DiscovEx Resources can tick heritage surveys off its to-do list ahead of planned drilling at the Contact prospect within its Sylvania project in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Drilling at the 2.5km-long target area is due to begin in August, in addition to geophysics targeting copper-gold and lead-zinc mineralisation at the project's Prairie Downs fault zone.
Fortescue is the second company after Rio Tinto this week to partner with world's biggest steelmaker China Baowu in a bid to reduce emissions associated with iron and steel making.
Efforts to revive manufacturing in WA have been boosted by a $150 million deal between Gemco Rail and Rio Tinto to build 100 iron ore wagons and certain components locally.
Battery metals miner IGO has found a new chief executive in Ivan Vella, a long-serving Rio Tinto executive whose career includes a stint as iron ore boss in the aftermath of Juukan Gorge.
Rio Tinto has struck an agreement with the world's biggest steelmaker, China Baowu, to collaborate on projects aimed to reduce carbon emissions in the industry.
Rio Tinto will spend $US395 million ($A597 million) building a desalination plant in a two-year construction effort to increase water supply for its Pilbara operations.
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.
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.
Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm has spoken candidly about the miner's pledge to reduce emissions, saying in hindsight he regrets setting a target for as soon as 2025.
Rio Tinto chief executive officer Jakob Stausholm has indicated the Simandou project in Guinea might not be such a big threat to Western Australia's iron ore industry after all.
Western Australian jeweller Solid Gold Diamonds has debuted a $2 million piece containing one of just 12 deep pink diamonds unearthed from Rio Tinto's closed Argyle mine.
Western Australia's resources industry has smashed another annual record, with weaker iron ore prices made up for by the state's flourishing lithium sector and soaring oil and gas prices.
Jordan Murray speaks with senior journalist Matt Mckenzie about how troubles facing Modco Residential highlight broader issues facing the building industry.
Rio Tinto has reported record first-quarter iron ore shipments as it continues to benefit from strong commodity prices, while China's iron ore imports are at record levels.
WA's new Aboriginal heritage laws have been broadly welcomed but raised concerns about the capacity of Indigenous corporations to deliver on their new responsibilities.
Ravensthorpe miner First Quantum Minerals has inked a deal under which it will invest up to $651 million for a majority stake in a copper project in Peru with Rio Tinto.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled on what should be redacted from documents related to the legal proceedings between Mineral Resources and Destec.
Former politician and prominent board director Ben Wyatt has been announced as the new chair of Perth Festival, which has also appointed three new members to its board.
Rio Tinto is yet to meet its internal cultural heritage management standards following the destruction of ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in 2020, a report finds.
AROSE, a consortium led by Fugro and Nova Systems, has been named one of two companies that will design an Australia-made lunar rover for NASA's next trip to the Moon.
Our board moves wrap includes Peter Iancov, Amitava Mukherjee, Sumit Deb, Michael Atkins, Mark Wilson, Oliver Kiddie, Dean Dalla Valle, and Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz.
Rio Tinto has agreed to pay a $US15 million ($A21.5 million) penalty to settle a long-running dispute over alleged bribery relating to the Simandou iron ore project in Africa.
CZR Resources has its sights set on more resource growth at its Robe Mesa iron ore development in the Pilbara after acquiring an adjoining tenement to Rio Tinto's Mesa F project from Fortescue. After acquiring the ground CZR has expanded its strike length of the company's P529 deposit to 1.1km. The deposit is only five kilometres from CZR's 45.2 million tonne Robe Mesa iron ore project.
Sky-high fuel and inflationary costs took a $US2.63 billion chunk out of Rio Tinto's underlying earnings for 2022 against a backdrop of weaker commodity prices.
Mining software provider K2fly has reported revenue of $5.4m for the second half of 2022 – a 19 per cent rise on the company's revenue for the same period in 2021. The company has products at work in 62 countries and regards its revenue growth as testament to the success of its strategy of focusing on Tier 1 and 2 global mining companies.
