Mineral Resources has highlighted new growth opportunities in mining services, infrastructure and manufacturing after posting a sharp fall in annual earnings and cutting its dividend payments to shareholders.
The state government has announced a $40 million package to reduce charges at the Utah Point bulk handling facility by up to $2.50 per tonne, in an effort to help junior miners continue to export iron ore.
Iron ore miner Mineral Resources is pressing ahead with plans for innovative ‘skyrail' and trans-shipping projects in the Pilbara, saying that together they can cut $25 per tonne off its operating costs.
The financial incentives for higher cost mid-tier miners to either share infrastructure or merge is at an all-time high, according to accounting firm EY.
Mineral Resources has highlighted its focus on its services business, including the development of innovative bulk transport solutions, after reporting interim results that were dragged down by its iron ore mining operations.
Mid-tier iron ore miner Mineral Resources has criticised port charges after digging into its stockpiles to export 2.8 million tonnes in the December quarter.
The tougher business climate has prompted some WA companies to cut executive salaries, but most have held the line and some have even awarded pay rises.
In its latest push for greater conservation in mining regions, the Environmental Protection Agency has classified a proposed Mineral Resources iron ore project in the Yilgarn as 'environmentally unacceptable'.
Baosteel and Aurizon look set to gain control of Aquila Resources after the iron ore hopeful rejected a takeover proposal from Mineral Resources, and instead recommended its shareholders accept the current $3.40 per share offer.
Mineral Resources announced today that it plans to use its 12 per cent stake in Aquila Resources to push for a role building and operating the proposed $7 billion West Pilbara iron ore project.
Mineral Resources director Chris Ellison and TFS Corporation director Stephen Atkinson have sold shares in their respective companies worth a combined $28.2 million.
Mining services company Mineral Resources is close to implementing ambitious plans to develop new transhipment facilities in the Pilbara and in Cockburn Sound to support growth in iron ore exports.
Property executives were the big movers in this year's Wealth Creators list, while the resources slowdown put the hurt on mining services directors' fortunes.
The appointment of Mineral Resources CEO Chris Ellison as the honorary consul for New Zealand piqued my interest in this unusual role – the official but unpaid representation of a nation.
Business leader Chris Ellison joins an eclectic elite with his appointment as New Zealand's honorary consul in Western Australia, joining 44 other local representatives of foreign nations in what h
THE 2012 wealth creators' list would not be complete without acknowledging the fortunes generated by the development of the Little Creatures brewery and subsequent listing of Little World Beverages
The value of shares held by some of the biggest names in mining have slumped along with the companies they lead, but there are pockets of good news in what has been a tough year on the markets.
IF only all company directors could go out on such a high.Five years after establishing Forge Group, Peter Hutchinson and Andrew Ellison are leaving the business.
FIVE years ago when Mathias Cormann took office, assuming the Senate seat vacated by his Liberal predecessor Ian Campbell, the political landscape was very different.
The executive director of Mineral Resources, Chris Ellison, has sold $35.9 million in shares in the company in an off-market trade taking his total sales in the past year to almost $90 million.
