Fortescue has won the race to be the first iron ore miner to bring a battery-electric train to the Pilbara.
| Rank | Company | # | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | - | Fortescue | $27.57bn |
| 3rd |  |
South32 | $8.43bn |
| 4th |  |
Mineral Resources | $5.75bn |
| 5th | |
Northern Star Resources | $4.93bn |
| 6th | |
Perseus Mining | $1.55bn |
German salt giant K+S Salt has pulled the pin on its Pilbara salt play nearly one decade after beginning work to bring the major project online.
Ashburton Salt was to be an $850 million, 4.7-million-tonne-per-annum operation employing 135 staff on a project with a life of more than 60 years.
But the project has been caught up in the state’s sluggish environmental approvals system since 2016.
K+S had hoped to have the project up and running by 2022.
Senior journalist Jack McGinn looks into the rollout of transmission infrastructure in support of the state's energy transition.
