In late 2019, reports suggested that Western Australia was experiencing a mining boom, with more people being employed in the mining industry than in the few years prior. Naturally, the state does fluctuate with mining employment and activity in the mining sector, and this is sometimes referred to as a boom-bust cycle

Mar 09, 2021 Mar 09, 2021 WA’s hard border is exacerbating the challenge, with Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) chief Warren Pearce saying the drilling sector in WA could use up to 500 extra workers

Jul 09, 2019 Jul 09, 2019 8:53pm Jul 9, 2019. Western Australia could be on the cusp of another mining boom with 20,000 new industry jobs to be created over the next two years. But you won't have to pack up your life and

May 29, 2018 May 29, 2018 10:01pm May 29, 2018. Experts say WA is on the brink of another mining boom with new projects and tens of thousands of jobs to be created in the next year. FMG, Rio Tinto and BHP are set to invest

Sep 08, 2019 Mining employment in Western Australia is at its highest level since the boom-time peak, at more than 106,000 people, but changes in technology and growth in

Mar 19, 2021 Mar 19, 2021 But a renewed mining boom means WA is getting about an extra $2 billion in top-up support from the federal government, plus an extra $629 million in GST in 2021-22 from a separate change ensuring

Aug 08, 2018 Aug 08, 2018 How WA went from boom to bust. Updated August 13, 2019 08:30:03 During the mining boom, WA's fortunes were flying high, but then it all came crashing down. Here's how things went so wrong for the

Mar 31, 2014 There is no doubt that WA, and Perth in particular, is wealthy. The mining boom has created jobs which sloshes cash around the local economy and creates more jobs. But not all

May 12, 2017 Western Australia 'They’ve lost the lot': how the Australian mining boom blew up in property owners' faces Homes in Karratha, where property prices have fallen 65% in the past five years

Nov 02, 2016 Nov 02, 2016 Quite how WA managed to emerge from the once in a lifetime mining boom with an estimated debt burden of $40 billion by 2020 and a projected budget deficit of $4 billion is one of the West’s great mysteries. Or not, if you bother to look at what happened to all the riches the boom generated. WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls certainly has

Mar 31, 2014 Tim Shanahan, the director of the Energy and Minerals Institute at the University of Western Australia, is a major beneficiary of the mining boom. Six

Oct 21, 2021 Oct 21, 2021 Boom in a Room replays now available. THE replays of the presentations from last week’s Boom in a Room Investor Conference are now available. Exploration / Development Events-coverage. 21 October 2021. share

Western Australia (WA), where the mining sector has matured into an economic pillar of the state, and indeed the nation in the context of the recent resources boom. This paper explores the role of mining in WA, presenting a multi-disciplinary perspective on the sector’s contribution to sustainable development in the state. The perspectives

Sep 15, 2017 Sep 15, 2017 Throughout the history of its European settlement, Western Australia (WA) has derived great benefit during its mining boom periods. This was the case with the gold rushes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also occurred in the four decades after 1960 when the state became a major exporter of iron ore, alumina nickel, mineral sands, diamonds and natural

May 27, 2019 West is best: profiling Western Australia’s mining boom. Mining has long been a leading source of income for Australia’s west coast, and now new research from analyst firm IBISWorld has indicated the state is heading towards a new mining peak. Scarlett Evans looks at the projects driving the region’s mining sector, and the obstacles still