News Articles for Rio Tinto

An independent 'reporter' will assess the effects of industry on ancient rock art in the Pilbara where a contentious fertiliser plant is being developed.

Jordan Murray talks about the expansion of government since the start of the pandemic and what affect that may have on how much the state's public servants are paid.

Rio Tinto and its largest customer China Baowu Steel Group have cemented a joint venture to develop the Western Range iron ore deposits in the Pilbara at a cost of $US2 billion.

Rio Tinto's managing director of battery minerals, Marnie Finlayson, will join the board of Northern Star Resources as an independent non-executive director in October.

A contractor of failed builder Pindan claims its decision to work on Rio Tinto's $90 million Gudai-Darri mine camp has cost it $3 million, as it gears up to claw back the facilities it supplied.

Multi-element explorer St George Mining has wrapped up its maiden drill campaign after completing its three final drill holes at the company's Paterson copper-gold project in WA's Pilbara region. St George will now shift focus to its Mt Alexander nickel and copper project west of Leonora as it looks to drill a set of nickel, copper and PGE targets and collect rock chip samples from a pegmatite outcrop.

A Pindan contractor allegedly left $1 million out of pocket by the company's collapse is now pursuing Rio Tinto for the cash, demanding it hand back the facilities at Gudai-Darri.

Mining software provider K2fly will launch a new technology platform later this year, capitalising on its experience gleaned from working with tier 1 and 2 miners in the increasingly critical environmental, social and governance sector. The company also unveiled collaboration to leverage its technology with Maptek, an organisation recognised as one of the world's biggest private mining software companies with clients in 95 countries.

Rio Tinto subsidiary Turquoise Hill Resources has rejected a $US2.7 billion takeover proposal launched by the iron ore miner back in March.

ANALYSIS: Another day, another front-page headline about sexual harassment in mining. It's clearly a major issue but where is the balance? What about industries with a bigger problem?

Ten years after opening its doors, Spacecubed has increased capacity to support WA innovators.

Shares in Decmil have rallied ahead of news the group had finally reached a peace deal in its $11 million stoush with subcontractor Southern Cross Electrical Engineering.

Rio Tinto, Winning International Group and the Guinea government have struck a joint venture in a bid to bring one of the world's largest untapped iron ore resources into operation.

Rio Tinto has reported a fall in interim earnings from last year's record levels after being hit by the decline in iron ore prices and rising costs.

The state has handed over swaths of subsidised land for 44 affordable homes in the housing-strapped resources hub of Karratha, but it will only put a small dent in the waiting list.

Two of Australia's biggest miners have lined up deals to supply battery materials, starting with lithium and nickel, for Ford Motor Company.

ASX-listed mining software firm K2fly has tabled record growth in key metrics for the June quarter and the 2022 financial year after continuing its hot streak of contract wins. The company posted record results in annual recurring revenue, invoices raised and cash receipts in addition to closing out the financial year with a cashflow-positive quarter of $1.7 million.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has agreed to hand over $613 million to end several long-running disputes with the Australian Taxation Office, one of the largest tax settlements in the country's history.

Economic troubles in China, a falling iron ore price and cost pressures loom as problems for the state's big iron ore miners as their shares dive.

WA's deputy premier conceded the state has in the past struggled to build a strong relationship with India as he prepares to lead a major trade delegation to the country later this month.

Belmont-based NRW Holdings has snapped up two contracts expected to bolster its order book by $78 million.

Rio Tinto's subsidiary Hamersley Iron and Golden Grove Operations have been fined a total of $110,500 for mining incidents, including a worker death.

St George Mining has tabled a flurry of exploration results across its WA portfolio, including the sighting of visual copper sulphides at its Paterson copper-gold project. The company has also identified a suite of priority drill targets at its Ajana and Mt Alexander nickel-copper-PGE operations through geophysical surveys.

An inquiry into sexual misconduct within Western Australia's mining sector is set to deliver its report, days after another alleged on-site assault.

Rio Tinto has highlighted its technical achievements but today's official opening of its Gudai-Darri mine was just as much a celebration of Banjima culture.

Rio Tinto has delivered first ore from its Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in the Pilbara, though costs for the new project have run almost $US500 million over initial estimates.

The state's environmental assessment body has approved Rio Tinto's Greater Paraburdoo Iron Ore Hub proposal nearly four years after the mining giant lodged its plans.

New wind and solar farms will be used to power Rio Tinto's aluminium assets in the Gladstone region, as the mining giant looks to halve emissions by 2030.

An in-depth study profiling indigenous employment practices in Australia has thrown down a challenge.

Indigenous businesses in WA generated more than $1 billion in revenue last year and the total is set to rise.

Clough has moved to expedite its mammoth $150 million claim against Rio Tinto's Hamersley Iron after accusing the mining giant of simply kicking the can down the road.

A new study has highlighted the lack of progress in closing the ‘indigenous employment gap' in Australia and the near complete absence of indigenous people from senior management.

Rio Tinto has taken another small step toward rebuilding relations with Aboriginal people in the Pilbara by signing a non-binding agreement with PKKP Aboriginal Corporation.

BHP has signed a $9.2 million contract with Aboriginal business Karlka FenceWright and pledged to more than double its annual spending with the sector.

Mining software developer K2fly has sealed a one-year deal worth $2.12 million with BHP to roll out its ground disturbance solution data management system to the mega-miner's iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The company now provides its ground disturbance solution to the three biggest iron ore players in WA, with Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group also on the roll call.

Junior explorer Twenty Seven Co has unveiled a slew of gold-in-soil geochemical anomalies at its Yarbu gold project, 160km northeast of Southern Cross in Western Australia. The latest round of auger drilling has confirmed three previous anomalies etched out from last year's program along with highlighting a new target area with samples grading up to 92.7 parts per billion gold.

Nearly two years on since the destruction at Juukan Gorge, Rio boss Jakob Stausholm has told shareholders that the miner is focused on resetting relationships.

St George has announced a major expansion of exploration for its four WA based projects. Work at Mt Alexander will test new nickel-copper-PGE targets and extensions to existing high-grade shallow deposits. The hunt for Winu style deposits at its Paterson project is planned to start in May. Whilst at the company's Ajana and Broadview projects exploration will target Nova/Bollinger and Julimar style mafic intrusion hosted nickel-copper-PGE targets.

Shares in gold explorer DiscovEx Resources vaulted more than 28 per cent on intraday trading following an announcement it had executed two binding-option agreements with Rio Tinto that allow the mining behemoth to acquire 100 per cent of the iron ore rights for four tenements within the Sylvania project, 15km southwest of Newman in Western Australia.

K2fly has tabled some healthy numbers from the March quarter with record invoices of $3.3m, maintaining its all-time high total contract values of $16.6m and cracking the $5m mark in annual recurring revenue for the first time. The company operates in the global resources space under a ‘Software as a Service' business model – meaning it delivers its software on a subscription basis.