Falcon gets greenlight for drilling at Errabiddy

WA Government prioritises locally made green steel The WA Government has opened an expression of interest (EoI) for local green steel manufacturers to supply major government projects.  Exporting green iron precursors to green steel is a major opportunity for WA to add value to its raw iron ore exports and procuring green steel for government projects provides an additional opportunity to develop a locally manufactured green steel recycling industry. As part of new, soon-to-be-introduced local sourcing requirements, the government will explicitly preference WA-made green steel.  To support this, the government will also be publishing a WA Industry Participation Strategy (WAIPS) addendum for...

Honeywell to boost production and efficiency at Eneabba Honeywell has announced its integrated controls and safety system (ICSS) will be designed and implemented at Iluka Resources’ (ASX: ILU) Eneabba refinery to create a safer environment for workers and boost efficiency. Located in WA, the $1.8b refinery will be Australia’s first fully integrated rare earth refinery and will produce rare earth oxides essential to defence systems, electric and hybrid vehicles, robotics, sustainable energy technologies and consumer, industrial and agriculture applications. The site will benefit from the use of...

Curtin scientists awarded for their innovation Two Curtin University researchers have been recognised among Australia’s top emerging science leaders, named joint WA winners of the 2025 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards. Geologist Dr Denis Fougerouse and geospatial scientist Dr Yongze Song, are the two winners of the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS)’ prestigious award, celebrated for their respective research driving Australia’s clean energy and smart infrastructure futures. Dr Denis Fougerouse is a geologist pioneering research in nanogeoscience...

Australia and Japan have signed multiple bilateral agreements to strengthen cooperation across critical minerals, energy and defence sectors.