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Mineral Resources MD Chris Ellison with MinRes Marine in background at the Port of Ashburton in Onslow

MiningPremiumMinRes reveals 1740 jobs gone in nine months

Mineral Resources is also undertaking an assessment of its board skills as it looks to replace three directors who sensationally walked away from the lithium and iron ore miner within the space of a week. 

Daniel Newell

The Greenbushes Lithium Operations visit. Ian Munro The West Australian 16/08/2018

LithiumPremiumNew Greenbushes plans point to lithium long-game

Owners of the massive Greenbushes lithium mine in the South West have lodged environmental approvals to lift volumes in the long term, despite prices for the battery metal sitting firmly in the doldrums. 

Simone Grogan

Westgold Resources has plans to expand the throughput of the Higginsville processing plant to 2.6Mtpa.

More throughputPremiumHigginsville plant expansion on Westgold Resources’ agenda

Westgold Resources plans to use the proceeds of the sale of the Lakewood Mill near Kalgoorlie-Boulder to help fund the expansion of the Higginsville processing plant near Norseman.

Neil Watkinson

Wall St ended flat with investors awaiting data, megacap earnings later in the week. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsS&P 500 ends near flat with data, megacap earnings eyed

US stocks closed flatter, with investors awaiting big tech earnings and key economic data later in the week.

Staff Writers

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PoliticsPremium‘What’s the answer?’: PM brutally grilled

Anthony Albanese’s pre-election interview on 7.30 was sometimes testy, as host Sarah Ferguson repeatedly sought clearer answers.

Samuel Clench

Sino Iron magnetite mine in the Pilbara

MiningCommentsPremiumSuits on the ground in CITIC’s fight for survival

A football team’s worth of lawyers joined CITIC Pacific’s fight with Clive Palmer for the future of its $20b Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.

Neale Prior

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TravelTikTok shows Aussies scared to travel to US

Australians are cancelling trips to the US as visitor numbers to the Land of the Free dwindle amid a border crackdown.

Blair Jackson

One in four West Australians experienced burnout from work within the past year, new research shows.

HealthPremiumWest Aussies are burntout out but mental health is improving

One in four West Australians experienced burnout from work within the past year, new research shows.

Artemisia Blythe

Western Mines latest EIS grant will co-fund drilling a target zone at least 1500m deep in the main Mulga Tank complex and two holes to about 700m depth to probe a likely feeder channel system to the northwest of the complex.

$440K govt grant to extend Western Mines Goldfields drilling program

Western Mines Group has won $440,000 via two grants under a WA Government Exploration Incentive Scheme to fund more drill holes to test its Mulga Tank nickel-copper project in WA’s Eastern Goldfields.

Doug Bright

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The tragedy happened at WA Salt Supply in North Coogee in June 2022.

WA News PremiumSalt refinery behind worker death used cardboard to fix belt

A local salt processing company has been fined $875,000 over the death of a worker at a North Coogee refinery in 2022.

Sarah Steger

The Government’s costing announcement was undercut when international rating agency S&P Global warned Australia’s top tier ‘AAA’ rating could be jeopardised.

Federal election 2025CommentsChalmers cops a rare credit-bility check from global agency

A rare rebuke by global ratings agency S&P has overshadowed Labor’s attempts to paint itself the more responsible economic manager, as election sweeteners threaten Australia’s top AAA credit rating.

Jackson Hewett and Nicola Smith

10 of the 11 sectors closed higher. NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

MarketsPremiumASX rises on latest White House move

The ASX200 continued to trade higher on Monday on the back of renewed hope of a tariff back down.

Cameron Micallef

Lindian Resources can utilise the port of Kamsar in the African nation of Guinea to ship its Lelouma bauxite.

Lindian grabs 100 per cent of Guinea tier-1 bauxite project

Lindian Resources has executed a binding agreement to grab the remaining 25 per cent share of the Lelouma bauxite project in the African nation of Guinea to take full ownership of the tier-1 asset.

Craig Nolan

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Details of the funding deal are subject to secrecy orders, but documents released by the court reveal liquidators had been privately haggling with tax officials since June 2023 over allegedly unfair preference payments.

LiquidationsPremiumTax office target in Mrs Mac’s blue

The liquidators chasing the tax office for $3.8m of payments made while former Mrs Mac’s Pies company allegedly broke in 2022.

Neale Prior

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has kicked off a fresh air core program to hunt down extensions at its emerging Lighthorse gold discovery near Pinjin.

KalGold air core blitz to chase Pinjin gold strike extensions

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has cranked up the drill rigs again, kicking off a fresh air core program to hunt down extensions at its emerging Lighthorse gold discovery near Pinjin in WA’s Laverton Tectonic Zone.

James Pearson

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Small BusinessPremiumWatchdog takes aim at excessive surcharges

Misleading surcharge practices and other add-on costs have come under the consumer watchdog’s eye in the new financial year.

Cameron Micallef

ClearVue Technologies’ range of solar power-generating technologies are finding more architectural applications including windows, skylights, facades and spandrels and can be applied to many external surface types.

ClearVue to debut solar energy-generating skylights in Africa

ClearVue Technologies has caught a good breeze behind its sails, with a pivotal first African order for 100 solar energy skylights for a new World Bank building, adding to a pipeline of more than 60 projects.

Doug Bright

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Orthocell managing director Paul Anderson.

BiotechCommentsPremiumOrthocell shares soar on latest tick for new market entry

WA biotech Orthocell has received the green light to start selling its nerve repair product into the Thai market, worth $131 million.

Cheyanne Enciso

Treasurer Jim Chalmers (L) for Labor and Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor for the Coalition.

EconomyPremiumElection pledges risk AAA credit rating

Australia’s AAA credit rating could be at risk amid a bipartisan post-pandemic splurge, with analysts S&P global warning government spending has hit the highest level since World War 2.

Matt Mckenzie

Critica Limited has scored a $1.05M R&D tax refund under the Australian research and development tax incentive program to advance the company’s Jupiter rare earths project in Western Australia’s Mid West region.

Critica pockets $1m R&D boost to supercharge rare earths test work

Critica Limited has pocketed a cool $1.05M R&D tax refund under the Australian research and development tax incentive program, fuelling the company’s push to advance its exciting rare earths project in WA.

James Pearson

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Lynas Rare Earths Managing Director and Chief Executive Amanda Lacaze.

MiningCommentsPremiumLynas looks to Trump to pick up US rare earths tab

Lynas Rare Earths’ chief says geopolitical tumult engulfing the commodity is “up in the air like a pack of cards”, as the miner asks the US Government for support with a stalled Texas project. 

Simone Grogan

Dour sentiment around housing will be central in this election. NewsWire / David Swift

newsPremiumElection housing promises revealed

As election day nears, here is what each of the major parties are offering when it comes to getting a roof over your head.

Blair Jackson

Flight Centre managing director Graham Turner.

MarketsCommentsFlight Centre downgrades profit forecast amid tariff chaos

Flight Centre has downgraded its full year profit guidance, blaming US President Donald Trump’s tariff chaos ‘exacerbated the volatile trading conditions’.

Cheyanne Enciso

Australian shares have climbed for a third day with IT and energy stocks leading gains. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

MarketsPremiumAustralian shares gain more ground as tariff talk eases

The Australian share market has gained for a third straight session as hopes of US trade deals help investor sentiment settle after weeks of uncertainty.

Adrian Black