Worker hospitalised after incident at Boddington bauxite mine

By Chloe Coutinho

Friday, 29 May 2026

NewsPeople & Workforce

A member of South32’s (ASX: S32) team was injured in an incident involving a tip truck at Worsley Alumina’s Boddington bauxite mine on May 27.

The MOU supports Metallium’s plan to develop a national network of e-waste processing facilities, strategically located near major e-waste collection hubs, rapidly expanding U.S. data centre industrial parks and regional industrial corridors with strong logistics and waste generation.

The critical minerals to be produced at Gonneville are essential to the auto and defence sectors, data centres and many rapidly growing decarbonisation applications.

NewsProjects & Operations

Chalice confirms $4.7b critical minerals development

Chalice Mining’s (ASX: CHN) pre-feasibility study has been completed for the Gonneville palladium-nickel-copper project in WA, confirming a 23-year open pit phase.

The MCA says progression of critical mineral projects requires policy settings that enable investment to proceed at scale, support skilled workforce development, maintain local and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business participation and ensure that long-life projects can anchor the population levels, services and infrastructure that communities rely upon.

NewsPolitics & Regulation

MCA calls for critical minerals reform

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has called on the Federal Government to reform critical minerals project approvals, warning that opportunities will only translate into regional economic strength if projects can move from approval to construction and into long-term operation.

(Image source: Neoen Australia) The Collie Battery is poised to become a critical component for stability and efficiency during the energy transition.

UGL reaches milestone in connecting Collie

UGL reaches milestone in connecting Collie UGL has completed commissioning and readiness for energisation for the construction of Neoen Australia’s Collie Battery Stage 1 in WA. The battery will connect to Western Power’s Shotts Terminal substation, enhancing the region’s power distribution network. Work at Collie battery Stage 1 commenced in April 2023 and is expected to finish later this year. The project encompasses the installation of 219MW/877MWh battery of Tesla Energy Megapacks, coupled with the establishment of a new 33/330kV High Voltage Substation. UGL project manager Diego Cortes Ferrer comments on the progress. “This...

According to Glencore, the support package provides greater certainty for 600 direct jobs.

Federal Government to bail out Mount Isa

Federal Government to bail out Mount Isa The Federal and Queensland Governments will provide a $600m support package to maintain operations at the Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery. The agreement will allow the smelter — which provides half of Australia’s copper smelting capacity — and the refinery to continue operations until the end of 2028. Australia has only two operational copper smelters — Mount Isa and BHP’s at Olympic Dam — but they face huge competition from China. China has invested heavily in copper smelting and now has 44 smelters, with the surge in Chinese production creating an unprecedented decline...