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The charities and Rio Tinto have secured a five-year partnership to support youth mental health and wellbeing in the Pilbara.

Biofuel project backers have lauded a large federal government investment into domestic processing capacity as foundational for the nascent sector.

Six years ago Nyamal woman Lynette Upton was a helper for Colours of Country. This year, she is an exhibitor at the annual art showcase.

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.

This week's appointments include Ella McNeill, Kellie Properjohn, Matthew Holcz, and Al Taylor.

Rio Tinto has named Matthew Holcz as the permanent chief executive of an expanded iron ore business, while senior executives Kellie Parker and Sinead Kaufman have lost their jobs.

Strong demand for temporary workforce accommodation in the Pilbara has driven a huge profit and dividend boost for Fleetwood Australia.

Newly minted Rio Tinto boss Simon Trott has travelled straight to Africa following the death of a worker at the company's Simandou iron ore project.

Miners which don't heed traditional owner concerns about water will face production constraints, costly infrastructure bills, and reputational damage, according to new research.

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.

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.

Unions are rallying against Rio Tinto's proposed new sick leave policy. Rio says the new deal is industry leading.

Two junior miners linked to contract mining veteran Brian Rodan have announced leadership changes today.

Rio Tinto has reported a significant fall in half-year profit after being adversely affected by the decline in iron ore prices, leading to a big cut in its dividend.

Rio Tinto will upgrade its Wickham Village accommodation in Karratha, with construction estimated to cost $16 million, and extend the operation for almost a decade.

A contract for works at Rio Tinto's Parker Point project is among more than $110 million in projects added to Monadelphous' work book.

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.

Simon Trott has paid tribute to his Pilbara iron ore team and spoke of his excitement to lead one of the world's largest miners from a C-suite 15,000 kilometres away from his childhood home.

Trigg Minerals has tapped a Washington lobbying firm to shore up government support for its Utah antimony project.

Iron ore production from Rio Tinto's Pilbara mines reached near-record levels after the miner's exports were curtailed by flooding at the start of the year.

Kerman Contracting has won a $170 million contract to design and build non-process infrastructure at Rio Tinto's Hope Downs 2 mine.

Simon Trott has been appointed chief executive of Rio Tinto's global mining operations.

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

Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation has submitted environmental approval plans for a giant wind farm and solar farm just south of Karratha - its second such project in the Pilbara.

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

A British-owned explorer hopes to add some extra icing to its Pilbara iron ore project as it tries to woo one of its giant neighbours to unlock the deposit.

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

Perth Festival's Nathan Bennett will be stepping down to become chief executive of World Masters Games Perth 2029 early next year, an international multi-sport competition is held every four years

Days before the opening of Rio Tinto's $3.1 billion Western Range iron ore mine, one commodity pricing agency announced a bold change to its reporting metrics.

Neometals, through its partnership with mining services heavyweight Mineral Resources, has inked an agreement with mining giant Rio Tinto to advance its patented lithium processing technology – the ELi process. The company's 70:30 joint venture Reed Advanced Materials has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Rio subsidiary Livent USA to explore the commercialisation of its proprietary process to convert lithium feedstock into high-purity lithium hydroxide monohydrate.

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

The environmental watchdog has backed Rio Tinto's expansion of its West Angelas iron ore operation but with conditions to mitigate impacts on Karijini National Park.

Gina Rinehart has lashed net zero as “unobtainable and expensive”, while celebrating Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto's Hope Downs 2 $2.5 billion investment call.

Iron ore giant Rio Tinto has partnered with Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance, investing millions of dollars in healthcare services in the state's North West.

Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting will invest $2.47 billion into the development of the joint venture's Hope Downs iron ore asset in the Pilbara.

Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti have been named the state's most powerful people, edging out mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest in the 2025 Power 500.

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.