North-West

The descendant of a Pilbara Strike leader has laid down a challenge for miners to lift royalty payments and help native title holders build their own mines.

The state government will spend $32 million laying the groundway for 16 new lots in Newman's light industrial area.

A deal struck between a junior mining firm and Victorian company could see iron ore smelting take place at a former Mineral Resources mine in the Pilbara this year.

A Singaporean real estate investment trust has splashed $28 million on a Port Hedland apartment block one week after entering the Pilbara with its first acquisition in Karratha.

More than 100 new lots will be readied for sale in Broome under a $41 million budget commitment by the state government.

A $950 million green energy project has been backed by Fortescue's board to satiate the miner's needs and deliver power for local industries such as data centres.

A proposal for the use and protection of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River places restrictions on water use by pastoralists.

The state government is working on a deal to use a federal government loan scheme to support mid-tier infrastructure projects in the North West.

A workforce camp in Karratha's industrial estate has sold for $45 million to a Singaporean property investment fund.

An Aboriginal joint venture project has been shortlisted by the state government as a fix to Port Hedland's water supply constraints.

An Aboriginal-owned sea cucumber processor in Denham puts a cosmetic twist on Australia's oldest trade.

Rio Tinto, BHP, and Fortescue are finding different roadblocks and workarounds in efforts to decarbonise their Pilbara mines.

Work to build the first solar farm under a traditional owner-backed three-gigawatt renewable energy plan has begun.

The flexible design of a large modular camp on the outskirts of Karratha could lend itself to townhouse living.

Fortescue expects to be running its Pilbara mining network on green energy by 2028, netting the miner a predicted cost saving of up to $US800 million.

Taiwanese expats Ginger and Steven Lo invested in Karratha's cafe scene as others upped stumps.

The North West's importance to Australia's economy places the region in a uniquely powerful position.

North West business owners and residents have had little reprieve from rising insurance costs.

Finmec has traversed a boom-and-bust economy to emerge as a healthy, growing business that gives back to its community.

The Ord has been ripe with crop experimentation to make use of its vast water resource since the 1960s.

The University of Western Australia is considering establishing a tertiary education and research campus in Karratha.

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Stakeholders are moving ahead with a plan to make the Pilbara ground zero for clean maritime fuels.

Nearly $10 billion worth of new projects have been added to the North West's impressive list totalling more than $300 billion.

Construction of more than $30 billion of rail linking the North West to Perth and Queensland could unlock Australia's stranded critical minerals assets, a key resources lobby group argues.

Gascoyne growers are bracing for flooding from the region's namesake river after being battered by severe winds and rain from Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Traditional owners will gain control of land once earmarked for a major gas plant north of Broome as the state government seeks to clean up a legacy issue.

A lack of fuel has forced organisers to can an annual traditional owner-led festival in Karijini National Park.

Salt harvester Leichhardt has applied to double the size of the Lake MacLeod operation near Carnarvon which it bought from Rio Tinto.

One of Western Australia's most remote bowsers is now also its cheapest, offering diesel at a discount of more than 50 cents per litre compared to Perth outlets.

Several prefabricated housing and workforce projects are injecting sorely-needed housing and accommodation stock into Karratha.

Strong profits from Civeo's Australian workforce camps have offset a soft year back home in north America for the global facility services provider.