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Youanmi Gold

Rox acquire additional 20% interest in Youanmi mine area

Rox Resources Limited (Rox” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce it has exercised its option to acquire an additional 20% interest (for a total of a 70% interest) in the OYG Joint Venture at the...

Asteroid mining

What the future of mining holds in outerspace

Asteroid mining might bring back memories of action movie star Bruce Willis who played a miner in the 90s blockbuster film Armageddon, on a space mission to blow-up a doomsday asteroid headed for...

World’s biggest plane lands in Perth

Thousands of people gathered in Perth to watch the world’s largest plane touch down on Sunday. The Antonov An-225 Mriya, which has a wing span of 88.4m and can weigh up to 600 tonnes, was...

Company fined $130,000 for Telfer gold mine death

A company has been fined $130,000 for the death of a worker at a Western Australia gold mine in 2013. Exact Mining Services pleaded guilty in the Perth Magistrates Court to failing to provide a safe...

FIFO

FIFO worker self-harms on Perth flight

A Chevron FIFO worker harmed himself during a flight to Perth on Friday. The man, who works at Chevron’s Gorgon Project on Barrow Island, is now “stable”, according to a site notice sent by...

Rio Tinto fined $70,000 over Pilbara fatality

A Rio Tinto subsidiary has been fined $70,000 after a fatality in 2011 in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Brent Grew, 27, was crushed to death in 2011 while removing a tilt cylinder from a...

Fortescue launches Aboriginal apprenticeship program

Fortescue Metals Group Limited has launched an innovative apprenticeship program, Trade Up, will will give career opportunities to 40 Aboriginal employees. CEO Nev Power joined Hon Liza Harvey MLA...

Mt Gibson Mining fined $30,000

Mt Gibson Mining Ltd has been fined $30,000 after pleading guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment in Perth Magistrates Court on Monday. Department of Mines and Petroleum State Mining...

FIFO focused companies recognised in business awards

The WA Telstra Business of the Year Awards have recognised the achievements of two Perth companies who are meeting the needs of FIFO workers and their families. Nicole Ashby, award-winning...

Dispute Resolution Centre For Resources Opens in Perth

Dispute Resolution Centre For Resources Opens in Perth

People concerned about the impact of a resources or energy project in Western Australia can now take their concerns to a new dispute resolution centre just opened in Perth. Western Australia’s...