Fortescue Metals shares had their biggest gain of the year but the Australian market slumped on concerns of how US authorities will respond to the biggest rise in inflation in 31 years.
Export revenue has become increasingly concentrated on iron ore but WA has still benefitted, while moves to net zero now dominate thinking. Click for the list of WA's biggest exporters.
Businessman Sam Walsh has been awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon for his contributions to economic relations between Japan and Australia.
Perth-based diamond explorer Burgundy Diamond Mines has acquired one of five ‘hero' stones available at Rio Tinto's final 2021 Argyle pink diamonds tender from a Singaporean company, it is understood.
The value of state government contracts awarded to Aboriginal businesses has fallen by 21 per cent over the past year though the number of contracts has risen.
Rio Tinto's iron ore chief executive has told a parliamentary inquiry into sexual harassment in the mining industry he is “sickened” by recent events, as FMG unveiled its new alcohol policy.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has been hit with an $80,000 fine today after three of the company's Pilbara-based workers were exposed to extreme heat without adequate training.
Rio Tinto plans a huge investment in wind and solar power to help reduce its direct and indirect carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, more than triple its previous target.
Civmec has secured three maintenance and capital works contracts worth $130 million with mining majors Rio Tinto and BHP, taking its total order book to more than $1 billion.
A parliamentary inquiry reviewing the Juukan Gorge controversy recommends the federal government take responsibility for Aboriginal heritage and pushes for changes to WA legislation.
Iron ore production at Rio Tinto's Pilbara operations dropped by four per cent over the September quarter as the resources giant continued to feel the pinch of a strained labour market in the state.
Rio Tinto is considering the use of sustainable technology in its steelmaking process, joining the likes of Fortescue and BHP in tackling the iron ore sector's emissions challenge.
BHP and Mineral Resources have become the latest big employers to make COVID vaccinations a condition of entry at all of their Australian workplaces, joining mining giant Rio Tinto.
About one third of West Australian workers will need to be vaccinated to comply with government directives and the number is set to grow as private businesses follow suit.
Rio Tinto has lodged plans to build a $70 million accommodation camp in Paraburdoo, as it awaits final mining approvals to develop its iron ore deposits in Western Range.
Fortescue Metals Group is targeting net zero scope 3 emissions by 2040, which covers its entire value chain, including its customers' crude steel manufacturing.
Rio Tinto is planning to purchase some of its iron ore rail cars from local suppliers, in what would be a small but notable boost for WA manufacturing.
Rio Tinto has scrapped its planned indigenous advisory group, deciding instead to establish a broader advisory body with an expanded remit covering all Australian communities.
Family-owned business Whittens is suing engineering company Mondium for allegedly failing to properly value and pay for work it completed at Rio Tinto's Western Turner mine.
Hall & Prior has given 100 per cent of its residential aged care workforce the first dose of the COVID-19 jab and reported 10 staff have resigned due to the vaccination requirement.
A faster-than-expected fall in iron ore prices, which are half their peak levels, has led to a big sell-off of mining stocks and raised doubts about the government's budget outlook.
The share prices of Australia's big iron ore miners have fallen by an average of 13 per cent over the past week, under the weight of a lower commodity price and higher costs.
Dozens of women have reported being sexually harassed on Western Australian mine sites, but the big miners concede the true number of cases is likely to be higher.
