Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s mayor says he is confident the city is the “ideal home” for Diggers & Dealers and the local government will continue supporting the organisers’ vision of the event’s future.
Neil Watkinson
The dust has settled on Diggers and Dealers for 2024 and across gold, lithium, rare earths, niobium and uranium there were some big takeaways.
Adrian Rauso
Fresh-cut flowers adorned a candlelit Kalgoorlie Town Hall as the sound of a classical string quartet filled the building for a female-focused networking dinner during Australia’s biggest mining forum.
Anneke de Boer
A not-for-profit is helping Indigenous boys connect with potential employers in the mining industry at Australia’s leading mining forum in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Diggers & Dealers has again been a magnet for the nation’s mining sector
Following a company restructure and a renewed focus on gold, a Perth-based mining explorer has broken ground on a major drilling program in the Goldfields.
A new three-wheeled leg-powered mode of transport was introduced to Australia’s biggest mining forum this year, with plenty of delegates catching rides on the streets of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
The sun has now set on Diggers & Dealers for 2024 but Adam Gilchrist, Liontown Resources and Curtin University gave us one last hurrah.
WA Mines Minister David Michael has seemingly shut the door on near-term potential for WA’s struggling lithium miners to receive tax breaks.
Mark Zeptner has taken a swipe at the tardiness of the Takeovers Panel, while more details emerge about his spicy back-and-forth with Spartan Resources chief Simon Lawson.
Another Diggers & Dealers has drawn to a close.
Daniel Newell and Simone Grogan
A one-of-a-kind gold quartz “masterpiece” with a $125,000 price tag has been unveiled at a pop-up jewellery shop in Kalgoorlie-Boulder during this year’s Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.
Australia’s premier mining conference will have a permanent home in Kalgoorlie-Boulder after the local government allocated $3.5 million to a multipurpose events pavilion in its latest annual budget.
WA critical minerals explorer St George Mining has latched on to an advanced niobium project in Brazil, which it hopes to bring into production in about three years.
The transition to tech-driven automated mining will inevitably see fewer jobs available while mines used cheap power, attendees at an industry breakfast panel discussion were told on Tuesday morning.
The chief of one the largest gold miners in WA is a battery bull and has made ground repairing a tense relationship with the company’s Gruyere joint venture partner.
Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources is joining in on a huge wave of job losses gripping the WA mining industry amid a weak market across a growing number of commodities.
Adrian Rauso & Simone Grogan
Genesis Minerals managing director Raleigh Finlayson has spent the best part of 12 months winning over a queue of stakeholders to have a stretch of railway in Leonora shortened for his new Tower Hill mine.
Simone Grogan
Boss Energy chief executive Duncan Craib has no regrets about a mass director share selling spree that potentially exacerbated the impact of a weakening uranium market.
Liontown Resources boss Tony Ottaviano has urged the government to consider speeding up help for Western Australia’s lithium miners to avoid the fate that befell the nickel industry.
Diggers & Dealers marched into Day 2 with market upheaval in tow.
Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell
The delays in the construction of Laverton Hospital have been labelled “appalling” by the WA Liberals leader after it was revealed a contractor had been allocated for the project’s forward works.
There was a “sombre” mood among nickel industry executives at this year’s Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum, according to the WA Opposition Leader.
A moving vocal performance marked the opening of this year’s Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum, with a Kalgoorlie-Boulder Indigenous leader holding a unique Welcome to Country.
