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MarketsAussie shares sink on China stimulus gloom

The Australian sharemarket fell on Tuesday following muted stimulus measures from China and a sharp pullback on Wall St.

Duncan Evans

MiningCommentsPremiumHancock forced to cut iron ore tonnes in new mine plan

The Gina Rinehart-led mining empire has been a vocal critic of ‘green tape’ and overbearing regulation slowing new developments. 

Simone Grogan

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Iron ore miners do a share price u-turn on China news

Analyst predictions of an iron ore price imminently surpassing $US120 per tonne look set to miss the mark after China decided to hold back on unleashing more economic stimulus.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

MiningPremiumWest African tells shareholders to take a deep breath

West African Resources says the Burkina Faso government has told the company its mining permit is safe, but investors are not fully convinced.

Adrian Rauso

ContractingPremiumNRW bags $360m Goldfields contract win

Mining services contractor NRW Holdings has booked a $360 million contract win with Australia’s second-biggest gold miner.

Daniel Newell

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Takeovers umpire will review Rio, Packer uranium bout

Fund manager Willy Packer and Zentree Investments land a blow against Rio Tinto after takeovers umpire backtracks on decision to stay out of $880 million rights issue dispute. 

Simone Grogan

MiningCommentsPremiumIGO eyes higher pay ceiling, despite takeover disaster

Having paid more to chairman Michael Nossal and his fellow non-executive directors last year, IGO is now seeking approval from next month’s AGM to again increase the ceiling on board fees, by $250,000 to $2m.

Sean Smith

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WA gold miner’s future in limbo amid Burkina Faso turmoil

Shares in West African Resources have plunged on Monday morning after Burkina Faso’s junta leader proclaimed he will strip mining permits from foreign companies.

Adrian Rauso

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Arcadium shares skyrocket on confirmed Rio bid

Iron ore giant Rio Tinto has confirmed it is in talks to buy US battery metal miner Arcadium Lithium.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

MiningCommentsPremiumBHP redeploys hundreds of Nickel West workers

BHP says it has made redeployment offers to hundreds of workers following the suspension of its Nickel West arm.

Cheyanne Enciso

MiningCommentsPremiumArcadium urged to stay clear of Rio’s ‘opportunistic’ bid

Arcadium Lithium has been urged by a shareholder to steer clear of Rio Tinto’s potential $US4 billion ($5.88b) bid for the company, describing the deal as “highly opportunistic”.

Cheyanne Enciso

MININGSpeculation rises that Rio is in talks for Arcadium deal

Shares of Arcadium Lithium jumped after a report said Rio Tinto is in talks to buy the smaller miner.

Yvonne Yue Li

On its wayPremiumFirst train delivers Gold Valley iron ore to port

The first trainload of iron ore from Gold Valley’s Wiluna West project in the northern Goldfields hit the tracks this week, heading out of Kalgoorlie-Boulder to the Port of Esperance for export.

Neil Watkinson

newsAussie shares fall on mining, Wall St wobble

The Australian sharemarket fell on Friday as the big miners wobbled and uncertainty courses through Wall Street.

Duncan Evans

MiningTaiwan’s pitch for WA’s minerals

Taiwan’s top emissary down under believes Australia can break the economic grasp of China and declared his country is open for business when it comes to Western Australia’s minerals.

Adrian Rauso

MiningPremiumFortescue lands major court win against ex-employees

The Federal Court has ruled to dismiss an application by the ex-employees to return evidence located during searches of their homes and computers following the alleged corporate espionage.

Duncan Murray, Miklos Bolza and Rebecca LeMay

House That!CommentsPremiumMinRes boss and wife list mansion on multi-millionaire’s row

WA’s biggest superblock is being broken up, with Chris and Tia Ellison listing a home on Saunders St that sits along their $64 million enclave.

Kim Macdonald

TechnologyCommentsPremiumPerth firm’s role saving forests in coffee giant crackdown

A low-key Perth tech firm has caught a lucrative wave of work verifying ‘deforestation-free’ coffee for Italian giants Lavazza and Illy, who are bound by looming laws that could eventually apply to mining.

Simone Grogan

MarketsAussie shares flat with all eyes on Israel

The sharemarket inched higher on Thursday as investors braced for Israel’s response to Iranian missile and terror attacks and the release of crucial US jobs data.

Duncan Evans

LitigationPremiumLloyds insurers targeted in Landau sequel

Jailed high-flyer Peter Landau’s swindle set for sequel as Citation receivers chase $2.2 million from insurers.

Neale Prior

ContractingCommentsPremiumPerenti pay changes avoid ‘second strike’

Shareholders at the mining contractor’s annual general meeting have endorsed a revised remuneration report which includes bigger penalties for executives in the event of workplace deaths.

Sean Smith

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Karijini Aboriginal heritage headache ropes in FMG and Rio

Tensions between a junior miner and an Aboriginal corporation at the iron ore-rich fringes of Karijini National Park have spilled over onto Fortescue and Rio Tinto territory.

Adrian Rauso

ContractingPremiumDecmil tasked with $61m Marble Bar Road upgrade for HanRoy

Macmahon’s newly-acquired subsidiary Decmil has landed a $61 million contract to deliver much-needed upgrades to part of a critical freight route in the Pilbara.

Simone Grogan

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New miner sacks white-collar staff in tough lithium market

WA’s newest lithium producer Liontown Resources has been forced to cull some 30 jobs from its West Perth headquarters as it cranks up Kathleen Valley output into a market suffering a crippling price crunch. 

Simone Grogan