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Gold majors, iron ore heavyweights and offshore trading houses dominated WA's mining deals list in 2025, as cashed-up boards chased commodity booms.

OPINION: Miners make big calls on efficiency as iron ore competition arrives from Africa.

Work to bring the Pilbara's largest known undeveloped iron ore deposit to life has begun, with a Rio Tinto-led consortium to spend $294 million to stand the project up.

The first iron ore railcar assembled in the Pilbara has rolled off the production line ready for use on Rio Tinto's sprawling rail network.

The Bulls N' Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Phoslock Environmental Technologies, which resurrected this week, flicking the switch on its Chinese factory after four years in the dark. Freshly minted Black Horse Mining galloped out of the IPO gates in a revival at the heart of Victoria's 80-million-ounce goldfields, DGR Global reminded everyone of its 6.8% stake in SolGold and its copper-gold monster in Ecuador, which copped a bid and African Gold got proposed to by its Canadian sugar-daddy Montage in a $264 million all-scrip merger in Côte d'Ivoire.

Two battery electric haul trucks built by Caterpillar for iron ore miners Rio Tinto and BHP have arrived in the Pilbara for testing.

Western Australia's largest firms are fuelling growth in the state's tech sector.

Carina Viola will lead the WA-based charity into a new phase of rapid growth.

Tim Goyder-chaired DevEx Resources has appointed Marnie Finlayson as its managing director, effective from December 1.

Rio Tinto will splash more than $35 million backing a technology company's plan to build a green steelmaking pilot plant in Western Australia.

BHP has taken delivery of its first battery electric trains in Port Hedland, with the miner set to become the first to run green locomotives on its mainline.

Commitments under a $750 million resource sector community investment scheme have reached $100 million three years after its launch and Roger Cook is hopeful of much more.

The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA general manager Lauren Brunswick has resigned after three months in the role during a period of uncertainty.

PPS Water Group founder Matthew Rear has been named Australia's top services entrepreneur at the 2026 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.

Water will be the single biggest reputational and economic risk facing industry and government in the Pilbara by 2030.

The first high grade ore from Rio Tinto's new African mine has been loaded onto rail ahead of the maiden shipment expected to set sail in November.

Rio Tinto and its Japanese partners will spend $1.1 billion expanding the West Angelas iron ore hub in the east Pilbara.

Western Australia's MACA Cancer 200 charity bike ride raises the most funds out of any cycling event in the country.

The mining sector paid more tax than all other sectors combined for a third consecutive year, led by iron ore heavyweights Rio Tinto and BHP with their multi-billion-dollar tax bills for 2023-24.

Buyers from around the world have flown in for the third and final tender of Rio Tinto's highly coveted Argyle pink diamonds from WA, alongside flawless Canadian diamonds.

Contracts with BHP and Fortescue for works in the Pilbara have bolstered Monadelphous' work pipeline to the tune of $200 million.

Australia's largest sheep station has been approved for British takeover by the state government, six months after the bid was made.

The charities and Rio Tinto have secured a five-year partnership to support youth mental health and wellbeing in the Pilbara.

Biofuel project backers have lauded a large federal government investment into domestic processing capacity as foundational for the nascent sector.

Six years ago Nyamal woman Lynette Upton was a helper for Colours of Country. This year, she is an exhibitor at the annual art showcase.

The fast-growing sector expanded by 27 per cent last year, underpinned by contracts with big mining companies, research by Business News has found.

MAC Copper's shareholders have greenlit a $1.6 billion takeover deal as cross-border copper M&A heats up.

A Pilbara pastoralist is having to drill deeper to find water on his station which the state government draws from to supply Port Hedland.

This week's appointments include Ella McNeill, Kellie Properjohn, Matthew Holcz, and Al Taylor.

Rio Tinto has named Matthew Holcz as the permanent chief executive of an expanded iron ore business, while senior executives Kellie Parker and Sinead Kaufman have lost their jobs.

Strong demand for temporary workforce accommodation in the Pilbara has driven a huge profit and dividend boost for Fleetwood Australia.

Newly minted Rio Tinto boss Simon Trott has travelled straight to Africa following the death of a worker at the company's Simandou iron ore project.

Miners which don't heed traditional owner concerns about water will face production constraints, costly infrastructure bills, and reputational damage, according to new research.

US President Donald Trump has met with BHP and Rio Tinto's leaders in Washington after an eleventh-hour appeal delayed their Arizona copper mine.

BHP's local iron ore boss Tim Day has been named the new president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA, while the lobby group still searches for a new chief executive.

Unions are rallying against Rio Tinto's proposed new sick leave policy. Rio says the new deal is industry leading.

Two junior miners linked to contract mining veteran Brian Rodan have announced leadership changes today.

Rio Tinto has reported a significant fall in half-year profit after being adversely affected by the decline in iron ore prices, leading to a big cut in its dividend.

Rio Tinto will upgrade its Wickham Village accommodation in Karratha, with construction estimated to cost $16 million, and extend the operation for almost a decade.

A contract for works at Rio Tinto's Parker Point project is among more than $110 million in projects added to Monadelphous' work book.