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Visit high on agenda of new chamber boss
New Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA Chief Executive Paul Everingham has put a visit to the regions that support the State’s mining industry high on his to-do list as he moves into the role over the next month.
KCGM nears call of jobs
The owner of Kalgoorlie’s Super Pit expects to inform staff next week how many jobs will be cut after two major rock falls last month cut-off access to part of the iconic gold mine.
Gina Rinehart’s unmatched offer
Atlas Iron’s board has switched its recommendation for shareholders to accept Hancock Prospecting’s all-cash takeover offer in favour of its previous preference for an all-scrip deal with Mineral Resources.
MinRes drops out of race for Atlas Iron
Mineral Resources has dropped out of the race for Atlas Iron, leaving Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting as the only live offer for the junior miner left on the table.
New ground released to unlock wave of projects
The Palaszczuk Government has allotted over 44,000sqkm of land for exploration to unlock the next round of resource projects.
Rio Tinto’s tiddler deal fuels talk of copper find
Further evidence of a big copper-gold find by Rio Tinto in the East Pilbara emerged yesterday when the mining giant signed an exploration farm-in deal with a tiddler that holds an adjoining tenement in the area.
industry insight
Tracking the trends into 2018 and beyond
The future is full of change for the mining sector, according to Deloitte’s Tracking the Trends
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A fleeting opportunity
Western Australian Chief Scientist Professor Peter Klinken believes the time is now for battery metals.
