Author: Samantha Bawden

Fortescue settles dispute with Queensland Government

Fortescue settles dispute with Queensland Government

Fortescue (ASX: FMG) and the Queensland Government have reached a confidential settlement to resolve their dispute over public funding contributions to the company’s scrapped PEM50 hydrogen project in Gladstone.

Victory outlines 20-year North Stanmore mine plan

Victory outlines 20-year North Stanmore mine plan

Victory Metals (ASX: VTM) has released a pre-feasibility study for its North Stanmore heavy rare earth (HRE) project outlining a post-tax net present value (NPV) of $1.21b.

BCI Minerals to construct WA SOP pilot plant

BCI Minerals to construct WA SOP pilot plant

BCI Minerals (ASX: BCI) has awarded the construction contract for a sulphate of potash (SOP) pilot plant at its Mardie project to Bluestar Lehigh Engineering Institute.

Copper outshines iron ore for BHP

Copper outshines iron ore for BHP

Copper contributed more than half of BHP’s (ASX: BHP) underlying EBITDA in FY26, with the commodity’s earnings surpassing iron ore for the first time in the company’s history, despite a 3% decline in total copper production.

Fortescue produces first molten metal with electric smelting

Fortescue produces first molten metal with electric smelting

Fortescue (ASX: FMG) has produced first hot metal at its Christmas Creek green metal pilot project, marking the first successful operation of its electric smelting process.

Orpheus granted uranium exploration licences

Orpheus granted uranium exploration licences

The South Australian Government has granted Orpheus Uranium (ASX: ORP) exploration licences to further extend its Marree uranium project development.

Develop awards Yitirrti EPC contract

Develop awards Yitirrti EPC contract

Develop (ASX: DVP) has awarded GR Engineering Services a $275m contract to design and build the processing plant at its Yitirrti copper-zinc-silver project in the Pilbara.

Forrestania awards $27m Tycho open-pit contract

Forrestania awards $27m Tycho open-pit contract

Forrestania Resources (ASX: FRS) has awarded MEGA Resources the mining services development contract for its Tycho gold project in the Eastern Goldfields region of WA.

OceanaGold acquires Ausgold for $776m

OceanaGold acquires Ausgold for $776m

Canadian OceanaGold has entered an agreement to acquire 100% of Ausgold (ASX: AUC) and its Katanning gold project in WA, by way of an Australian court-approved scheme of arrangement.

Evolution Mining fined for worker injury

Evolution Mining fined for worker injury

Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) has been fined $200,000 and ordered to pay $15,392.20 in costs by the Perth Magistrates Court over an incident in which a contract worker became entangled in machinery.

Alcoa signs 10-year gas supply deal

Alcoa signs 10-year gas supply deal

Alcoa (ASX: AAI) has signed a sales agreement with Equus Energy (ASX: EQU) for long-term domestic natural gas supply to the Pinjarra and Wagerup alumina refineries.