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A strong gold price, and demand for nickel, potash and even potentially iron ore indicate good times are around the corner.

Mining giant BHP has conceded the entire industry needs to put significant work into rebuilding trust with Aboriginal land owners.

BHP has substantially expanded its Western Australian workforce to 14,118 people, making it the State's second largest private sector employer, according to Business News Data & Insights.

Engineering and construction company Monadelphous has secured further work with BHP, including at its Jimblebar mine site in the Pilbara.

Rio Tinto has bowed to shareholder pressure over the destruction of Juukan Gorge, announcing this morning that chief executive J-S Jacques and two other senior executives would lose their jobs.

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The state government has insisted 14-day quarantine rules will be maintained, rebuffing a push by the mining industry for more flexible rules for interstate fly-in, fly-out workers.

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Fortescue Metals Group has received environmental approval to increase iron ore exports through Port Hedland to 210 million tonnes per annum, with other miners hoping to follow.

Five new LNG-powered ore carrying vessels will be used to transport iron ore for BHP, an early step toward a potential widespread change in shipping fuel.

WA has a case to argue that major resources companies are better served by headquartering in Perth.

Mineral Resources has reported a strong lift in earnings and dividends and outlined plans to double iron ore exports if it gains approval for a new port development.

BHP's full-year profit has slipped four per cent and it expects its major revenue earner, iron ore, will have less demand from China and greater competition from Brazil.

Brandon Craig will take charge of BHP's Western Australian iron ore operations, after working at the company for more than 20 years.

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has secured construction and maintenance contracts including with BHP, totalling about $100 million.

Perth-based Swick Mining Services has been contracted by BHP to continue underground drilling services at the Olympic Dam copper mine in South Australia.

Western Australia's mining industry continues to make a strong economic contribution to our State and national economy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this is partly contingent on m

CIMIC Group's maintenance and shutdowns business has secured $200 million in contracts with the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP and Roy Hill Holdings.

A national economy battered by COVID-19 could seek assistance from a strong iron ore sector in WA.

A subsidiary of Volt Power Group has secured a five-year contract with BHP to replace crushing equipment across its iron ore operations in the Pilbara.

National iron ore exports surpassed $100 billion in the year to June, double the level four years ago, while WA merchandise shipments were $184 billion.

All workers at BHP's Perth headquarters will be able to return to the office full-time from Monday.

Industrial services provider Downer has been awarded $324 million in contracts with the likes of BHP, Santos and Wesfarmers across the electricity, oil, gas and industrial sectors.

More than 200,000 Brazilian people and groups will next week kick off a £5 billion ($A9 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP in Britain over a 2015 dam failure that led to Brazil's worst environmental disaster.

The mining giant has snapped up Russian giant Norilsk's nickel assets as it looks to bolster its production of battery metals.

Veris subsidiary Aqura Technologies has signed $2.2 million in contracts including with BHP, which will use the company's communications service across its Pilbara mine sites.

Mining agreements in the Pilbara have delivered large financial returns to selected Aboriginal groups.

Mining companies and Aboriginal groups face a very different future after the Juukan Gorge controversy and planned legislative changes.

Engineering consultancy AIE is one of 273 Western Australian small business suppliers to have benefitted from BHP's local buying program since 2017, with the mining giant spending $38 million in WA through the initiative.

BHP Nickel West has invested in a new growth opportunity by acquiring the Honeymoon Well development project from Russia's Norilsk Nickel, which is exiting Australia.

BHP has hired biotech CSL's finance boss, David Lamont, who will return to the mining giant.

The history of value adding in the iron ore sector is a litany of missed opportunities.

The big iron ore miners exporting out of Port Hedland will have to pay up to $220 million to property owners in the town's West End, under a buy-back scheme announced by the state government today.

BHP said today it would not disturb 40 Aboriginal heritage sites in the Pilbara until it has consulted with the native title holders, just weeks after gaining government approval to clear the sites.

A report backed by the Pilbara's big miners has found that iron ore exports are expected to grow modestly over the coming decade, well below the extra port capacity the miners themselves are seekin

Iron ore miner Vale has been ordered by a Brazilian court to shut down one of its mining hubs to help address the spread of COVID-19, adding to a string of supply disruptions that have bolstered the commodity's price.

The business community has supported front-line charities during the pandemic, but the economic downturn may change this.

Mining services companies Mader Group and Lycopodium have downgraded their full-year earnings guidance, citing the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on their operations.

Veris's technology and communications business has secured new work with BHP and Oz Minerals, as well as a contract with Cubic Defence Australia, totalling $4.3 million.

BHP has selected former iron ore boss Edgar Basto to lead its Australian mining operations, after he served as acting minerals president since the appointment of chief executive Mike Henry last year.