Lawyers have wrapped up their arguments in the $1.8 billion compensation dispute between Yindjibarndi and Fortescue, with the latter claiming only $8 million was owed.
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation's compensation claim over impact of the Solomon mine on their land has been exaggerated, Fortescue's lawyer told the court.
Counsel for the state government claimed Fortescue's mining would not extinguish the Yindjibarndi people's native rights in the Pilbara, during a hearing in the Federal Court.
Fortescue and its former employees have been urged to progress a dispute over alleged misuse of the Andrew Forrest-led company's green iron technology information.
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has upped its compensation claim against Fortescue to $1.8 billion, over the alleged cultural damage caused by the miner's Solomon hub.
Yindjibarndi traditional owners have experienced collective trauma and emotional distress over FMG's Solomon mine, a lawyer told the court in the ongoing $500 million compensation dispute.
Fortescue's way in developing its Solomon hub is an outlier in how other miners have operated in the Pilbara, a barrister for Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation told the court.
Two ex-bank bosses have taken up key roles with Fortescue and BHP, with the Big Australian appointing former National Australia Bank chief Ross McEwan as its new chairman.
Ex-Fortescue employees claimed there were differences between their startup's green iron technology and the Andrew Forrest-led company's, in an ongoing dispute over copyright.
Fortescue's ability to work around Port Hedland's congested export space and negate headwinds in the iron ore price were attractive to Red Hawk Mining's board.
Fortescue has lobbed a $254 million offer to snap up ASX-listed junior Red Hawk Mining, owner of a greenfields iron ore project neighbouring the Andrew Forrest-led miner's Solomon operations.
The United States' largest oil company claims Andrew Forrest damaged its reputation through his charity's campaign against plastic polymers and Fortescue's efforts to reduce fossil fuel use.
Falling commodity prices and growing budget deficits should provide the impetus for Australia to build a green iron industry, according to the boss of Fortescue Metals.
Energy infrastructure builder APA Group has laid claim to a land area larger than Perth to progress the rollout of its Pilbara renewable energy ambitions.
Fortescue's work to develop fast battery chargers for its Pilbara iron ore fleet will get a leg-up courtesy of a $10 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
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Fortescue has appointed Ellie Coates as the chief executive of its power systems division which is developing the world's first zero emission ‘Infinity Train'.
Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest has publicly backed a push to impose a global deadline for the phase out of fossil fuel, despite his leadership at one of the nation's largest polluters.
The WA government is yet to sign land deals for two industrial hubs nearly two years after it offered the sites to green energy and manufacturing proponents.
Fortescue's proposed Gibson Island hydrogen project in Queensland appears to have been scrapped, with partner Incitec Pivot Limited revealing a plan to sell the site.
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest is confident Donald Trump will ‘follow the money' and back green energy should he win back the keys to the White House.
WA's Aboriginal affairs minister has refused a section 18 application for a proposed iron ore mine at the centre of a spat between its backer and traditional owners.
