News Off the Record: Militant unionism returns to the red dirt battleground At their core, unions exist to protect worker’s rights and, more often than not, persuade employers to do things they don’t want to.
News Victory Metals debuts WA pilot plant Victory Metals (ASX: VTM) has taken a major step towards the commercialisation of its North Stanmore project with the official launch of its rare earths pilot processing plant in Perth.
News Collie green steel mill gets funding boost The WA Government will invest $9.8m in Generation Steel to progress plans for Australia's first low-emissions steel mill and WA’s first steel recycling mill in Collie.
News Global disruptions put pressure on Queensland miners The Queensland Resources Council’s (QRC) latest State of the Sector report has revealed a widening gap between production and declining business confidence across the state’s resources industry.
News US grants $500m loan for rare earths processing The US Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has conditionally committed US$500m in long-term debt financing to scale Phoenix Tailings’ domestic processing of rare earth elements.
News Wood Mackenzie: Data centre pipeline is shifting power costs onto developers More than 32GW of planned data centre capacity, across more than 1150 projects, is reshaping how power grids accommodate large electricity users across the Asia-Pacific, according to Wood Mackenzie.
News Barminco inks Bellevue Gold deal with Sandvik Underground contract miner Barminco has selected Sandvik to supply a 23-unit fleet of underground trucks, loaders and drills for the Bellevue Gold project in WA.
News Rio and China Baowu complete low carbon steelmaking trials Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and China Baowu have completed industrial scale pelletisation and shaft furnace trials at Baoshan Zhanjiang steel operations using Rio’s Pilbara blend iron ore.
News BHP and BOTON advance intelligent conveyor systems BHP (ASX: BHP) and China-based BOTON Technology have signed an agreement to expand collaboration and advance innovative sustainable conveyor systems in mining.
News Fortescue inks new deal with Juukan Gorge Traditional Owners Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) Traditional Owners will own new mining equipment to be leased to Fortescue (ASX: FMG) under new Native Title agreements.
News BHP workers endorse second Pilbara strike BHP (ASX: BHP) electrical workers have comprehensively endorsed a ballot on work stoppages at the miner’s Port Hedland bulk port terminal following six months of negotiations.
