The Andrew Forrest-led miner has locked in another five years of support for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Western Australia to the tune of $7.25 million.
A North Fremantle site with views of Leighton Beach and links to elusive Malaysian developer Victor Goh is set to sell, after it sat vacant for more than a decade.
Some of Australia's largest philanthropic organisations, including the Forrests' Minderoo Foundation, have banded together to launch a lending facility for refugee-led businesses.
The 2026 Power 500 cohort controls the vast majority of the state's biggest fortunes and influences more than a trillion dollars' worth of value on the stock exchange.
Fortescue has struck a deal with a Pilbara Aboriginal group to lease electric machinery and involve them in planning of mines and green energy infrastructure.
The Forrest family's plan to build an eco-resort at the tip of the Ningaloo Reef, estimated to cost $70 million, has been given the final tick of planning approval.
Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest has intensified his criticism of the fuel rebate scheme, saying it is preventing the broader mining industry from embracing electrification and clean energy.
A $950 million green energy project has been backed by Fortescue's board to satiate the miner's needs and deliver power for local industries such as data centres.
Gina Rinehart's $200 million commitment to house struggling veterans is close to the biggest single gesture of generosity ever made by a Western Australian, pipped only by one other (see the full list).
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue is at odds with two of WA's most powerful member-based mining lobby groups over their push to keep fuel tax credits for mining companies.
Fortescue is doubling down efforts to get its African iron ore project up and running as it ships record volumes of the red rocks out of its Pilbara heartland.The Andrew Forrest-helmed miner and
Greatland Resources has taken the drill bit to its Telfer gold and copper portfolio, completing over 54,000 metres of drilling during the December quarter.The Shaun-Day led miner is looking unde
Fortescue has started building the Pilbara's first wind farm, and the first of its own turbines among 5 gigawatts of green energy plants it has mooted for the region.
An $85 million plan to redevelop an old caravan park at the tip of the Ningaloo Reef into a swanky eco-resort has been significantly scaled back due to political hurdles.
A host of Western Australia's influential business leaders could find demand for their prized meat products clipped after China imposed a 55 per cent tariff on beef imports.
Fortescue has moved to acquire the remainder of Peruvian developer Alta Copper it doesn't already own under a deal worth $152 million, as it eyes an expansion of its copper portfolio.
The fairness of an anthropologist's reporting has been questioned by lawyers arguing the case for Andrew and Nicola Forrest's proposed leaky weirs project on Minderoo Station.
Fortescue has been granted $45 million from the federal government coffers to enable renewable energy players to test and deploy emerging cost-cutting technologies at its projects.
Thalanyji elders are wary of their protector leaving its home in the Ashburton River should Andrew and Nicola Forrest be granted approval to build 10 weirs along the watercourse.
The price for Andrew and Nicola Forrest to build leaky weirs on a river dissecting Minderoo Station has been revealed as questions about broader industry benefits swirl.
An experienced hydrogeologist has given evidence of the benefits of a controversial leaky weir project being pursued by Andrew and Nicola Forrest's private company on Minderoo Station.
It may not generate the kind of wealth that comes out of mining, property, or selling a big business, but the attractiveness of agricultural investments for wealthy Sandgropers is plain to see.
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest wants to see his company's proposed renewable energy assets in the Pilbara connected to a common user grid to provide power for the region.
