Mines & Projects
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.
S&P Global’s June quarter market review shows the pressure on Australian operations shifting from what miners sell to what they spend.
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.
WA-listed companies added almost A$131 billion in market value during FY26, but the strongest performers did more than catch a commodity upswing.
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.
There are two stories inside Grant Thornton's latest mining contractors report, and the one getting most of the attention is the wrong one.
A recent industry webinar hosted ahead of the AusIMM International Mining Geology Conference 2026 brought together leading practitioners to tackle one of underground mining’s most persistent challenges: reconciliation.
The pursuit of critical minerals is pushing miners deeper underground, where innovation—not just excavation—is becoming the key to unlocking value.
When Whitehaven Coal acquired BMA’s Daunia and Blackwater mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, it wasn’t just the company’s biggest purchase to date.
The future of mining is already here - and it’s being shaped by AI systems that can think, act and integrate seamlessly with the tools you already use.
