Western Australia

WA’s quartz underdog aims for tech stardom with ultra-pure play and a two-mine comeback backed by China ties and savvy ore sorting science

A new player in Western Australia’s industrial minerals space is making a serious tilt at Asia’s booming demand for high-purity quartz (HPQ), with a dual-mine revival strategy backed by testwork breakthroughs, smart ore sorting, and a boots-on-ground presence in China’s quartz processing heartland.

Big barrels and bold plans as Dorado and Pavo gear up to shake australia’s oil scene and put offshore METS muscle back in motion

Australia’s offshore oil sector is stirring to life with a new wave of development momentum and exploration ambition, centred on two high-grade liquids discoveries that could materially shift the national fuel balance — and open the door for substantial equipment and service demand across the METS value chain.

Leeuwin digs in at Marda with shallow hits, gold upside and a no-nonsense plan to turn pits, veins and BIFs into serious investor attention

Leeuwin Metals has hit the ground running at its newly acquired Marda Gold Project in Western Australia, unveiling a high-impact exploration strategy during its recent presentation at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up 2025.

Long-life sand project in WA nears final approvals as Asia’s industrial demand collides with critical shortage of high-grade supply

In the scrubby sands of Western Australia’s Mid West, a quietly ambitious mining development is nearing a final government tick — and it’s shaping up to be a masterclass in low-impact, high-efficiency industrial minerals extraction.

Empire’s titanium unicorn breaks the mould with free-dig ore, no ilmenite, and a flow sheet that rewrites the TiO₂ playbook

Forget ilmenite—sediment-hosted, hydrothermally-altered titanium system in Western Australia is flipping the script on how high-grade TiO₂ feedstocks are found—and how they’re processed.