Introducing the 2024 Prospect Awards winners
The 2024 Australian Mining Prospect Awards were held this week for the first time at the esteemed WA Mining Conference and Exhibition in Perth, celebrating the mining industry and those who are going above and beyond.
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Hancock scales back planned Mulga Downs mine
Hancock Prospecting has scaled back its proposed Mulga Downs iron ore mine in the Pilbara, reducing annual production from 20 million tonnes (Mt) to 12Mt after reducing the project’s footprint.
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WA Environmental Protection Authority assessment blowouts drag on approval timelines for new mines
Mining approvals in WA remain stubbornly slow, according to the latest State Government analysis, stoking fears about the prospect of more bureaucracy.
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Long-awaited McPhee mine gets green light
Article by Olivia Thomson, courtesy of Australian Mining Gina Rinehart’s Atlas Iron has been given final approval by the Federal Government to build an iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of […]
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Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting secures permit for McPhee iron ore mine
Article courtesy of Mining.com Hancock Prospecting, owned by Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, has received final approval from the Federal Government to develop a new iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara […]
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After lengthy delays, Rinehart’s $600m McPhee iron ore mine gets green light
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has received the final go-ahead for its long-delayed $600m McPhee mine in West Australia but the billionaire has blasted government policies that make resources projects more expensive and uncertain.
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‘Attacking the mining golden geese’: Rinehart fires warning shot at government over ‘tape’
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has used the approval of her latest iron ore project to launch another blistering tirade in her war against “government tape”, warning it could stymie investment and compromise living standards.
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Business Council of Australia boss unleashes on Anthony Albanese over Labor’s new industrial relations laws: ‘Steps backwards’
Business Council of Australia (BCA) chief executive Bran Black is set to tell Mr Albanese in a speech on Tuesday night that leaders of many major companies ‘feel we are losing our way’ economically under Labor.
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Rinehart calls out red tape and ‘bad policies’ being piled on farmers
Agriculture and mining magnate Gina Rinehart has raised concerns about the growing tangle of red tape and bad government policies being piled on farmers and pastoralists.
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