Mining gender gaps persisting despite equality efforts

Macmahon wins $172m underground contract Macmahon (ASX: MAH) has announced that it has been awarded an underground mining services contract at the Deflector underground gold-copper mine in the southern Murchison region of WA. The contract includes all underground and mine development and production services and all other associated works. The two-year contract commences on May 1 this year, with possible extension, and is expected to add $105m to Macmahon’s secured orderbook. Macmahon managing director and chief executive Michael Finnegan commented that the company is pleased to have been awarded the contract. “Macmahon values our relationship and are excited to continue building on this,” he...

PLS confident in lithium outlook  Despite weak lithium market conditions, Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) reported record spodumene production of 754.5kt and a 7% increase in sales in FY25.  PLS recorded $769m in revenue, a 39% decline from FY24 results driven by a 43% decrease in the average realised price of lithium, underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) decrease of 83% and an underlying net loss of $88m.  PLS chief executive and managing director Dale Henderson says the company delivered record...

ICMM reports tailings compliance lower than anticipated The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has published its 2025 tailings progress report, detailing how companies are upholding the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM). The report collates data from members’ individual disclosures made in 2025, offering a transparent snapshot of collective progress towards full conformance as well as case studies of implementation efforts and wider work to reduce or eliminate tailings. When the GISTM was published in 2020, ICMM members committed that all applicable tailings facilities with an extreme or very high consequence...

BHP pays $110m to settle Samarco class action BHP (ASX: BHP) has reached an agreement to settle the Australian Samarco shareholder class action filed to the Federal Court in 2018. The class action was launched on behalf of shareholders who acquired BHP shares prior to the 2015 Fundão tailings dam collapse. The dam collapse at the Samarco iron ore project in Brazil killed 19 people and lead to more than $30b worth of damages. The communities of Bento Rodrigues, Paracatu de Baixo and Gesteira were flooded when mine waste from the dam entered the Doce River. Other communities and...