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BHP will seek to overturn a requirement for workers to be asked if they want to work public holidays before they are rostered on.

Toro Energy says high-confidence laboratory results confirming massive nickel sulphides at its Dimma discovery in Western Australia's Goldfields region are double the thickness previously modelled on x-ray fluorescence scoping data. Previously thought to be 2.4m thick, Toro says it now has 4.31m of massive and semi-massive nickel-sulphide grading 1.37 per cent nickel, 0.13 per cent copper and 0.539g/t tonne platinum and palladium from 332m.

Mining giant BHP has awarded an $8 million contract to car hire company Cedrent Enterprises, partly owned by the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation in the Pilbara.

Jack McGinn and Claire Tyrrell discuss modular home development in Western Australia.

A $65 million proposal to expand to BHP's Port Haven Village accommodation in a bid to house more than 450 workers in Port Hedland has been approved.

Mincor Resources is seeking a waiver from major customer BHP after failing to meet terms under a purchasing agreement, with discussions likely to continue through to next week.

SRG Global has won $65 million worth of work after its Bugarrba Aboriginal joint venture secured a contract from BHP and it won two contracts in Queensland.

BHP boss Mike Henry says the federal government made the right choice to not provide a ‘sugar hit' subsidy towards critical minerals but has been less complimentary regarding industrial relations changes.

BHP is planning to install up to 500 megawatts of green energy in the Pilbara so it can switch its haul trucks from diesel to batteries.

ESG software provider K2fly will continue to supply mining behemoth BHP with its “ground disturbance” solution for another three years after the “Big Australian” agreed to a contract extension. Management says the new deal will generate annual recurring revenue of $664,000 and has a total contract value of $1.99 million. The deal will cover the global miner's iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has secured a pipeline of contracts valued at $120 million from Rio Tinto, BHP and South32.

Indigenous business leaders have shared their stories and set an agenda to achieve more progress in the fast-growing sector.

Mining giant BHP has revealed nearly 30,000 current and former staff have lost leave and pay entitlements over the past 13 years in one of Australia's largest case of employee underpayment.

Geochemical sampling has confirmed massive nickel-sulphides at ASX-listed Toro Energy's Jumping Jack discovery, which is part of its wholly-owned Dusty nickel project in Western Australia's northern Goldfields. Toro's 10,000m drilling program has continued this year at Dusty, which now boasts four massive nickel-sulphides discoveries and sits just 50km east of BHP's world-class Mt Keith open-pit nickel operation.

WA's north-west generates enormous wealth for the country but not so much for local communities.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has topped long-time market leader Fortescue Metals Group as the biggest supporter of Indigenous businesses in WA, data compiled by Business News shows.

Tony Burke says it's unbelievable mining giant BHP has already put a dollar figure on what same job, same pay laws would cost before the legislation is written.

BHP has referred a proposal for four iron ore deposits to sustain output from its linchpin Newman hub to the state's environmental regulator.

Employment law changes proposed under the federal government's Same Job, Same Pay initiative would cost BHP's Australian operations as much as $1.3 billion per year, the company has revealed.

WA produces a diverse array of minerals, yet one commodity dominates the sector.

The malfeasance and missteps of the 1980s and 1990s have been ironed out as the economic wheels turn.

Questions are being asked about the future of WA's gas supplies amid increasing pressure on emissions.

BHP has laid out plans to bring together the copper assets it bought from OZ Minerals with its existing mines to boost Australia's share of the global market.

The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.

Takeover target Mincor Resources could be delisted from the ASX if Wyloo Metals does not achieve the 90 per cent stake needed for a compulsory acquisition.

A $61.4 million hospital has officially opened in the Pilbara, offering a one-stop-shop for emergency and medical treatments to the Newman community.

Alinta Energy has appointed two contractors to build its $180 million solar battery project in Port Hedland while continuing to assess a big sell-down of its WA operations.

Support for constitutional change is firming in business and political circles despite hesitancy in some quarters to take a stance on the issue.

A short-term tourist development in South Hedland has cleared a planning hurdle and joins the list of projects aiming to provide more accommodation options in the Pilbara.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie and Jordan Murray discuss Philip Lowe's show of courage and Bill Johnston's openness to the possible sale of Gold Corporation.

Wyloo Metals has gained control of Mincor Resources after the Andrew Forrest-led company secured majority voting power.

Woodside Energy has cited lower prices and maintenance activities for its opening revenue falling 16 per cent below the previous quarter's result.

BHP has delivered record iron ore production for a March quarter but will cut guidance for Nickel West, blaming bad weather and off-specification product from supplier Mincor Resources.

BHP has cleared the last hurdle to acquire OZ Minerals after securing final approvals for the $9.6 billion takeover.

Bellevue Gold is set to join the list of top 200 ASX companies replacing takeover target OZ Minerals.

GR Engineering has won $312 million worth of work from OZ Minerals a day after shareholders approved BHP's $9.6 billion takeover of the company.

Our annual update of WA's 50 most influential people analyses those using their role and profile to make a difference.

Takeover target Mincor Resources has withdrawn its full-year nickel production guidance after customer BHP refused to alter its contract to accept lower quality ore.

CIMIC Group subsidiary CPB Contractors has locked in $105 million worth of work at BHP Nickel West's Mt Keith project in the northern Goldfields.

Port city transitions are decades in the making.