WA Mining Club
Every day, Fenix Resources' road trains travel a combined 120,000 kilometres, the equivalent of three laps around the planet, hauling iron ore across WA's Mid West, and now former Wallaby John Welborn reckons a $300 million shortcut could help transform the region's mining industry, provided he can get the economics right, keep shareholders happy and resist talking about rugby long enough to build the bloody thing.
The WA Mining Club wanted Aaron Morey’s last word on Four Corners – what it got was a more revealing argument about mining, technology and the dangerous appeal of simple answers.
Arafura Rare Earths Managing Director and CEO Darryl Cuzzubbo told the WA Mining Club that Nolans is moving from critical minerals rhetoric to construction reality, but the real test will be processing, ramp-up, suppliers and whether Australia can help build a serious rare earths supply chain outside China.
When PLS chief executive Dale Henderson told the WA Mining Club’s November luncheon that it’s “easier to get things done in Brazil than in Western Australia,” the room went quiet for a moment.
By all accounts, Tania Constable didn’t just drop the mic at the WA Mining Club — she fracked the stage, dug it up, and shipped it off to China.
The WA Mining Club’s first luncheon of the year at Optus Stadium’s River Room was more than just a market outlook—it was a sharp-edged critique of Australia’s economic and energy policies, a deep dive into gold’s meteoric rise, and a call for industry leaders to reclaim their voice in shaping the country’s future.
