Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting and its subsidiary Roy Hill Holdings have delivered bumper profits off the back of higher iron ore prices, with Hancock posting a profit of $2.6 billion for the year to June 2019.
Perth-based Wright Prospecting has confirmed its status as one of the country's most profitable companies, lifting its annual earnings on the back of higher iron ore prices and paying a whopping $172 million dividend to its owners.
Junior gold explorer Carawine Resources has announced a $6 million farm-in and joint venture agreement with Rio Tinto to explore its tenements in the Paterson province in the Pilbara.
Rio Tinto could close an unprofitable aluminium smelter on New Zealand's South Island after prices dropped more than 30 per cent over 18 months amid oversupply of the metal.
Rio Tinto is studying ways to extract lithium from waste rock at a mine it controls in California, making it the latest company trying to produce the battery metal in the US for the fast-growing electric vehicle market.
Rio Tinto's 22-year relationship with Black Swan State Theatre Company has come to an end, as it was announced at the theatre company's season launch last night that Fortescue Metals Group will step in as its new principal partner.
Rio Tinto has recorded an increase in its Pilbara iron ore shipments for the September quarter, but it is still behind in its production results compared to the year prior.
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Pindan has been awarded a $90 million contract for the construction of an operations village for Rio Tinto's Koodaideri iron ore project, with the announcement coming less than a week after Oxley Holdings acquired full ownership of the contractor.
Alcoa has confirmed the appointment of former Rio Tinto executive Michael Gollschewski as the new vice-president of the company's Australian operations and as president of Alcoa of Australia.
Solutions to prevent a potential looming shortage of critical minerals can be found in Rio Tinto's increasingly high tech operations, particularly in the Pilbara, according to corporate relations vice-president Brad Haynes.
The state government has announced a runway extension at Jandakot Airport to support the Royal Flying Doctor Service and turned the first sod for a new medical laboratory in Jandakot Business Park.
A widely publicised report out today that claimed Western Australia will need 10,700 more operational workers in the mining sector by 2024 appears to be misleading, according to a review by Business News.
Business News has updated its listing of WA's biggest mining projects to reflect the downturn in lithium, the dearth of new gold mines and the increasing dominance of iron ore.
Monadelphous has secured a $60 million contract for work on Rio Tinto's Pilbara rail network, the latest of a string major contracts it has received from the mining giant.
Twelve big companies have pledged to lift their indigenous procurement to 3 per cent of their annual spend, seeking to match targets the federal and state governments have already set for their own agencies.
A buy-back scheme for Port Hedland property owners adversely affected by iron ore export-related dust is expected to be in place within the next six months, with the costs of the scheme to be borne by mining giants BHP, Fortescue Metals Group and Roy Hill Holdings.
Shares in Australia's big three iron ore miners have broadly stabilised today after suffering big falls in recent trading sessions, in line with a dramatic collapse in the iron ore price, which is down more than $US23 per tonne since its peak last month.
Monadelphous has announced about $150 million of new contracts in Western Australia and Queensland, less than a week after it won a big contract on Rio Tinto's West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
Rio Tinto has awarded contracts with a combined value of more than $250 million to BGC Contracting and Monadelphous for work on its West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
Rio Tinto has reported its biggest first-half profit since 2014 and declared a bumper dividend, as red-hot iron ore prices helped offset the impact of disruptions caused by a cyclone in late March.
Sodexo Australia, one of WA's largest employers, announced a partnership with The Clontarf Foundation this morning as part of its Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan.
A series of new contracts and extensions, including an early contractor involvement arrangement with Hazer Group, has brought Primero Group's forecasted FY19 revenue to approximately $150 million.
Rio Tinto shares are subdued in early trade after the mining giant flagged a scheduling blowout at its Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia that could cost it an extra $2.7 billion.
WA's major theatre company has reported a sharp fall in box office sales for the fourth year in succession, along with a small operating surplus, with a big donation from Minderoo Foundation helping to bolster its financial position.
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Fortescue Metals Group's recent awarding of $179 million in contracts to Aboriginal businesses highlights two different approaches to indigenous development.
Rio Tinto has experienced iron ore mine operational problems, particularly in its Greater Brockman hub in the Pilbara, causing the mining giant to cut its shipments forecast for the second time in around two months.
Premier Mark McGowan announced this morning that South Metropolitan TAFE will begin offering automation courses from semester two, 2019, the first of such nationally recognised qualifications available in Australia.
More than 1,300 people attended a National Reconciliation Week breakfast this morning in Perth and heard newly installed minister Ken Wyatt deliver a positive message about progress to date and urge optimism and trust for the future.
Woodside Petroleum, Curtin University, Lendlease and Qantas are among a raft of prominent organisations to join the country's big miners, major law firms and finance businesses in pledging support for the politically contentious Uluru statement.
