News Articles for BHP

WA produces a diverse array of minerals, yet one commodity dominates the sector.

The malfeasance and missteps of the 1980s and 1990s have been ironed out as the economic wheels turn.

Questions are being asked about the future of WA's gas supplies amid increasing pressure on emissions.

BHP has laid out plans to bring together the copper assets it bought from OZ Minerals with its existing mines to boost Australia's share of the global market.

The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.

Takeover target Mincor Resources could be delisted from the ASX if Wyloo Metals does not achieve the 90 per cent stake needed for a compulsory acquisition.

A $61.4 million hospital has officially opened in the Pilbara, offering a one-stop-shop for emergency and medical treatments to the Newman community.

Alinta Energy has appointed two contractors to build its $180 million solar battery project in Port Hedland while continuing to assess a big sell-down of its WA operations.

Support for constitutional change is firming in business and political circles despite hesitancy in some quarters to take a stance on the issue.

A short-term tourist development in South Hedland has cleared a planning hurdle and joins the list of projects aiming to provide more accommodation options in the Pilbara.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie and Jordan Murray discuss Philip Lowe's show of courage and Bill Johnston's openness to the possible sale of Gold Corporation.

Wyloo Metals has gained control of Mincor Resources after the Andrew Forrest-led company secured majority voting power.

Woodside Energy has cited lower prices and maintenance activities for its opening revenue falling 16 per cent below the previous quarter's result.

BHP has delivered record iron ore production for a March quarter but will cut guidance for Nickel West, blaming bad weather and off-specification product from supplier Mincor Resources.

BHP has cleared the last hurdle to acquire OZ Minerals after securing final approvals for the $9.6 billion takeover.

Bellevue Gold is set to join the list of top 200 ASX companies replacing takeover target OZ Minerals.

GR Engineering has won $312 million worth of work from OZ Minerals a day after shareholders approved BHP's $9.6 billion takeover of the company.

Our annual update of WA's 50 most influential people analyses those using their role and profile to make a difference.

Takeover target Mincor Resources has withdrawn its full-year nickel production guidance after customer BHP refused to alter its contract to accept lower quality ore.

CIMIC Group subsidiary CPB Contractors has locked in $105 million worth of work at BHP Nickel West's Mt Keith project in the northern Goldfields.

Port city transitions are decades in the making.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes David Edwards, Laura Benger, Simon Taylor, Nathan Charles, Mark Davies, Teck Lim, Dirk Adams, Josh Robertson, Ben Bradstreet, Chris Wyhoon, Nicole Batten and Debbie Gillam.

BHP and engineering firm Hatch have struck a deal to design an electric steelmaking furnace to cut carbon emissions.

Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has secured $125 million worth of contracts from Rio Tinto, BHP and Albemarle Lithium.

Jordan Murray and Simone Grogan discuss Silicon Valley Bank, AUKUS, AOG Energy, Crown Resorts and BHP.

BHP WA iron ore asset president Brandon Craig remained tight-lipped on costs but has outlined the company's plan to increase production in the state, at a Business News event.

Our board moves wrap includes Leslie Ingraham, John-Paul Santamaria, and Winton Willesee.

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has revealed a drop in the number of women in management roles, while BHP and Western Power announce diversity achievements.

Perth-based industrial piping disruptor Polyline Pipe Systems believes its innovative method of producing “HDPE” poly pipes on site can help resources companies ease the current scourge of runaway prices bedevilling their sector. Polyline says its MPX630 mobile pipe extruder can reduce the conventional process to just three steps: on-site manufacture, a single weld at the end of a continuous pipe length and trench or surface installation as required.

Sky-high fuel and inflationary costs took a $US2.63 billion chunk out of Rio Tinto's underlying earnings for 2022 against a backdrop of weaker commodity prices.

Madeleine King has acknowledged efforts by the US government to support green energy could threaten investment in Australia's own nascent hydrogen industry.

Monadelphous has expanded its recruitment efforts overseas as the company continues to grapple with its “biggest challenge” of industry-wide staff shortages.

Softer iron ore prices combined with a 70 per cent spike in diesel costs crunched BHP's underlying profit by 32 per cent during the first six months of FY23.

BHP Minerals has lost an appeal over a Supreme Court ruling relating to boundaries covered by mining leases for iron ore tenements in the Pilbara.

Mining royalties paid to all Aboriginal groups in WA are less than half the amount paid to four wealthy families, new research has found.

BHP has confirmed a 51-year-old man was killed at the miner's iron ore operations in Port Hedland after being hit by a locomotive.

BHP's $9.6 billion planned acquisition of Oz Minerals is one step closer after it received clearance from Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defence.

Australian miner OZ Minerals has produced a record amount of copper in the December quarter to meet its 2022 guidance but is bracing for higher electricity costs.

Exporters will not be assessed on their indirect carbon emissions under WA's proposed net zero by 2050 legislation.

Technology is helping to empower Indigenous communities.