The Western Australia parliamentary report on Thursday detailed what it said was horrifying behaviour against women in the mining industry.

No bottom in sight for lithium stocks even as Pilbara Minerals concentrate auction sets new record price above $7,000 a tonne.

The problem is how long will it take for that future to become reality, writes Clyde Russell.

The highest bid for lithium at an auction run by an Australian miner suggests a blistering rally in the battery metal may not be over. 

TAILLIQ project is funded by the Australian Research Council, Anglo American, BHP, Freeport-McMoran, Newmont, Rio Tinto and Teck Resources.  

Queensland's bigger-than-expected hike in coal royalties could embolden other Australian states and resources-heavy countries around the world to make similar moves.

Its Rio's first greenfield mine in the Pilbara in more than a decade and a multi-billion-dollar investment.