A local gold construction boom has created a frenzy for engineering contractors, driving up costs and build times across the industry, according to the chief of Ramelius Resources.
Adrian Rauso
We’re back on deck to bring you all the latest news from Day 2 of the annual Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Daniel Newell
The gold price has tapered off since hitting a record high in January, giving mining companies and potential takeover targets some comfort.
Kaaren Morrissey
A company with its roots and focus in Africa has come to this year’s Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie-Boulder to tout its expertise to Australian miners working on the mineral-rich continent.
Neil Watkinson
Tony Ottaviano said his Liontown will look under the bonnet of Rio Tinto’s idle Mt Cattlin lithium mine when it comes up for sale.
Joe Hockey is on board with secret plans for a Pilbara iron ore cartel to counter China’s hardball tactics and he believes Jim Chalmers should have more veto powers over critical minerals deals.
Movers, shakers and the cream of the WA mining and resource sector’s crop have poured into Kalgoorlie-Boulder for three days of talks about the future of the industry.
Daniel Newell and Rebecca Le May
Australian gold production is set to increase given the new mines, expansion plans and new treatment capacity that have been announced, gold consultants Surbiton Associates say.
India would ‘welcome’ the lifting of the WA Government’s ban on new uranium mines as the South Asian nation chases more supply of the nuclear fuel to power its ambitious development goals.
Although each individual State battery never produced large quantities of gold, they played an important role in the history of the WA gold mining industry.
Jim Pollock
A commodities boom supercharged the value of WA’s top ASX-listed companies by more than a third to nearly $500 billion, setting the stage for a jovial Diggers & Dealers forum this week.
The departing Northern Star chief intervened when his lieutenants were grilled about the Kalgoorlie Super Pit.
A humble pub’s efforts to boost trade lays bare the conundrum facing Australia’s most famous mining conference, where only one woman presented this year.
Adrian Rauso and Simone Grogan
The blockbuster $5 billion sale of the Hemi gold deposit in the Pilbara to Northern Star Resources has earned De Grey Mining the Dealer of the Year award.
Simone Grogan
Rox Resources is confident it can restart underground gold mining at Youanmi south-east of Mt Magnet on a bigger scale than proposed in last year’s prefeasibility study.
WA’s shadow treasurer says the mining industry is showing “remarkable optimism”, despite leaders raising frustrations with her during discussions at the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.
Tegan Guthrie
The “dark stories” of past Diggers & Dealers forums are “hopefully behind us”, shadow minister for women’s interests Sandra Brewer said after attending day one of this year’s annual mining conference.
Greatland Resources boss Shaun Day says he “respects” the market’s visceral reaction to a recent production downgrade, but denies speaking with the corporate cop about disclosures.
Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has suggested Australia could replicate the US government’s move to grab a big shareholding in a rare earths company.
The acquisition of IGO’s mothballed Forrestania nickel assets will help aspiring gold-copper producer Medallion Metals reduce the time and money needed to get to first production, the company’s boss says.
The failure to buy back the Hamersley royalty must go down as one of the great disasters or lost business opportunities in Australia’s mining history.
With gold prices surging and Australian gold production at record highs, Diggers & Dealers in Kalgoorlie-Boulder is the place to be in WA this week.
Madeleine King
Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s mayor says he is confident the city is the “ideal home” for Diggers & Dealers and the local government will continue supporting the organisers’ vision of the event’s future.
The dust has settled on Diggers and Dealers for 2024 and across gold, lithium, rare earths, niobium and uranium there were some big takeaways.
