North-West

Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill has reported a near-halving of its profit for the 2024-25 financial year due to extreme weather and softening iron ore prices.

Mining giant BHP will scale back its Yandi iron ore mine after extracting years of extra life out of the 34-year-old deposit.

A Kimberley Kakadu plum producer hopes to establish a fruit processing plant to help local growers latch onto the lucrative global health foods market.

A $500 million workforce accommodation plan has cleared a planning hurdle, receiving a panel's green light after a redesign of the North West project.

ANALYSIS: The state government beats around the bush when questioned about Wittenoom. Confidential reports show it can be remediated, but the tailings are spreading.

Perdaman has revealed plans to build a $3 billion, one-gigawatt solar and hydrogen project on the outskirts of Karratha to decarbonise its $6.4 billion urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula.

The Pilbara's shipping route to Asia is in the running to be the first global trading corridors to welcome ammonia-powered bulk carriers to its regular service schedule.

The state government is weighing up its response to an ultimatum from traditional owners to remediate Wittenoom's deadly asbestos tailings or face legal action.

A Kimberley traditional owner group is considering running campgrounds and eco-resorts following a government commitment to hand over more than 1.4 million hectares of land.

Former journalist Tamara BinAmat has built a marketing and communications agency with national reach from her home town of Karratha.

Viva Energy has opened a $25 million facility in Karratha which will enable direct shipping and storage of lubricants to the Pilbara.

Woodside has awarded contracts to build another 30 homes in Karratha for its residential workforce.

Rat infestations, fire risks and unhygienic facilities are plaguing the lodgings for workers at one of Western Australia's most beloved tourist towns.

Andrew Forrest-led Fortescue has sued several contractors, including Calibre and Acciona, over claims of defects along its Pilbara infrastructure.

A company linked to collapsed builder Diploma Group has tweaked plans for its apartment project on Carnarvon waterfront land purchased from the state government.

Government intervention is being called on to fix a broken insurance market in the Kimberley which is forcing business owners to cut staff, scale back growth, and mull leaving the region.

Port Hedland is running out of capacity to grow because there is no available water left to service major new development projects.

Iron ore miner Fortescue has knocked back a bid from traditional owners to purchase Emu Creek Station for above market price.

A multibillion-dollar ammonia project has gained rights to a parcel of land at the constrained Port of Dampier to store and load its product.

A Victorian startup promising to underpin cost-effective green steel production has secured land in the Pilbara to operate a third-party commercial iron ore smelter.

An immense plague of a humble jellyfish is causing operational problems for ships at the Port of Port Hedland.

A Pilbara pastoralist is having to drill deeper to find water on his station which the state government draws from to supply Port Hedland.

A gas-fired plant in the Pilbara will get a $150 million upgrade to power Northern Star's $1.3 billion Hemi gold project and back the rollout of renewable energy

Strong demand for temporary workforce accommodation in the Pilbara has driven a huge profit and dividend boost for Fleetwood Australia.

A commissioner should be put in charge of Port Hedland for “as long as possible”, Regional Development Minister Stephen Dawson says, following the town's mayor quitting his posting.

Former Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter has warned extremists are about to take over the Pilbara council as he pleads with the state government to appoint a commissioner.

An agreement needed to progress a $4 billion green iron plant in the Pilbara has not been nailed down, more than two years after the state government offered the land to proponents.

Salmon farmer Tassal has opened a barramundi nursery in Broome to boost supply to its Kimberley fish farm in the Buccaneer Archipelago.

Miners which don't heed traditional owner concerns about water will face production constraints, costly infrastructure bills, and reputational damage, according to new research.

POSCO's proposed $4.4-billion Pilbara green iron plant has been recommended for approval by the state's environmental watchdog.

Exmouth's whale shark tour industry has drawn union attention over alleged underpayment of staff.

A Pilbara council will take on a $56 million bank loan to help a developer build a 116-unit apartment complex which drew strong opposition from the public.