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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.

The government has called out the Dutton nuclear plan’s interim reliance on gas. The trouble is that Labor has its own vulnerabilities.

Annual production at Hancock Prospecting’s proposed Mulga Downs iron ore mine in the Pilbara has been cut from 20 million tonnes to 12mt after the miner slashed the project footprint.

Mining approvals in WA remain stubbornly slow, according to the latest State Government analysis, stoking fears about the prospect of more bureaucracy.

If WA’s current situation were a character in a film, we’d be the unsung hero, the reliable sidekick, the supporting character who does the heavy lifting but never gets the credit- at least not from Canberra under the Albanese Government.

Gina Rinehart’s Atlas Iron has been given the green light to build a new iron ore mine in Western Australia, but what will it mean for mining jobs?

Frustrated voters across the world are getting less and less from their countries’ administrations that are all continuing to grow and grow.

Western nations are directing their development finance and export credit agencies to work with private industry to support critical minerals projects, in a drive to break China’s chokehold over a sector that is essential for high-tech industries.

The boss of coal giant BHP Mitsubishi Alliance has warned of a return to an era of lockouts and strikes under Labor’s controversial industrial relations reforms.

Mining and exploration companies want state and federal governments to overhaul regulatory frameworks and mandate appropriate environmental outcomes in a bit to reduce approval times and keep Australia an attractive place to do business.

There are no excuses for gas shortfalls in Australia and authorities must press ahead with unlocking the abundant reserves, a senior executive at Santos has declared.

Drilling has kicked off at Senex Energy’s $1 billion expansion project in Queensland’s Surat Basin.