Local indigenous business Redspear Safety has won a contract to supply lifting and rigging equipment across all Fortescue Metals Group operational sites, for an undisclosed sum.
OPINION: Iron ore miners Andrew Forrest and Gina Rinehart, Western Australia's two richest people, are taking a different approach to growing their other major business interest – beef production.
Iron ore miners Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group have announced initiatives designed to assist local suppliers, with Rio establishing a dedicated procurement team and FMG shortening payment terms.
Women account for just 8.7 per cent of board positions at the top 100 Western Australian companies listed on the ASX, a report by the Committee for Perth has found.
Mining services company Ausdrill has expanded its partnership with Hockey Australia, while AGL Energy has sponsored the West Coast Eagles as it seeks to lift its profile ahead of its planned entry to the Western Australian gas market.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has made a sluggish start to the year, with first-quarter shipments and production of iron ore affected by bad weather in Western Australia.
Offshore oil & gas: Woodside Petroleum's February launch of a new supply ship that can use liquefied natural gas as a fuel is an early move in what could be a larger focus on driving new market demand.
The prime minister has challenged newly elected Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan to convince his fellow Labor leaders in other states to change the GST carve-up.
Iron ore dust in Port Hedland has cost the local economy around $60 million per annum, with an additional $216 million in one-off capital costs, according to a report released today commisoned by a local hotel opposing further expansion of BHP Billiton's port operations.
Fortescue Metals Group has risen into the ranks of the top 50 most valuable companies on the Australian share market thanks to soaring iron ore prices which have nearly quadrupled the miner's half-year profit and stoked investor demand.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has denied media reports stating it had lodged a $1 billion-plus offer for Wesfarmers' Curragh coal mine in Queensland.
Perth-based Monadelphous Group has received a number of contracts with multiple clients including Fortescue Metals Group, BHP Billiton and Chevron, with the work worth a combined $120 million.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has joined larger rival BHP Billiton in forecasting a near-term moderation in iron ore prices, downplaying the rally that has helped it boost profits and lift shareholder payouts.
Indigenous Construction Resource Group has diversified its business by purchasing consulting group NANA Australia, the local offshoot of a giant Alaskan native corporation.
Indigenous contractor Guma ICRG has won two contract extensions for work on Fortescue Metals Group's rail line and roads infrastructure in the Pilbara for an undisclosed sum.
Prominent Western Australian business and government leaders, including Nev Power and Dale Alcock, will hit the streets this week to sell The Big Issue magazine as part of the not-for-profit organisation's annual awareness campaign.
Fortescue Metals Group looks set to achieve its full-year guidance after outlining steady iron ore shipments and further cost cuts in the December quarter.
Nev Power has remembered Peter Lynch as a great mate, a beloved father of three and a respected member of the mining and aviation communities after the recent Fortescue Metals Group recruit was killed when his sea plane crashed into the Swan River yesterday.
A final investment decision on the state's next major greenfields iron ore project could come as early as next year, after Balla Balla Infrastructure Group today signed a state agreement with the government for a new transhipment port and rail facility in the Pilbara.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has named non-executive director and former Helloworld and Heytesbury executive, Elizabeth Gaines, as its new chief financial officer.
An improved performance by some of the state's miners boosted the Business News index of listed Western Australian companies, the BN30, to finish almost 19 per cent higher over the year (2016).
Fortescue Metals Group said today its proposed joint venture with larger Brazilian miner Vale, for blending their iron ore at key Chinese ports, could fall over.
A proposal to roughly double the royalties paid by the state's two biggest iron ore miners was divisive and could set a dangerous precedent for fixing budget issues, Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Nev Power told this morning's Business News Success & Leadership breakfast.
Fortescue Metals Group has recognised the family of chairman Andrew Forrest by naming four new very large ore carrier (VLOC) vessels after his wife and children.
SPECIAL REPORT: When Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest received his most recent dividend cheque from the company, it brought the total paid out to entities he controls during the past five years to nearly $600 million.
SPECIAL REPORT: Some of WA's top company directors have achieved extraordinary gains in their wealth over the past year, and while most held onto their shares, a group of 11 reaped more than $180 million from share sales.
Pilbara Minerals has further bolstered its board with the appointment of Fortescue Metals Group director of operations Nick Cernotta as an independent non-executive director.
The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval of Fortescue Metals Group's proposed extension plans at its Solomon iron ore operations near Tom Price, subject to a number of strict conditions.
SPECIAL REPORT: The detailed reporting of remuneration by listed companies means it should be easy to determine the state's best-paid chief executive, but the reality is more complicated.
ANALYSIS: Green shoots are popping up in WA as improved conditions for iron ore and gold, and strong prospects for the upcoming crop harvest, offer sources for optimism.
Fortescue Metals Group has signed a $US473 million ($A626 million) financing agreement with a unit of China Development Bank to fund the ongoing construction of eight very large ore carriers (VLOC).
