News Articles for BHP

This week's appointments include Liz Westcott, Brandon Craig, Mark Cutifani, Dean Langenbach, Paul Everingham, Natalie Sangalli, Brandon McNee, Rob Cossart, and Ryan Lenegan.

OPINION: US bauxite miner's contributions to WA can't hide the fact it's at odds with community expectations.

Business News looks back at the pioneering role played by the likes of Lang Hancock, the little-known Stan Hilditch and Collie's Griffin Coal.

The incoming boss of BHP says he is committed to Australia but has warned local investment was at risk as other nations cut red tape in pursuit of mining money.

Liz Westcott has been appointed the full-time chief executive of Woodside Energy, winning the race three months after stepping into the role in an acting capacity.

Rio Tinto and BHP have committed to spend a further $US500 million at their Resolution Copper joint venture after a legal breakthrough for the much-delayed mining project.

The engineering firm posted record first-half revenue, sending its shares to an all-time high as management lifted guidance.

Rio Tinto has warned it may not be able to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target unless third parties get a wriggle-on with their renewable energy projects.

Copper has overtaken iron ore as BHP's most valuable product as demand for the red metal soars.

ANALYSIS: Fortescue has proven itself good at two things: iron ore and putting on a show. The miner is now trying to prove its merits at a third - decarbonising its massive operations

Fortescue's battery electric locomotives have begun trials on the iron ore miner's Pilbara rail network.

Another hopeful Pilbara ore processor has entered the fray, this time in the form of a Japanese-backed British pelletising firm.

The Pilbara town at the heart of WA's iron ore industry is running out of lots for companies wanting to move in to service new mining and green energy projects.

Aquila Steel has failed another court bid to challenge BHP's mining boundaries on Rio Tinto's pastoral station in the Pilbara.

Shares in BHP dipped in morning trade after its Canadian potash project's price tag again increased by US$1 billion, while its WA Iron Ore operations achieved record production.

BHP and Rio Tinto are working on a deal to mine a wedge of land separating two of their ageing iron ore projects in the Pilbara.

The morning deluge of corporate news into this journalist’s inbox very rarely delivers news on the scale of Woodside Energy’s this morning. At just after 6am, the Perth-headquar

With exports resuming today, the Koolyanobbing mine is living up to its 1947 billing as holding an almost inexhaustible deposit.

US investment giant Blackrock has acquired a major stake in BHP's Pilbara power assets via a $US2 billion infrastructure agreement.

BHP will begin testing next year to determine the severity of an acid leak from the mine which started the Pilbara's lucrative iron ore trade.

The Bulls N' Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Phoslock Environmental Technologies, which resurrected this week, flicking the switch on its Chinese factory after four years in the dark. Freshly minted Black Horse Mining galloped out of the IPO gates in a revival at the heart of Victoria's 80-million-ounce goldfields, DGR Global reminded everyone of its 6.8% stake in SolGold and its copper-gold monster in Ecuador, which copped a bid and African Gold got proposed to by its Canadian sugar-daddy Montage in a $264 million all-scrip merger in Côte d'Ivoire.

Two battery electric haul trucks built by Caterpillar for iron ore miners Rio Tinto and BHP have arrived in the Pilbara for testing.

Western Australia's largest firms are fuelling growth in the state's tech sector.

BHP has hosed down chatter it still has a keen interest in copper play Anglo American, confirming it's no longer pursuing a merger.

BHP has taken delivery of its first battery electric trains in Port Hedland, with the miner set to become the first to run green locomotives on its mainline.

Commitments under a $750 million resource sector community investment scheme have reached $100 million three years after its launch and Roger Cook is hopeful of much more.

Iron ore from BHP's Pilbara mines would be shipped to South Korea for POSCO to test its hydrogen-based green ironmaking technology under a preliminary deal struck this week.

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

Mining services contractor Warrikal has announced a three-year maintenance contract with BHP Iron Ore, shortly after signing a similar agreement with Hancock Iron Ore.

BHP remains bullish on global demand for commodities as the company's latest figures show no signs of a rumoured trade impasse with its biggest customer, China.

BHP's Australia President Geraldine Slattery has sought to dismiss speculation of a breakdown with China over iron ore prices, insisting the contract negotiations are business as usual.

Rio Tinto and its Japanese partners will spend $1.1 billion expanding the West Angelas iron ore hub in the east Pilbara.

The state's environmental umpire is recommending approval for BHP's proposal to expand its Jimblebar Hub to sustain the major Pilbara iron ore operation.

The mining sector paid more tax than all other sectors combined for a third consecutive year, led by iron ore heavyweights Rio Tinto and BHP with their multi-billion-dollar tax bills for 2023-24.

It appears to be business as usual for bulk carrier operators as rumours swirl about a fallout between BHP and China over iron ore sales.

Contracts with BHP and Fortescue for works in the Pilbara have bolstered Monadelphous' work pipeline to the tune of $200 million.

A team of renewable newcomers are behind a $190 million plan to build a solar farm by the Forrest Highway which would feed power to industrial projects and the state's first EV servo.

BHP will come to the bargaining table over pay and conditions for some of its Port Hedland port employees, in a move the Western Mineworkers Alliance described as “long overdue”.

Japanese investors Mitsui and Itochu have each acquired a stake in BHP's Ministers North iron ore deposit in the Pilbara, keeping with their investments in the Big Australian's assets.

BHP claims the benefits of $300 million solar farm and a battery system in the Pilbara will be realised through a larger renewables plan, amid outcry over the project's scrapping.