BHP’s Pilbara iron ore machine fired on all cylinders but inflation and slow construction has thrown a $2.6 billion spanner in the works of its Canadian potash push.
Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell
Simon Trott is a ‘safe’ pair of hands for Rio Tinto who will change the ‘feel’ of the global mining business and is poised to pare back his predecessor’s lithium bet, according to analysts.
Adrian Rauso
Australia’s richest person has suggested Rio Tinto’s incoming chief should move company headquarters to WA and made a tongue-in-cheek dig at the mining giant’s African iron ore ambitions.
Cyclones in WA’s north took the wind of Rio Tinto’s sails to start 2025 and the mining giant is yet to get its iron ore shipment numbers back on course.
Adrian Rauso and Paul-Alain Hunt
This boy from Wickepin could soon be put in the middle of a potential mega-merger and also find himself embroiled in debate about where Rio’s headquarters should be.
A local farming lad will soon be the boss of the world’s third largest mining company and the 60,000 employees under its empire, spread throughout 35 countries.
Rio Tinto has chosen a boy from the Wheatbelt to be the next leader of its global mining empire.
Unions have praised Rio Tinto while accusing a contractor of a cover-up amid an investigation into a ‘near-decapitation’ at an iron ore wharf in WA’s north.
The key players in Australia’s most lucrative industry and their biggest customer are on the same page about the importance of ‘green’ iron, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Iron ore headed for a third weekly gain, potentially the best run since January, on speculation Beijing may do more to aid the struggling property sector, while also moving to tackle industrial overcapacity.
Katharine Gemmell
BHP and Fortescue shipped record volumes of WA iron ore for the financial year just gone, while Mineral Resources looks to have finally met guidance at its troubled Onslow Iron project.
Iron ore fluctuated as US President Donald Trump signalled he was open to more negotiations after he unveiled his first wave of letters threatening to impose higher tariffs.
One of the flagship campaigns to re-unionise the Pilbara’s lucrative iron ore mines has hit a roadblock after the unions had to make an embarrassing admission.
Belmont-based NRW has added another Rio Tinto contract to the books, this time worth $167 million at the mining giant’s Brockman Syncline 1 development.
Simone Grogan
Yilgarn iron ore tenements Mineral Resources has sold to a private company that wants to start mining later this year are now subject to a review by the State Government over cleanup costs.
Mineral Resources has offloaded its idle Yilgarn iron ore hub for an ‘immaterial’ amount after closing the mines that once employed 1000 people at the end of last year.
The “crown jewel” of MinRes is not for sale, because keeping it could help the company’s flagship mine turn a decent profit even if iron ore crashes below $US60 per tonne.
The luxurious accommodation complex is fitted with ‘love nest’ dongas to house the workers of a mining operation that could make or break the Chris Ellison-led company.
The State’s environmental adjudicator has approved the next mine in Rio Tinto’s $20 billion cash splash to replace a stable of ageing projects in the Pilbara.
The boss of BHP’s WA iron ore empire has fired back at the likes of Andrew Forrest for painting a ‘negative picture’ of the Pilbara after the Fortescue founder said the region risked becoming a ‘wasteland’.
Australia’s most prolific iron ore miner and the country’s richest person have agreed to invest more than $2 billion to keep the Hope Downs mining operation alive.
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue fighting for access to seized records as it attacks Federal Court disclosure by alleged rip-off venture Element Zero.
Neale Prior
Just three years after its founding, a Chinese government-run trader has become the single biggest force in the country’s $200 billion market for iron ore imports.
Katharine Gemmell and Alfred Cang
The value of Western Australia’s most important mineral commodity is tumbling towards lows not seen in 2.5 years, putting three of the big four banks on track for vindication.
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