WA Mining 2025 in Perth brings OEMs and service suppliers face-to-face with decision-makers from BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and mid-tier operators who control major procurement and operational budgets. The event concentrates mine managers, maintenance leads and technology teams from Pilbara iron ore, Goldfields gold and lithium operations into a single CBD venue, compressing months of site travel into two days. For geotechnical, processing and automation vendors, this centralised access can accelerate trials of new haul road monitoring, pit slope sensing, mill optimisation and fleet management systems across multiple sites.

Steadright Critical Minerals has secured a mining licence for its TitanBeach titanium project in Morocco, covering an approved core area of roughly 4 km by 4 km (about 16 km²) within a wider 192 km² tenure. 2025 exploration identified ilmenite, titanomagnetite, magnetite, leucoxene and rutile-bearing sands with Fe₂O₃ grades up to 79.5% and TiO₂ up to 14.9%. The licence, issued via NSM Capital Sarl in which Steadright holds 76.5%, is described as unusually large for Morocco and positions the project for detailed resource drilling and process testwork on heavy mineral sands.

A new Critical Minerals in Ores – Mineral Chemistry database (CMiO-MIN), developed under the Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative partnership led by Geoscience Australia, compiles global mineral chemistry data to map how critical elements occur within ore minerals. The resource integrates mineral-scale compositional data across multiple deposit types and jurisdictions, giving explorers and survey agencies a consistent framework to compare occurrences and refine targeting models. For geoscientists and miners, it should sharpen geometallurgical predictions, improve resource assessments and support long-term supply planning for critical minerals.