News Articles for BHP

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Nicky Long, Rebecca Adam, Matthew Beattie, Timothy Murray, Navin Gupta, Chris Robertson, Grace Mugabe, Hayden White, Jennifer Lawrence and Craig Gouws.

BHP has outlined plans to increase the automation of its iron ore operations after reporting a small lift in production to record levels and a dip in shipments.

The leader of Australia's largest mining company has called on fellow miners to take more risks on using innovative technologies for the clean energy transition.

Woodside Energy and BHP have donated $2.75 million towards the Kimberley floods relief effort.

St George Mining has welcomed Chinese lithium-ion battery maker Sunwoda Electronic onto its share registry via a $2m placement as it eagerly awaits results from a maiden drill campaign where visibl

Iron ore could be exported from Onslow in WA's Pilbara region under a new plan hatched between CZR Resources, Strike Resources and CSL Australia.

Whether it is gold, wool, timber, apples, salt, education, beef or even sea cucumbers, Australia has long punched above its weight in the trade stakes, even centuries before it was named Australia.

Inflation and sluggish wage growth has barely affected pay for many of WA's top executives.

Ad Astra Corporate Advisory and McGrath Nicol were paid more than $1million over just six months to advise on the failed sale of the WA TAB.

Underground miners working at BHP's Nickel West operation when a 3.5 magnitude seismic event hit WA's Goldfields on Wednesday are safe and accounted for, the company says.

Senior editor Mark Pownall talks about Shane Crockett's latest business venture and the former state tourism marketing chief has faced tackling overseas markets.

With a positive mining study Coda Minerals has unveiled a viable pathway to steady-state production of 2.5 million tonnes per annum at the company's Elizabeth Creek copper project in South Australia. The mining assessment forms part of a broader scoping study and is centred around underground mining of the project's cornerstone Emmie Bluff copper-cobalt deposit whilst also proposing open pit extraction at satellite deposits to rapidly achieve nameplate production.

Behemoths of Western Australia's resources sector will tip $750 million into a new community investment initiative to bankroll a cohort of legacy projects in the state.

Matt Mckenzie and Jordan Murray discuss WA's high-growth industries and assess key takeaways from the latest crypto collapse.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss ABN, commercial builders, Perth City Deal, ACCIONA, Alcoa, BHP, OZ Minerals, startup funding, Betts Group and Wilson Parking.

BHP is poised to substantially increase its exposure to copper and nickel after the board of takeover target OZ Minerals backed an increased offer.

OZ Minerals has placed its shares in a trading halt as it evaluates a “potential change of control transaction”.

Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses this year's changes to Data & Insights' accountants list and highlights some of the biggest issues affecting the sector.

BHP leaders have braced shareholders for a ‘complex' short-term horizon and issued an apology to those who have experienced damaging behaviour at its work sites, during an AGM in Perth today.

Monadelphous has been engaged to deliver construction services at Fortescue Metals Group's new magnetite project as part of a suite of new contracts and extensions worth $150 million.

St George Mining has moved quickly to top up its landholding at its Mt Alexander project near Leonora following the discovery of lithium mineralisation during its maiden drill program adding an exploration licence to its portfolio and lodging an application for a prospecting licence. Both tenements are neighbouring St George's Jailbreak prospect where the company currently has an aggressive drilling program underway.

New data reveals just how much WA businesses contributed to the federal treasury during the pandemic, with 10 corporates paying $27.5 billion in the year to June 2021.

Australian mining expertise and minerals are in demand in a world hungry for energy as executives gather for their biggest conference since the pandemic.

Mining software provider K2fly has tabled some healthy numbers from the September quarter with the company achieving record highs in its core metrics thanks to continued major tier 1 contract wins. The company operates in the global resources space under a ‘Software as a Service' business model – meaning its product is delivered on a subscription basis.

Our board moves wrap includes John Mogford, Malcolm Broomhead, Ben Smith, Wayne Richards, Glenn Simpson, Ian Murray, Thomas Spencer, and David Bonomini.

Three of the state's biggest miners have joined forces to stop a junior explorer from gaining a licence over an area that would overlap their rail lines.

FMG and its executive chair Andrew Forrest had a hostile welcome to country today in the Pilbara.

The state government has announced a challenge with a $5 million reward to solve the critical issue of healthcare delivery in the Pilbara.

Explorer St George Mining has moved quickly on its discovery of high-grade lithium-bearing rock chip samples at the company's Mt Alexander project near Leonora, launching its first lithium-focused drill campaign at the project. The 20-hole 2,000m program's initial focus is Mt Alexander's Jailbreak prospect where high-grade lithium in outcropping pegmatites has been confirmed by the rock chip assays.

Business News has updated its listing of WA's biggest resources projects to incorporate a spate of new developments and analysed which projects are next.

Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about why residential builders are cautiously optimistic they've turned a corner after two years of difficulty.

Australia's biggest miner has recorded a steady start to the financial year as it ramps up its newest operation, South Flank.

BHP has joined Rio Tinto in committing to assemble some of its iron ore rail cars in Perth, in a move the state government hopes will lead to more substantial manufacturing in future.

The local share market is slightly higher this morning, with gains by the big banks outweighing losses by the mining and energy sectors.

ASX-listed mining software provider K2fly has strengthened its ties with Imerys Group after inking a three year contract for use of its Land Access solution. The three year deal has a total contract value of $860,000 and an annual recurring revenue of $123,000 in exchange for a system that manages land access, studies, approvals, stakeholder engagement, operations and land use.

What it means to be an Aboriginal business is central to the debate over ‘black cladding'.

OZ Minerals has pushed the button on the project despite a $600 million capital increase, proclaiming the asset's enormous potential as a modern mine in an era of decarbonisation.

Using hyperspectral imagery, Askari Metals has identified numerous rare earth element targets at the company's Red Peak pegmatite project located on the border of WA's Gascoyne region. The news builds upon lithium-focused sampling completed by the company in January that revealed several areas highly anomalous in a suite of rare earths including lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium and europium.

Perth-based battery technology company and recycler Lithium Australia has appointed an experienced executive and recycling expert as its Chief Executive Officer. Simon Linge has 25 years' senior management experience within the Bluescope Group and BHP, and most recently was an executive at Pact Group Holdings. He takes the helm of Lithium Australia in coming weeks and will be based in Melbourne.

BHP has struck a deal with Alinta Energy that will underpin development of a 45 MW solar farm and battery and potentially construction of the Pilbara's first wind farm.