Helium drilling set to start after WA taxpayers shielded from cleanup costs
UK-listed Georgina Energy plans to drill in the remote Little Great Sandy Desert in search of helium, hydrogen and natural gas.
Mining
WA is the world's largest supplier of iron ore, lithium and garnet, the second-largest for diamonds and alumina, and in the top five for cobalt, gold, rare earths and zircon.
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Rio Tinto moves Winu copper mine forward with public environmental review
As the world electrifies, demand for the metal is expected to jump 50 per cent in 15 years.
For 44 years, Australia has subsidised diesel use. Is it time to stop?
Australian taxpayers pay $5 billion a year to miners, including highly profitable giants like BHP.
Alcoa misleads investors on crucial Australian mining approvals
Chief executive Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the miner had responded to all 60,000 comments on its WA expansion plans—in fact, it responded to fewer than 10, and some were unacceptable.
Mines Department blasts holes in Alcoa’s jarrah forest care claims
Endangered cockatoos - 105,000 exploration holes a year - insecure offsets: WA’s mining regulator has questions for the US miner.
Fortescue slashes electric train program but insists zero emissions 'on track'
Andrew Forrest's miner is back to the drawing board to find a new solution that does not disrupt production and can be delivered by 2030.
Alcoa and Japan investigate if WA can break China's gallium stranglehold
Extraction of the critical mineral found in the waste from making alumina from bauxite could curb China's 98 per cent share of global production.
Fortescue still looking for zero-emissions train for 2030
Battery-electric locomotive deliveries to all the big Pilbara iron ore miners are running late as heavy long-distance loads prove a technical challenge.
Critical minerals and hydrogen incentive set to re-energise regional investment
Production tax credits for hydrogen and critical minerals are set to be law after Labor struck a deal with the Greens.
Alcoa moves future mining away from dams 'for now'
Alcoa has made last minute changes to its planned expansion of mining in WA's jarrah forest and wants to reenter a previously mined area, potentially triggering a new major federal environmental assessment.
Ten hurdles to Twiggy's green vision for FMG
Andrew Forrest has put his iron ore miner FMG on a fast track to net-zero emissions by 2030. Achieving high speed on a rocky road will not be easy.
Forrest pushes FMG to be net-zero emissions by 2030
Ever-ambitious Andrew Forrest wants iron ore miner FMG to be carbon neutral by 2030 with the use of green electricity, hydrogen and ammonia.
BHP's road to cleaner mining
Hydrogen is at the back of the queue in BHP's efforts to decarbonize mining, after cleaner electricity, in-pit crushing and trolley-assist trucks.