News Articles for Rio Tinto

Japan and Australia are officially even better friends, with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and visiting Japanese PM Shinzo Abe swapping compliments at an official dinner in Perth last night.

Tempo Australia has been awarded a $13.4 million contract for engineering and construction work at Rio Tinto's Cape Lambert port expansion in the Pilbara.

A good few months of deal flow is offering hope for a better year.

Decmil Group has won a $26 million contract for the non-process infrastructure at Rio Tinto's Cape Lambert port B project in the Pilbara.

Western Australia-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has won a $25 million contract with BHP Billiton Iron Ore for electrical and instrumentation works at the Yarnima power station near Newman.

When it comes to mobile roaming, there's no place like home for Norwood Systems.

OTOC Australia has been awarded a $3 million contract with NRW for the mine process plant in-ground services at the Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara.

A slowing demand for surveying services has not stopped CADS Survey from pursuing growth by the adoption of innovative technologies, entering new markets and expanding its capabilities.

Giving managers responsibility for making decisions relevant to their sections is crucial at marine services business TAMS Group, which has steadily added new capabilities and staff to differentiate itself as a full service provider in a market full of specialists.

The collapse of Forge Group has opened up new opportunities for engineering contractor Clough, which has won a design and procurement contract for a power station that was previously awarded to Forge.

Former Rio Tinto executive Bob Vassie has today been announced as the incoming managing director of ASX-listed gold miner St Barbara.

How do you teach people to drive a driverless truck?

Perth civil and construction company Whittens has signed a $25 million contract with NRW for concrete works at the Roy Hill mine site in WA's Pilbara region.

US-listed geospatial technology giant Trimble has acquired Perth-based information-management firm Mining Information Systems.

SPECIAL REPORT: Power and influence in WA is adjusting to a new order after the boom.

Western Australia's inaugural Telstra Business Woman of the Year says professional women still encounter many of the same barriers today as they did two decades ago.

The big growth in WA's iron ore industry means it accounts for more than half of all jobs in the state's mining sector.

The slump in the price of iron-ore to near 20-month lows has failed to halt the development of assets in Australia and overseas, despite ongoing cost cutting across the sector.

BGC Contracting has joined forces with Western Australian business FIFO Families to offer its 2,000 fly-in, fly-out workers and their families access to extra support.

SPECIAL REPORT: The disability sector may have no choice but to heed calls for mergers if the National Disability Insurance Scheme comes to WA.

Western Australia's nickel miners are celebrating a classic supply-side surprise, which has driven the price of their metal sharply higher; but the same Indonesian government ban on the export of unprocessed nickel ore could soon do the same way for another WA specialty – bauxite.

SPECIAL REPORT: Law firms are having to adapt as more businesses build in-house legal teams and squeeze billing rates.

Brierty continued its recent run of good news today, with the awarding of a $27 million contract by Main Roads WA.

Leighton Holdings subsidiary John Holland has been awarded a $100 million contract to deliver mine infrastructure for Rio Tinto in the Pilbara.

Accounting giant EY is understood to be close to finalising negotiations on a new lease at the six-storey EY Building on Mounts Bay Road, after coming up empty in its search for a new home.

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.

Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group has been awarded a series of new maintenance services contracts and contract extensions worth $140 million.

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.

Oakajee is being rejuvenated not so much as a mining project but more as an infrastructure play.

Can a ‘hackathon' help innovation in the mining industry? Perth is about to find out.

Taking a methodical approach to infrastructure planning helps build strong foundations.

Argentinian-born agricultural tycoon John Kahlbetzer has purchased a 5 per cent stake in Subiaco-based Lucapa Diamond Company.

Contractors Brierty and Tempo Australia have each been awarded separate multi-million dollar contracts to complete works in the Pilbara.

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.

Veteran Perth mining services executive Richard (Dick) Wright has passed away after more than 40 years of managing major projects.

Having secured funding for her Roy Hill mine, Gina Rinehart's fortunes will soon rely on something she can't control – the iron ore price.