It's not often you get to see a two-horse race with more than $10 billion riding on the result, but in Western Australia today that is precisely what's happening in the iron ore industry.
ECONOMIC development is the answer to indigenous liberation in Australia, facilitated through procurement and contracting of indigenous corporations and joint ventures.
Western Australia's mining sector, including some of the state's largest mining companies, has received $6 million through a state government program designed to encourage exploratio
THREE trends stand out when the salary packages of newly appointed chief executives at Western Australian companies are examined.First,the bigger the company the higher the salary.
UPDATE: Fortescue Metals Group has vehemently denied claims from a native title group that it is operating unlawfully with regards to Aboriginal heritage at one of its Pilbara mines.
Perth-based engineering group RCR Tomlinson has won a $600 million contract with Fortescue Metals Group for works at Fortescue's Solomon iron ore project in the Pilbara.
A joint venture led by US-owned construction contractor Kiewit Australia, which is a new player in the local mining sector, has won a $247 million contract from Fortescue Metals Group for works on
IT is hard to know whether Fortescue Metals Group's recent suggestion that it would be comfortable with a joint venture to develop the proposed Anketell Port is some form of concession or simply br
Keen demand for commercial space in central Perth is driving a surge in office redesign and fit-out work, attracting new players to the Western Australian market and creating opportunities for esta
Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest has provided nearly $100 million since the beginning of September to selected company executives to enable them to purchase FMG stock on-market.
Murdoch University's Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases has received a record personal donation; a $1.3 million gift from Fortescue Metals group chairman Andrew Forrest and his wife N
Fortescue Metals Group has reported a strong rise in net profit to just above US$1 billion, while also announcing it will ramp up its capital expenditure this year to an unexpectedly large US$5.6 b
In days gone by when you wanted to claim a bit of distant land, you beached a rowboat and planted your flag. In these more sophisticated times, though, you hold a board meeting – at least that's what Fortescue Metals Group is planning.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has won a court victory in its acrimonious native title battle with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, which appears to pave the way for development
One of the overseers of Port Hedland's massive but politically sensitive expansion, port authority chairman Ian Williams, has stepped down, making him the third key person to leave a top job at the
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources says it will resume mining at Eneabba in the Mid West by the end of the year to capitalise on strong demand for titanium dioxide and zircon products.
The sell down of Fortescue Metals Group shares by US-based Leucadia National Corporation marks a realisation of one of the resources boom’s most profitable punts - but by no means heralds its exit as major investor in Andrew Forrest’s miner.
Last night's Vinnies' CEO Sleepout saw 107 chief executives sleeping rough in the name of charity, and none did it tougher than Mermaid Marine boss Jeff Weber.
The state's workplace safety watchdog says it will no longer pursue the contractors involved in the death of two workers during Cyclone George in 2007, but still has Fortescue Metals Group in its sights.
Fortescue Metals Group's new chief executive has announced an ambitious target before he even begins his new role, saying the company plans to bring forward its iron ore production target of 155 million tonnes per annum by up to a year.
Fortescue Metals Group has announced that its chief executive Andrew Forrest will retire from his current role, and will succeed Herb Elliott as chairman of the company.
Clough Engineering's old base at 251 St Georges Terrace is up for sale, with Jones Lang La Salle and Burgess Rawson jointly appointed to manage the transaction.
Fortescue Metals Group executive director Russell Scrimshaw has announced he will relinquish his executive duties in June, adding to the overhaul of the company's senior management ranks over the past year.
Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Andrew Forrest's tenure is under a cloud after the corporate regulator won the latest leg in its battle with him over his duties as a director.
BC Iron has become the first Pilbara junior iron ore miner to transport product on a third party's infrastructure, with the first ore from its Nullagine joint venture shipped to Fortescue Metals Group's Herb Elliot Port.
BC Iron has reached a major milestone in the development of its Nullagine iron ore joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group in the Pilbara, with ore haulage commencing in preparation for the first shipment of ore from Fortescue's Herb Elliott Port.
