Western Australia Mining News and Jobs

News from WA's mining regions, from the Pilbara iron ore mines to the Goldfields, and what it means for jobs.

WA Has $50 Billion of Mining Projects in the Pipeline, Where Are the Jobs?

WA has more than $50 billion in committed resources projects. Here are the mining jobs, skills and career opportunities likely to follow.

8d ago

Lithium Is Coming Back: The Mining Jobs Set to Benefit From WA’s Next Investment Cycle

Liontown has approved a $389 million Kathleen Valley expansion. Here are the lithium mining jobs and skills likely to benefit.

8d ago

WA's resources could be worth $8.1 trillion. Here's what that means for your career

Mines and Petroleum Minister Daniel Pastorelli described WA as having "an extraordinary resource base" and "a highly skilled workforce," citing more than $50 billion in major projects currently underway and $34 billion invested in the sector in 2025 alone, a decade-high.

25d ago

The skills WA's resources sector will need next and why the shortage isn't going away

What's changing is the kind of demand. As operating models become more automated, digital and technically complex, the report says the skills needed to support resource development "will continue to evolve."

25d ago

How long will WA's resources boom actually last? What the numbers say about job security

The CME's Unearthing Potential report doesn't answer that with a single number, deliberately so, but it gives a far more detailed basis for the question than most public commentary does.

25d ago

Beyond iron ore: the battery metals and critical minerals building WA's next industries

WA's resource base pairs established commodities with emerging resources used in infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, digital technologies, defence and changing energy systems.

25d ago

Four pathways into WA's resources sector, and how you could take one of them

Big numbers like $8.1 trillion and 158,000 jobs a year are hard to picture. So instead of dwelling on the modelling in CME's Unearthing Potential report, this piece looks at the human side of it.

25d ago