WA vanadium miners get royalty relief

Fenix wins 290mt iron ore project Fenix Resources (ASX: FEX) has signed a 30-year agreement, for exclusive iron ore mining rights at the Weld Range project in WA, with Sinosteel Midwest Corporation.  The project, about 500km from Geraldton, hosts an iron ore grade of 56.8% and encompasses several high-grade hematite direct shipping ore deposits, including the premium Beebyn-W11 deposit with 20.5mt of ore at a grade of 61.3%.  Fenix executive chairman John Welborn says securing the project immediately surrounding the company’s existing operations in the Weld Range is a game changer.   “Development...

Newmont (ASX: NMT) has confirmed a worker has died following an incident at its underground mine located about 900km south of Darwin in the Northern Territory.

ARENA and Fortescue drive renewable energy innovation The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $45m in funding for the development of a Pilbara solar innovation hub with Fortescue (ASX: FMG). The funding, from the advancing renewables program, will facilitate a first-of-its-kind initiative, operating across Fortescue’s growing renewable energy portfolio, to trial emerging technologies and reduce the cost of renewable energy generation. Through the hub, Fortescue will select and test a suite of new technologies aimed at improving safety, reducing costs and accelerating large-scale solar deployment including automation, advanced materials and...

Timor-Leste to host 5th Energy, Mining & Business Forum From November 24-26, 2025, Timor-Leste will take centre stage as it hosts the 5th Timor-Leste Energy, Mining & Business Forum — the country’s leading platform for advancing strategic investment and partnerships across its oil and gas, energy, mining and infrastructure sectors. This high-level summit is endorsed by the Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo I.P. (ANP) and the Autoridade Nacional dos Minerais (ANM) and organised in partnership with the Energy Circle and the Net-Zero Circle by IN-VR. Spanning three-days, the summit will welcome more than 300 global delegates, more than 50 international and local speakers and feature pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings, transforming Dili into a dynamic hub for deal-making, knowledge exchange and regional collaboration....