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BHP says big miners' profits will not survive if they simply pay lip service to the social and environmental toll of resource extraction, with the "social value" of a business decision increasingly important to a company's long-term future.

Perth Glory's men's and women's sides will have a distinctive new look for the 2019-20 A-League and W-League seasons, with Australia's biggest miner, BHP, taking over from QBE as the club's principal sponsor.

Eddy Haegel has made a career breathing new life into struggling assets at BHP, including the revival of the mining giant's nickel business; sharing his story at a Business News breakfast today, he was also bullish about the potential to develop more downstream processing of battery minerals in WA.

AusGroup has been awarded two major contracts, one of which is valued at $6 million for further work on BHP's South Flank iron ore project.

BHP has been fined after failing to ensure road access to one of its mine sites was safe, causing injury to a fuel delivery driver.

WA's resources industry has business and community benefits that reach far beyond the export dollars they earn.

A widely publicised report out today that claimed Western Australia will need 10,700 more operational workers in the mining sector by 2024 appears to be misleading, according to a review by Business News.

Alaska is a long way from Western Australia, but what's just happened in the oil industry there could have a significant effect on plans to expand this state's liquefied natural gas industry.

The restart of the Ravensthorpe nickel project has officially commenced amid surging prices of the commodity, as owner First Quantum Minerals launched a recruitment drive to fill at least 350 direct roles at the mine.

Business News has updated its listing of WA's biggest mining projects to reflect the downturn in lithium, the dearth of new gold mines and the increasing dominance of iron ore.

BHP has announced a record final dividend of 78 US cents a share but the global miner's underlying profit has narrowly fallen short of expectations.

The official opening of BHP's upgraded Mulla Mulla village in the Pilbara today adds a key component to the company's strategy for attracting workers to its iron ore projects.

Twelve big companies have pledged to lift their indigenous procurement to 3 per cent of their annual spend, seeking to match targets the federal and state governments have already set for their own agencies.

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A buy-back scheme for Port Hedland property owners adversely affected by iron ore export-related dust is expected to be in place within the next six months, with the costs of the scheme to be borne by mining giants BHP, Fortescue Metals Group and Roy Hill Holdings.

Shares in Australia's big three iron ore miners have broadly stabilised today after suffering big falls in recent trading sessions, in line with a dramatic collapse in the iron ore price, which is

Woodside Petroleum has awarded a contract to Netherlands-based Boskalis to undertake seabed intervention and shore crossing works for the proposed Scarborough export gas pipeline.

Ahead of National Science Week, Martin Van Kranendonk spoke to Business News about what WA's stromatolites can reveal about our universe.

Sodexo Australia, one of WA's largest employers, announced a partnership with The Clontarf Foundation this morning as part of its Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan.

At least three institutional investors in Australia are pushing for global miner BHP to consider external candidates to replace Andrew Mackenzie as new CEO, sources with direct knowledge of the matter say.

The port of Port Hedland recorded a fall in iron ore exports for the 2019 fiscal year, with its major customer BHP today disclosing a decline in its annual production

BHP has reported a 1.0 per cent drop in fourth-quarter iron ore production, hurt by a tropical cyclone in Western Australia that disrupted production and exports.

The Chamber of Minerals & Energy of Western Australia has welcomed a major environmental move by the state government today that will slash approval times for BHP's Pilbara iron ore developments by up to half.

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Fortescue Metals Group's recent awarding of $179 million in contracts to Aboriginal businesses highlights two different approaches to indigenous development.

The Western Australian government has brokered a $250 million settlement with BHP over a royalties dispute.

Premier Mark McGowan announced this morning that South Metropolitan TAFE will begin offering automation courses from semester two, 2019, the first of such nationally recognised qualifications available in Australia.

More than 1,300 people attended a National Reconciliation Week breakfast this morning in Perth and heard newly installed minister Ken Wyatt deliver a positive message about progress to date and urge optimism and trust for the future.

Woodside Petroleum, Curtin University, Lendlease and Qantas are among a raft of prominent organisations to join the country's big miners, major law firms and finance businesses in pledging support for the politically contentious Uluru statement.

BHP Group is looking to add more oil, copper, and nickel resources to its portfolio, while souring on energy coal because it thinks the fossil fuel will be phased out, "potentially sooner than expected".

High-level iron ore, lithium and gold projects set pace for more than 50 developments in fresh commodities boom.

Civmec has reported a sharp fall in quarterly profit to $141,000 after accounting for cost overruns on projects but has also reported strong growth in its order book.

BHP Group will retain its Nickel West business, with a potential expansion of the company's WA nickel operations likely to generate a higher return, with higher risk, than the Scarborough LNG development.

Mining icon Sir Arvi Parbo, whose achievements included concurrently chairing three of Australia's largest companies - BHP, Western Mining Corporation and Alcoa of Australia - has passed away at the age of 93.

BHP Group, the world's biggest miner, has joined rival Rio Tinto in cutting its forecast for iron ore output after a tropical cyclone, although analysts expect high prices to limit any impact on profits.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has reported a 14 per cent drop in quarterly iron ore shipments and cut its 2019 shipments estimate on disruption caused by a tropical cyclone which hit its export terminal in Western Australia last month.

Rio Tinto will invest an extra $US302 million to develop its Resolution copper project in the US state of Arizona, as it looks to expands output to meet the lucrative market for new energy vehicles.

BHP Group said today it expected its Pilbara iron ore production to be reduced by between 6 million tonnes and 8mt this year because of the impact of flooding on its rail network and Port Hedland operations..

Monadelphous has won a second contract for BHP Group's South Flank iron ore project, just over a month after it secured an $108 million contract at the site.

The replacement of the logo at the top of Perth's second tallest skyscraper has commenced, after BHP Group changed its name from BHP Billiton in November.