The environmental watchdog has backed Rio Tinto's expansion of its West Angelas iron ore operation but with conditions to mitigate impacts on Karijini National Park.
Gina Rinehart has lashed net zero as “unobtainable and expensive”, while celebrating Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto's Hope Downs 2 $2.5 billion investment call.
Iron ore giant Rio Tinto has partnered with Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance, investing millions of dollars in healthcare services in the state's North West.
Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti have been named the state's most powerful people, edging out mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest in the 2025 Power 500.
A joint venture comprising some of Australia’s largest mining and energy giants will receive $19.8 million from the federal government to aid design of an electric iron smelter in Kwinana.
Pilbara contractor Yurra has won a $66 million contract with Rio Tinto adding to a pipeline of work with Main Roads WA, Woodside and its recycling joint venture with Sims.
Rio Tinto's iron ore boss Simon Trott has brushed off suggestions he is eyeing the global chief executive role to be vacated by Jakob Stausholm, as the pair opened a new Pilbara mine today.
Simon Trott, Meg O'Neill, Nigel Satterley, and Vikas Rambal were among those invited by WA Premier Roger Cook to share their ideas to guide the state through Donald Trump's tariff policy.
PKKP Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Grant Wilson says its newly signed co-management agreement with Rio Tinto could instill positive mining change in the Pilbara.
The WA government will review parts of its Aboriginal cultural heritage protection frameworks, two years after a high-profile backflip on a failed attempt to modernise the system.
Kalgoorlie-born mining services contractor MLG Oz has secured its maiden contact with iron ore heavyweight Rio Tinto, building on its profile in the Pilbara.
Rio Tinto's global chief executive Jakob Stausholm will leave the mining giant by the end of the year, in a move which will shake up management at WA's largest iron ore producer.
Premier Roger Cook and Rio Tinto's Simon Trott have each weighed in after Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest warned China would look away from the Pilbara in pursuit of greener iron.
Rio Tinto has been selected to form a lithium-based joint venture with Chile-based Codelco, as it eyes further value across its critical minerals portfolio.
Up to seven sites in the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre area could be used for further development, including a hotel, as Rio Tinto eyes a move into the redeveloped space.
Government House official secretary Howard Gretton will lead the Western Australian team at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, having been appointed state manager at the national broadcaster.
Rio Tinto says it will spend $20 billion in the Pilbara over the next three years as the Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation questions the board on claims of underpayments and inaction.
This week's Bulls N' Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Redstone Resources, which announced a biblically deep drill hole to test for copper in WA's West Musgrave area. Anteris Technologies ran on a $9/share price target from US-based Cantor Fitzgerald's research department and Jindalee Lithium shot up on news its flagship McDermitt project had received US government backing to be listed on a strategic fast permitting framework.
Galan Lithium has announced a transformation partnership with US lithium expert Authium for a funding and offtake package that will propel its Hombre Muerto West lithium brine project toward first production. The deal includes a fully funded and operated plant to be supplied by Authium, eliminating a substantial US$41.5 million (A$65.5M) in capital expenditure for Galan.
Four cyclones across a three-month period have weighed on Rio Tinto's Western Australian iron ore shipments, with mitigation efforts expected to cost the miner around $150 million.
Mining heavyweight Rio Tinto has confirmed the shuttering of its newly acquired Mt Cattlin lithium mine is nearly complete but will continue to study a possible underground development.
Fenix Resources is yet to decide whether it will match a bid for Mark Creasy's CZR Resources before Easter, as it navigates a three-way bidding war for the Robe Mesa iron ore project.
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest has highlighted the threats facing the Pilbara's iron ore industry, calling out those trying to “take the crown" away from Western Australia.
Rio Tinto iron ore boss Simon Trott has been re-elected president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, following Wednesday's annual general meeting.
Pilbara miner Rio Tinto spent more than $10 billion with Western Australian suppliers last year as it ramped up work on its iron ore sustaining projects.
Galan Lithium has turned down a US$150 million (A$240M) cash offer from a Chinese-French combo to acquire its lithium brine projects in Argentina, labelling the proposal “opportunistic” and “undervalued”. The market responded swiftly, with Galan's shares soaring more than 50 per cent to a high of 16c per share - defying the broader ASX index and lithium market sentiment.
The first of 100 railcars built for Rio Tinto in Western Australia has rolled off the production line ready for its 1,500-kilometre journey north to the Pilbara.
