North-West

An Aboriginal joint venture project has been shortlisted by the state government as a fix to Port Hedland's water supply constraints.

An Aboriginal-owned sea cucumber processor in Denham puts a cosmetic twist on Australia's oldest trade.

Rio Tinto, BHP, and Fortescue are finding different roadblocks and workarounds in efforts to decarbonise their Pilbara mines.

Work to build the first solar farm under a traditional owner-backed three-gigawatt renewable energy plan has begun.

The flexible design of a large modular camp on the outskirts of Karratha could lend itself to townhouse living.

Fortescue expects to be running its Pilbara mining network on green energy by 2028, netting the miner a predicted cost saving of up to $US800 million.

Taiwanese expats Ginger and Steven Lo invested in Karratha's cafe scene as others upped stumps.

The North West's importance to Australia's economy places the region in a uniquely powerful position.

North West business owners and residents have had little reprieve from rising insurance costs.

Finmec has traversed a boom-and-bust economy to emerge as a healthy, growing business that gives back to its community.

The Ord has been ripe with crop experimentation to make use of its vast water resource since the 1960s.

The University of Western Australia is considering establishing a tertiary education and research campus in Karratha.

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Stakeholders are moving ahead with a plan to make the Pilbara ground zero for clean maritime fuels.

Nearly $10 billion worth of new projects have been added to the North West's impressive list totalling more than $300 billion.

Construction of more than $30 billion of rail linking the North West to Perth and Queensland could unlock Australia's stranded critical minerals assets, a key resources lobby group argues.

Gascoyne growers are bracing for flooding from the region's namesake river after being battered by severe winds and rain from Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Traditional owners will gain control of land once earmarked for a major gas plant north of Broome as the state government seeks to clean up a legacy issue.

A lack of fuel has forced organisers to can an annual traditional owner-led festival in Karijini National Park.

Salt harvester Leichhardt has applied to double the size of the Lake MacLeod operation near Carnarvon which it bought from Rio Tinto.

One of Western Australia's most remote bowsers is now also its cheapest, offering diesel at a discount of more than 50 cents per litre compared to Perth outlets.

Several prefabricated housing and workforce projects are injecting sorely-needed housing and accommodation stock into Karratha.

Strong profits from Civeo's Australian workforce camps have offset a soft year back home in north America for the global facility services provider.

Fortescue has broken ground on what will become Western Australia's largest solar farm at its Solomon mining hub in the Pilbara.

A Pilbara traditional owner group is hoping to foster relationships with users of Pilbara iron ore to gain better involvement in decision-making.

Norwegian fertiliser giant Yara has joined a group of industry and government stakeholders pushing plans for an ammonia ship refuelling hub in the Pilbara.

The state government will fund half of a $1.1 billion Rio Tinto desalination plant in Dampier built to reduce pressure on groundwater sources.

A monitor has been appointed to the Town of Port Hedland one month before an election is held to reinstate a council at the trouble-plagued jurisdiction.

A former executive bureaucrat has been found to have been unfairly dismissed from a Pilbara local government by the state's employment arbiter.

Fortescue's largest proposed Pilbara renewable energy project has been submitted to the state's environmental watchdog for approval.

Maroomba Airlines has won a contract to fly staff to and from the Onslow Marine Support base in the Pilbara.

A $21.4 million early learning centre will be built in Derby through a funding deal inked with the state and federal governments, and Minderoo Foundation.