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A failed Pilbara accommodation provider has revived its lawsuit against BHP over allegations the mining giant colluded with Lendlease to end a contract underpinning its survival.

BHP handed over $3.8 billion in tax and royalty payments to Western Australia during the financial year and estimates its projects contributed 13 per cent of all revenue in the state.

A company set up by Banjima traditional owner Paula White has teamed up with ASX company Mineral Resources to win a major crushing contract with BHP.

After poring over historical data mineral explorer Aurum Resources has confirmed the company's flagship Penny South gold project in WA's Mid West is also prospective for nickel along with a potential side of silver and zinc. Aurum intends to re-assay drill holes that were only ever assessed for gold as it looks to quantify the project's base metal potential.

Property giant Brookfield has vowed to undertake major upgrades at Brookfield Place after anchor tenant BHP agreed to remain at the skyscraper for a further 15 years.

Mining software provider K2fly will launch a new technology platform later this year, capitalising on its experience gleaned from working with tier 1 and 2 miners in the increasingly critical environmental, social and governance sector. The company also unveiled collaboration to leverage its technology with Maptek, an organisation recognised as one of the world's biggest private mining software companies with clients in 95 countries.

BHP's petroleum boss Geraldine Slattery will lead the company's Australian operations, replacing Edgar Basto who will become the company's first chief operating officer.

BHP shareholders will receive a big payout after underlying profits soared during the financial year, though the mining major has braced for more inflationary pressures and expansion costs.

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BHP has stepped up its pursuit of future-facing metals by launching a takeover proposal for Adelaide-based copper and nickel miner OZ Minerals.

Two of Australia's biggest miners have lined up deals to supply battery materials, starting with lithium and nickel, for Ford Motor Company.

ASX-listed mining software firm K2fly has tabled record growth in key metrics for the June quarter and the 2022 financial year after continuing its hot streak of contract wins. The company posted record results in annual recurring revenue, invoices raised and cash receipts in addition to closing out the financial year with a cashflow-positive quarter of $1.7 million.

BHP's iron ore output held steady for the financial year as its new South Flank operation gained momentum, though prices for its product were down 13 per cent on last year's average.

Economic troubles in China, a falling iron ore price and cost pressures loom as problems for the state's big iron ore miners as their shares dive.

BHP has vowed to fight a mammoth lawsuit spearheaded by more than 200,000 victims of the deadly Samarco dam disaster, after the UK Court of Appeal agreed to resurrect the dispute.

An inquiry into sexual misconduct within Western Australia's mining sector is set to deliver its report, days after another alleged on-site assault.

The largest coal mine in New South Wales will close by the turn of the decade after BHP was unable to strike a viable deal for the asset.

CPB Contractors has been tasked with building a two-kilometre-long fence at BHP's iron ore operations in Port Hedland in a bid to ease dust emissions in the area.

BHP has pushed the button on a $50 million project to automate iron ore shiploading at its export operations at Port Hedland, lauding the move as a world-first.

Fresh from completing Woodside Energy's merger with BHP's petroleum business, Meg O'Neill says the world is facing its biggest energy crisis in 50 years.

An in-depth study profiling indigenous employment practices in Australia has thrown down a challenge.

Indigenous businesses in WA generated more than $1 billion in revenue last year and the total is set to rise.

Henderson-based contractor Civmec has won a suite of new work with BHP, Subsea 7, and Roy Hill.

A new study has highlighted the lack of progress in closing the ‘indigenous employment gap' in Australia and the near complete absence of indigenous people from senior management.

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After poring over its geological data, Tambourah Metals has lit up a handful of nickel, zinc and gold targets at its Achilles project, 200km north of Laverton in WA. The explorer plans to start drilling during the second or third quarter of 2022. Reprocessing of geophysical figures has identified a deep-seated structure whilst a data review has revealed historical gold and zinc hits.

A mega-merger between Woodside Petroleum and BHP's oil and gas business has received overwhelming shareholder approval at an AGM in Perth this afternoon.

Woodside is awaiting shareholder approval to crystalise a merger with BHP's petroleum business following clearance from a government administrator.

BHP has signed a $9.2 million contract with Aboriginal business Karlka FenceWright and pledged to more than double its annual spending with the sector.

Surefire has used a historical data review to light up 15 priority gold and nickel targets at its newly granted Perenjori West tenure, 300km northeast of Perth. The under explored tenure lies within the West Yilgarn nickel-copper-PGE province that has been the recent focus of intense exploration following the discovery of Chalice Mining's world-class Julimar PGE deposit.

Mining software developer K2fly has sealed a one-year deal worth $2.12 million with BHP to roll out its ground disturbance solution data management system to the mega-miner's iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The company now provides its ground disturbance solution to the three biggest iron ore players in WA, with Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group also on the roll call.

An influx of approximately 8,000 workers could return to Perth's CBD as BHP, Chevron and Woodside look to encourage hybrid work models.

A pit re-optimisation, the inclusion of vanadium credits and a change of plant location has turbo-charged Toro Energy's plan for its WA based Lake Maitland uranium project, leading to a potential 48 per cent hike in uranium production over the life of mine to 23.5 million pounds from 15.8 million pounds and potential vanadium oxide production of 12.2 million pounds.

Coda Minerals has extended the central bornite zone of the Emmie iron oxide-copper-gold deposit within its Elizabeth Creek copper project in South Australia's Gawler Craton. The explorer says recent drilling has intersected significant widths of bornite and chalcopyrite mineralisation. Importantly, the results materially extend the bornite zone discovered 100m to the southeast and support the potential for further mineralisation to the south.

Pandemic-related labour shortages have caused headaches for another big miner, with BHP lowering guidance forecasts for copper and nickel.

New data from Rio Tinto has highlighted the WA government's reliance on a handful of big miners, with Rio alone paying 10 per cent of the government's total income last year.

Coda Minerals is finding further potential at its flagship Elizabeth Creek copper project in SA's world-class Gawler Craton. The latest drill hole intersected a distinct copper-rich zone, indicating a possible southeast expansion of the interpreted IOCG mineralisation. It says a geologically distinct, copper-rich ‘bornite' dominated zone was intercepted and an independent re-evaluation of the emerging area demonstrates its potential for more.

BHP contracts lead Sepideh Nicholson, who came to Australia as a refugee when she was a teenager, is calling on employers to create inclusive workplaces or risk losing diversity.

At least seven potash plays plan to produce the fertiliser from sun-dried brine or solar-dried ponds.