

WA mining’s half-trillion-dollar year proves preparation pays when commodity markets turn

The base case is zero. The reality is 20 per cent over. Mining’s most expensive assumption isn’t going away.

A pail of epoxy, a mill shell worth millions, and the surface prep that decides which one you end up replacing