News Articles for Fortescue

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has reported strong production results for the June quarter, with output up, costs falling and cash flow improving, giving the company more flexibility as it e

Fortescue Metals Group has been recognised as one of six Australian companies for its contributions to the growth of commercial ties between Australia and China.

Investors who kept their money in Australia's top blue chip stocks enjoyed great returns in the 2012-13 financial year.

Perth-based contractor OTOC announced today it has acquired full ownership of a 700 person commercial kitchen/diner facility at a Fortescue Metals Group site.

Fortescue Metals Group says its Pilbara rail network is at capacity and any move to allow Brockman Mining access would result in reduced state iron ore royalties and federal taxes, and ultimately l

Cleveland Mining Company managing director David Mendelawitz will temporarily relocate to Brazil to oversee the company's gold mining operations, following the resignation of chief executive Peter

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Perth builder Gavin Construction has officially ceased trading, capping off a horror month that has seen six significant Western Australian businesses in contracting, engineering and mining fall into administration or receivership.

Great artists of the 20th and 21st centuries feature in the third exhibition to come from New York's Museum of Modern Art.

Brockman Mining says the price it should pay for access to Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara railway should be no more than 88 cents per tonne, a fraction of previous estimates by FMG.

Peter Blackburn had to dig deep to turn his 'great idea' into a successful business.

Two years ago, Viento Group was a battling property investment company treading water.

New growth opportunities will be few and far between for mining contractors, who are under pressure to trim their rates.The irony was inescapable.

The two big mining contractors that dominate the underground sector have very different recent histories, but face similar challenges.

Andrew Forrest has been appointed as chair of the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation council.

Leighton Contractors has secured a $1.3 billion deal with Fortescue Metals Group for work at the Kings iron ore deposit, adding to a $1.5 billion deal Leighton signed last year at the neighbouring

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Western Australian CEOs have raised more than $1 million as part of the St Vincent de Paul Society's CEO Sleepout this week.

I have often wondered aloud, and in writing, if billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest's next career might be in politics.

Andrew Forrest rarely steps into the footsteps of others.

The decision to embrace diversity has helped Global Electrotech grow from a founding partnership of two formed in 2000 to 168 employees today specialising in the design, installation, commissioning

Seven years ago, an old hand in the mining industry and a former SAS sergeant major started a business providing housing solutions for companies operating in remote Western Australia.

Fortescue Metals Group has appointed Sharon Warburton as a non-executive director, from November, following the retirement of Geoff Brayshaw (pictured), who joined the WA iron ore miner in 2007.

The operator of one of China's largest ports has signed up as a potential investor in new rail and port infrastructure to service iron ore miners in the Pilbara.

THE near certainty of a Coalition government being elected in September, and the single-handed control of state leader Colin Barnett, have reshaped Western Australia's 2013 Most Influential list –

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Copper-gold producer Sandfire Resources has appointed former Fortescue Metals Group operations director Paul Hallam as a non-executive director.

Viento Group's new contracting business, established with a group of former NRW Holdings executives, has won its first major contract at Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon project.

NEGOTIATING the often-rocky terrain of the environmental approvals process can be a daunting task for emerging miners, particularly those in the uranium space.

Aspiring iron ore miner Brockman Mining has submitted a proposal to gain access to rail infrastructure built by Fortescue Metals Group, setting up competition between two infrastructure providers i

HOW does the managing director of an aspiring nickel miner remain positive amid weakening commodities prices and an equities market in decline?

It's an old adage that some of the biggest fortunes have been made when business conditions are at their toughest.

South Australian junior Monax Mining has signed an agreement with Fortescue Metals Group to evaluate the potential joint venture development of a copper-gold project.