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Adrian RausoResources Reporter

Adrian Rauso joined The West Australian in 2023 as its resources reporter, covering our state's vital mining industry. He cut his teeth as a journalist at Business News, predominately covering the junior mining space, before moving into investor relations at FTI Consulting. Adrian returns to journalism with a strong sense of how WA's most important industry operates behind the scenes.

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‘Be warned’: WA miner to probe bombshell kickback claims

SPECIAL REPORT: A Chinese miner says it has brought in lawyers to examine allegations some of its employees are extracting side payments from WA businesses.

Adrian Rauso

MiningPremiumBHP miners back to work after Pilbara evacuation

Heavy rain in the Pilbara forced BHP to evacuate personnel and pause production at a major mining hub at the weekend. 

Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso

MiningCommentsPremiumHenderson goes Christmas shopping with $1.1m buy

The chief executive of Pilbara Minerals has made a big pre-Christmas splurge, spending more than $1 million buying up his company’s stock.

Adrian Rauso

MiningCommentsPremiumHancock partners up in global lithium hunt

Australia’s richest person and a South Korean conglomerate are joining forces to scout the globe for a new lithium factory. 

Adrian Rauso

MiningPremiumSouth32 pulls guidance from Mozambique operation

Post-election turmoil in the southeast African nation of Mozambique has put a South32 mining operation that turns over more than $800 million a year in limbo.

Adrian Rauso

MiningCommentsWA miners surge on renewed Chinese stimulus hopes

The ASX’s cohort of iron ore and lithium miners have been big beneficiaries of China’s latest posturing towards injecting vast sums of money into its economy.

Bloomberg News & Adrian Rauso

MiningPremium‘We lost a legend’: Tributes for driller killed in remote WA

Friends and family have paid tribute to a fun-loving 29-year-old who died last week at a mining project in the northern Goldfields.

Adrian Rauso

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CEFC parks $117m with James McClement’s RCF

The Federal Government’s green energy bank has handed over $US75 million ($117m) to a mining investment firm controlled by under-fire Mineral Resources chair James McClements.

Adrian Rauso

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Iluka shares smashed despite rare earths funding win

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has secured a massive stash of extra cash from the Federal Government to deliver its ambitious rare earths refinery at Eneabba.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

MiningPremiumLithium remains the main game, Wesfarmers boss says

Wesfarmers’ bulging wallet is allowing it to roll the dice on rare earths, but the conglomerate's chief has ruled out any big splurges for the time being.

Adrian Rauso

MiningPremiumRamelius creeps up to Spartan takeover threshold

Avid dealmaker Ramelius Resources has effectively maxed out its bet on Spartan Resources, unless there is appetite to mount a huge takeover.

Adrian Rauso

MiningCommentsPremium‘Unmitigated failure’: Pressure on Rio to cut London ties

The call for Rio Tinto to abandon its primary London listing doesn’t make economic sense, chief executive Jakob Stausholm says, after an activist shareholder urged the miner to relocate to Australia. 

Paul-Alain Hunt and Adrian Rauso