The $1.4 billion joint bid by Baosteel and Aurizon for control of Perth-based Aquila Resources marks a new wave of Chinese investment interest in WA's iron ore.
Indigenous businesses are pushing for an increased emphasis on making the sector more sustainable in the wake of another significant native title settlement.
Brierty and three Aboriginal contracting firms have won a $300 million contract with Rio Tinto to complete mining and civil works on a project in the Pilbara.
Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski and Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Andrew Harding have joined some of Australia's top business leaders in being honoured by the American Australian Association.
Engineering and construction contractor Civmec opened its $20 million office at its headquarters in Henderson today as the company prepares to expand its workforce by 30 per cent.
The owners of the Karara iron ore project have transfered Gindalbie Metals boss Dale Harris to a chief executive role at Karara Mining, in an apparent bid to bring the trouble-plagued project back on track.
The Western Australian Museum Foundation is in the final stages of establishing governance and investment structures to support what it hopes will be the largest cultural endowment fund in Australia.
Gina Rinehart has virtually ensured her family's long-held dream of operating its own iron ore mine, securing final funding for her massive Roy Hill project.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has secured another two contracts with mining giant Rio Tinto, taking the total value of work it has secured at Rio projects this year to $100 million.
International engineering and construction company Laing O'Rourke has won a contract valued at more than $200 million for work on the Roy Hill iron ore project.
Never has the KISS management principle (keep it simple, stupid) been better demonstrated than in the dreadful condition of Western Australia's mineral processing sector, where crisis is piling on crisis.
The state's two biggest mining companies have downplayed the recent dive in the iron ore price, insisting the outlook is still positive despite analysts tipping a continued fall to around $US80 per tonne.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has been awarded a $40 million contract for further electrical and instrumentation works at Rio Tinto's Cape Lambert Port B project.
A joint venture between Viento Group and indigenous business Koodaideri has been awarded a $5 million road maintenance contract at Rio Tinto's Nammuldi below watertable project.
Western Australia has reclaimed its position at centre stage in the money world, not because it is sucking in development capital but more so because it has become a global cash cow.
Contractor Brierty has posted a 19 per cent half-year profit reduction as increased competition in the company's civil construction division squeezed its margins.
The failure of construction company Forge Group has forced Roy Hill's major contractor, Samsung C&T, to consider alternative ways to continue work on the iron ore project, including the possibi
Perth-based mining services provider Calibre Group has been awarded a $22 million contract to provide management services for the brownfields expansion of Rio Tinto's West Angelas iron ore mine in the State's north west.
Atlas Iron managing director Ken Brinsden told a business forum in Perth today the big mining houses' practice of locking-up resources in the Pilbara was depriving smaller miners of development opp
The state government is calling for extra private investment at the port of Dampier, following a major new development at the port by QUBE Holdings and a call for private development of new facilities at Fremantle.
Iron ore miners in the Pilbara are on track to reach production and shipping targets, despite bad weather hampering operations and affecting some December quarter results.
Plans for a major industrial hub at Forrestdale are gathering momentum, with planning approvals granted and manufacturing giant Hitachi preparing to start construction on a new $100 million headquarters.
