Engineering contractor RCR Tomlinson has secured a $33 million contract to design and construct a five-kilometre relocatable conveyor system for Fortescue Metals Group.
The Chinese government's environmental crackdown could provide a boost for the beleagured Sino Iron project, notwithstanding a recent adverse court ruling.
TransAlta officially opened its new 150-megawatt combined cycle natural gas power station in South Hedland today, with Horizon Power as its sole foundation customer after Fortescue Metals Group backed out of an offtake agreement.
Proceeds raised during last weekend's Mining Emergency Response Competition Mining Emergency Response Competition in Perth have gone towards an emergency responder wellness app developed by support services provider Holyoake.
The share market has edged higher due to modest gains in most sectors, while the Reserve Bank's concerns about slow wages growth have driven the Australian dollar to a five-month low.
China's great environmental clean-up is starting to produce knock-on effects in Western Australia, with none more interesting than the ‘quality clash' in the iron ore sector.
A new feature on the Business News web site that tracks the changing wealth of Western Australia's company directors shows Tony Lennon and Peter Cook are among the winners over the past month while Kerry Stokes and Andrew Forrest have gone down.
Fortescue Metals Group has terminated its agreement with TransAlta Corporation to purchase power from the recently completed South Headland power station after the miner raised performance concerns in August.
A newly established company led by a group of Perth oil and gas executives aims to become a major supplier to the domestic gas market after buying the offshore Equus gas fields from US company Hess Corporation.
Fortescue Metals Group has appointed Mark Barnaba AM as co-deputy chair, sharing the role with Sharon Warburton. Mr Barnaba has been with the board since 2010.
The Australian market has opened lower, with most sectors in the red following a flat US lead, but local shares remain above the psychologically important 6,000 point mark.
The Australian share market is trading solidly higher at lunchtime, with upbeat overnight sentiment lifting the local markets to near 10-year highs and the S&P/ASX200 to twice breach the key 6,
Global facilities management giant Sodexo, which counts Rio Tinto's iron ore business among its major clients, is buying Australian competitor Morris Corporation, the manager of Fortescue Metals Group's three major camps.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has made an emotional plea for gambling revenue to be factored into the GST distribution system, while Western Australians have been warned the state's share of the revenue could potentially fall to zero if the economy were to return to boom times.
Indigenous contracting group Eastern Guruma, which has contracts or joint ventures with the likes of Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group, NRW Holdings and Carnegie Clean Energy, has been placed into administration.
Fortescue Metals Group, Iluka Resources and Rio Tinto are among the five overall category winners in the 2017 state government's Awards for Excellence.
Fortescue Metals Group is on track to the meet its annual iron ore shipments forecast but has downgraded its guidance on the price it expects to realise.
Avocado grower and Fresh Produce Alliance co-founder Jennifer Franceschi has been named the Telstra Western Australian Businesswoman of the Year, joining an alumni that includes Gina Rinehart.
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Fortescue Metals Group has partnered with ANZ Banking Group to set up a $50 million leasing facility for indigenous-owned businesses that have contracts with the iron ore miner.
Contract Power Group has won a contract to build, own and operate a power station at Pilbara Minerals' Pilgangoora lithium project for at least seven years, while former Fortescue Metals Group delivery manager Dale Henderson has taken over as Pilbara's project director.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA will be hunting for a new chief executive after Deidre Willmott signalled she would move on from the role early next year to pursue non executive director opportunities.
Fortescue Metals has flagged it will sustain higher payouts for shareholders after a rebound in iron prices and lower costs helped it more than double full-year profit.
About a third of the town of Port Hedland should be blocked from any new residential developments, the state government's dust management taskforce has recommended.
Fortescue Metals Group claimed today that a new power station built by Canadian company TransAlta Corporation at South Hedland had failed to achieve commercial production, while the miner also announced it would buy back a second power station it sold to TransAlta in 2012.
