Training and Development
WA-listed companies added almost A$131 billion in market value during FY26, but the strongest performers did more than catch a commodity upswing.
Mining companies already hold a wealth of safety intelligence, but the challenge is turning it into knowledge workers can recognise and act on before a near miss becomes an injury.
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.
The mining industry is not running out of deposits.
There’s a moment in every technological revolution when optimism meets reality - when the glossy promise of transformation hits the grit of practical deployment.
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.
If you wanted a temperature check on Western Australia’s exploration sector last week, you didn’t need a feasibility study.
AI isn’t the risk in mining.
There was a time when mining’s job was simple: dig it up, ship it out, repeat.
