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Japanese investors Mitsui and Itochu have each acquired a stake in BHP's Ministers North iron ore deposit in the Pilbara, keeping with their investments in the Big Australian's assets.

BHP claims the benefits of $300 million solar farm and a battery system in the Pilbara will be realised through a larger renewables plan, amid outcry over the project's scrapping.

BHP has reached a $110 million settlement with shareholders who alleged it did not meet its market disclosure obligations in relation to the Samarco mine collapse almost a decade ago.

The fast-growing sector expanded by 27 per cent last year, underpinned by contracts with big mining companies, research by Business News has found.

MAC Copper’s shareholders have overwhelmingly backed a deal that’s set to create one of Australia’s largest copper producers.The ASX-lister asked shareholders to pass the verdi

A Pilbara pastoralist is having to drill deeper to find water on his station which the state government draws from to supply Port Hedland.

US President Donald Trump has met with BHP and Rio Tinto's leaders in Washington after an eleventh-hour appeal delayed their Arizona copper mine.

An upsized profit and record production at BHP's MAC iron ore camp weren't enough to avoid a dividend haircut.

Kerry Stokes' warning the Pilbara would "not exist" if current laws existed in the 1960s has been batted away by resources and political leaders at the billionaires' own industry event.

Mining giant BHP is focusing on copper as its key growth commodity but is continuing to invest in its WA iron ore business, with a $US900 million project announced today.

St Vincent de Paul Society Western Australia (Vinnies WA) has announced the appointment of Ann Curran as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately.

A Queensland company backed by some of Australia's largest miners has secured a $9m grant to support development of a charging technology for battery-electric mining trucks.

BHP's local iron ore boss Tim Day has been named the new president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA, while the lobby group still searches for a new chief executive.

Rio Tinto will lay out an eight-decade project roadmap making clear its intentions in the Pilbara to appease cultural and environmental concerns, and ease regulatory delays.

OPINION: Mining giant has some tricky calls to make in its pursuit of opportunities to mine the ‘devil's copper'.

BHP's Pilbara mines have delivered another strong year for the big Australian, but cost blowouts and supply are hampering its efforts to become a force in fertiliser.

The Prime Minister and Australia's top miners joined Chinese steel giants in Shanghai to defend iron ore trade and drive steel decarbonisation.

Mining giant BHP has extended its relationship with Australia's largest family-owned drilling contractor via acquisition of three of its latest rigs.

Mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto are bracing for a new 50 per cent tariff on copper imports.

Union figures have warned a decision against BHP in Queensland will have ramifications for Australian mining, after a win which will cost the miner millions in wages.

The first ammonia-powered iron ore bulk carriers could set sail for the Pilbara within three years under a deal signed on Thursday between BHP and one of its shipping partners.

2024 was a difficult year for most major mining companies – except those focused on gold.

Miners have been warned Pilbara infrastructure will need to be re-engineered to account for increasing frequency and severity of storms.

WA is under pressure from other nations wanting to replicate the state's iron ore success story, BHP's Tim Day says, though he is confident Simandou is no Pilbara killer.

Designing and building its own equipment has been a critical part of Wallis Drilling's 60-year story.

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.

Fortescue has won the race to be the first iron ore miner to bring a battery-electric train to the Pilbara.

The state's ability to decarbonise hinges on the development of power transmission networks.

BHP will demolish the new accommodation wing of a historic portside Port Hedland hotel which the miner purchased in 2018.

A mining sector forum has tackled issues ranging from negative policy settings to lack of understanding about the sector's contribution.

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.

Mining heavyweight BHP will demolish Port Hedland's historic Pier Hotel – often referred to as the world's toughest pub – in favour of a public park.

BHP chief executive Mike Henry has warned of the possibly significant implications of a fragmented trading environment but says the company has largely been unscathed by the tariffs rollout.

Nonogenerian Arnold Carter is among the last people who remember Port Hedland before iron ore. His business journey has taken him from filling Lang Hancock's plane to championing the town's history.

TransAlta has gained backing for its proposed 150-megawatt Mt Keith gas power plant, but it is unclear when the project will proceed, given the shutdown of BHP's nickel operations.

Despite the development hype around green projects, the pipeline of traditional resources developments shows mining is still king.

OPINION: Investors are voting with their wallets with big spending agendas in the Pilbara

Rio Tinto is strongly defending its dual listing as an activist shareholder attempts to push the board to follow industry peer BHP in dropping its London listing in favour of the ASX.

WA's peak mining lobby group has welcomed a $750 million commitment for green metals projects, announced by Anthony Albanese during a visit to Perth today.

The push by unions to lift their influence in the Pilbara has taken another step forward after a vote by workers at a Rio Tinto mine site.