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Rio Tinto and Karratha's traditional owners have proposed to build a solar farm to power the mining giant's port and rail operations.

ANALYSIS: When Mark McGowan launched the $750 million Resources Community Investment Initiative more than 18 months ago, nobody expected an upgrade of Paraburdoo hospital would be its inaugural project.

A tender to redevelop medical facilities in Paraburdoo and Tom Price is expected to be released next month, with the projects set to be delivered under a state government initiative.

Engineering consultant GHD has won a contract to carry out preliminary engineering on a shared-use power transmission network designed to support the Pilbara's decarbonisation.

Rio Tinto has increased its stake in Perth-based Sovereign Metals to 19.76 per cent, becoming the company's largest shareholder.

Rio Tinto and Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation are in advanced discussions for a green energy plant to help meet the mining giant's decarbonisation needs.

ASX-listed K2fly's cloud-based software solution that audits mineral inventories has attracted as new customer, with Canadian company Lundin Mining committing to a new three-year, $661,000 agreement. The deal – which has an annual recurring revenue value of $180,000 – will provide Lundin with a total mineral resource governance solution to be delivered at the corporate level, covering all of the company's material reporting sites.

Mining software provider K2fly's shares hiked 85 per cent today after revelations emerged that the company is set to be taken over by globally-renowned, technology-focused investment firm Accel-KKR. Under the binding scheme implementation deed signed by the two companies, K2fly shareholders will be entitled to receive 19c per share – representing a massive 90 per cent premium on the company's previous closing price of 10c.

Tradition and history are strong motivators driving the state's WAFL clubs, which are exploring new revenue streams and shoring up supporter engagement.

A tender to build a clean energy research centre in the Pilbara has been put to the market by the state government.

SRG Global has booked $125 million worth of contracts with existing clients across Australia.

Rio Tinto will spend $215 million scaling up a low-carbon iron-making project using Pilbara iron ore and biomass produced in Western Australia.

A class action investigation has been launched into Rio Tinto, exploring whether the company should be liable for sexual harrasment and discrimination alleged to have taken place at its minesites.

Iron ore rivals Rio Tinto and BHP will partner up on the development of battery-electric haul trucks in the Pilbara, while Fortescue is pushing along with its hydrogen haulage ambitions.

London-headquartered iron ore developer Alien Metals has flagged this year to start building its tiny iron mine in the Pilbara.

New financial reports show a handful of Aboriginal groups gaining more income from mining royalties but others going backwards, while the sector as a whole remains the poor cousin.

Engineering company Monadelphous has won a series of new resources sector-based contracts worth $120 million.

The boss of a rapidly expanding Western Australian regional airline wants to unlock Broome's potential as a home for the Pilbara's fly-in, fly-out miners.

Rio Tinto says it is investigating after an autonomous train derailed 80km out of Karratha overnight.

White Cliff Minerals is ready to scratch into the surface at Canada's Great Bear Lake after securing Federal Government approval for all of the licences at its Radium Point uranium-copper-gold-silver project. The company's total project tenure at the Northwest Territories site encloses 2900 square kilometres of the Great Bear magmatic zone that is known for its iron oxide-copper-gold and uranium potential.

Shares in Caravel Minerals rose by 12 per cent on Thursday morning, following news the Subiaco-based explorer had submitted its environmental review document for the Caravel copper project to the Environmental Protection Authority.

Doubts over the direction of the iron ore price have fostered talk of lean times ahead for the industry.

Mining software provider K2fly has recorded a remarkable 15 straight quarters of annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth, which it says has been driven by contract renewals from two major clients. According to its March quarterly report, the company delivered an ARR of $8.3 million in the first three months of the calendar year, representing a 19 per cent increase compared to the previous corresponding period.

Leadership WA has reconnected with its founding funder Rio Tinto, announcing a three-year partnership valued at $150,000.

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Strickland Metals has entered the lucrative Serbian gold game after acquiring the Rogozna project that already boasts a whopping resource of 5.44 million JORC-compliant ounces of gold equivalent. The company says advanced exploration targets at Rogozna offer near-term growth, with diamond drilling outside of the existing resource going as high as a staggering 352m at 2.1 grams per tonne gold equivalent from 240m.

Mining major Rio Tinto has recorded a slight drop in Pilbara iron ore shipments and production citing weather disruptions but has stuck by guidance forecasts.

A Pilbara engineering company has taken Civmec to court over an alleged failure to pay for the work done at Rio Tinto's Paraburdoo Western Range mine.

WA's largest iron ore miner boosted spend on Indigenous businesses by 35 per cent in 2023 as part of an $8.8 billion outlay across the state.

Developers of Guinea's giant Simandou iron ore mine have agreed to a $US15 billion finance deal to kickstart development of what could one day become the world's largest mine.

Premier Roger Cook hopes a $7.2 million spend to attract a UK startup accelerator to Perth will help the state diversify its economy by fostering expertise in biodiversity technology.

Mining giant Rio Tinto will spend $9.5 million over six years on a new Pilbara traditional owner program to create jobs through preservation and protection of culture.

An Indigenous-backed clean energy project targeting offtake deals with the Pilbara's major resources firms has gained a crucial land-use deal to progress the $1 billion first stage.

Rio Tinto has announced it will manage rehabilitation of the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory on behalf of subsidiary Energy Resources Australia, which counts Perth-based company Packer & Co as a 9.32 per cent minority shareholder.

A Pilbara local government could subsidise housing developments in a fresh attempt to solve a crippling accommodation shortage in the booming town.

Iron ore miner Rio Tinto has chipped in $10 million towards the Shire of Ashburton's sports oval development project in Tom Price.

The next three weeks will be crucial to iron ore's fortunes as cash-strapped Chinese steel mills grapple with tight profit margins and a contracting domestic property sector.

Experienced mining executive Greg Lilleyman has been appointed Caravel Minerals' strategic board adviser.

Kewdale-based PWR has acquired South West Fire Unit Fabrications in Collie in a deal that is understood to be valued at more than $4 million.

An Aboriginal charity that was paid $47 million in mining royalties last year could find itself out of pocket after BHP concluded it had paid too much over an extended period.