News Articles for BHP

Megara Developments managing director Matthew Pickford says his company was simply in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the Pilbara's building boom.

Oakajee is being rejuvenated not so much as a mining project but more as an infrastructure play.

Taking a methodical approach to infrastructure planning helps build strong foundations.

The state government has signed a native title agreement with the Ngarluma people of the Pilbara over land intended for a deepwater port at Anketell Point.

Masked by the delay in plans to merge Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining to create a $33 billion global gold mining giant is another sign that Western Australia's resources industry is losing its international investment appeal.

Managing community relations is proving a major challenge for oil and gas companies, and there's a lot of goodwill to claw back.

Cassini Resources has raised $10 million via a share placement with the proceeds earmarked for exploration activities its recently acquired West Musgrave nickel project.

Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane today launched a new centre dedicated to research in the resources sector, but was coy on whether Canberra would support a similar body that Woodside has been pushing for the oil and gas sector.

It's amazing what an improvement a new owner can bring to a business, which is why the proposed break-up of Australia's biggest company, BHP Billiton, is excellent news for Western Australia, particularly the Goldfields and South West.

BHP Billiton's divestment of its West Musgrave nickel project to Cassini Resources has had a dramatic and valuable impact on the junior miner's share price.

Having secured funding for her Roy Hill mine, Gina Rinehart's fortunes will soon rely on something she can't control – the iron ore price.

Whether it's a blip on the radar or a turning of the commodities price cycle, things are looking better for nickel.

Queensland-based infrastructure services company Cardno has bought oil and gas engineering consulting firm PPI Technology Services for $US145 million.

There is a fascinating divergence between the mining industry and government in how they view investment in the Pilbara.

The professional development of Aboriginal artists in Port Hedland received a boost last week with the opening of Spinifex Hill Artists Studios.

A partnership between oil and gas heavyweights Woodside Petroleum and Chevron, and the University of Western Australia is changing the design of offshore pipelines and cutting construction costs for the expensive infrastructure.

Never has the KISS management principle (keep it simple, stupid) been better demonstrated than in the dreadful condition of Western Australia's mineral processing sector, where crisis is piling on crisis.

The High Court has ruled that native title rights are not extinguished by the granting of mining leases, in what indigenous groups have described as a landmark decision which will provide a clear basis for the resolution of other native title disputes.

The state's two biggest mining companies have downplayed the recent dive in the iron ore price, insisting the outlook is still positive despite analysts tipping a continued fall to around $US80 per tonne.

A $35 MILLION housing, training and support centre has opened in Leederville to support the state's growing number of vulnerable youth.

Is $1,500 per day plus all reasonable expenses a good rate of pay for the top executive at a junior mining company in the midst of a cost-cutting drive? Read Business News' latest quarterly salary survey to learn more.

Former Labor minister Martin Ferguson has heralded floating liquefied natural gas as the wave of the future, urging the Western Australian government to work with developers like Shell, Woodside Petroleum, ExxonMobil and BHP Billiton.

NRW Holdings has reported a 54 per cent fall in its first half net profit as a challenging market and slow ramp-up in projects slashed its earnings.

BHP Billiton has notified Macmahon Holdings that it plans to take over the Orebody 18 iron ore mine this year, while also announcing its intention to close one of its smaller Pilbara mines.

The cost-cutting phase of the current resources cycle has been a ‘success', and an upswing could be just around the bend.

King & Wood Mallesons has broken with tradition and become the first major law firm in Perth with a fully open-plan office.

Western Australia has reclaimed its position at centre stage in the money world, not because it is sucking in development capital but more so because it has become a global cash cow.

Contractor Brierty has posted a 19 per cent half-year profit reduction as increased competition in the company's civil construction division squeezed its margins.

The cost of doing business in Australia means the country has become an investment no-go zone for international companies.

The failure of construction company Forge Group has forced Roy Hill's major contractor, Samsung C&T, to consider alternative ways to continue work on the iron ore project, including the possibi

Atlas Iron managing director Ken Brinsden told a business forum in Perth today the big mining houses' practice of locking-up resources in the Pilbara was depriving smaller miners of development opp

The University of Western Australia has recruited BHP Billiton executive Peter Lilly to head up its ambitious ‘engineering zone' project, which comes with a likely cost of $250 million.

Perth-based concrete construction group Whittens has been awarded a $50 million contract at the $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore project.

The granting of planning approval for a $400 million apartment project in Port Hedland has focused attention on environmental issues facing the Pilbara town.

Plans for a major industrial hub at Forrestdale are gathering momentum, with planning approvals granted and manufacturing giant Hitachi preparing to start construction on a new $100 million headquarters.

Paladin Energy managing director John Borshoff says the company's $US190 million sale of a minority stake in its Langer Heinrich mine vindicates a decision to walk away from sale negotiations last year.

The University of Western Australia will receive a $17 million donation from BHP Billiton for its New Century Campaign, with the engineering faculty and busines school to be the main beneficiaries.

CBH Group chief executive Andrew Crane has been appointed a member of Australia's B20 Leadership Group, a private sector consortium that produces policy recommendations for international finance leaders for the annual G20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane next year.

Engineering and construction company VDM Group will look to strengthen its balance sheet through an $18.7 million capital raising, with the company's major shareholder H&H Holdings contributing $9 million to the finance boost.

Is the world about to become a better place? That's not a philosophical question, it's simply an observation that economic conditions might be better than we realise, as shown by recent developments in China, the US and the UK.