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ANALYSIS: Fortescue Metals Group has never been like other big, listed companies and its leadership succession is no exception.

Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Elizabeth Gaines will step away from her role as the iron ore miner makes the transition to a green energy and resources group.

Iron ore miners Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group have announced new measures to reduce their environmental impact, including ‘greener' locomotives.

While lower returns on equity have flowed through to WA's top earners this year, the river has hardly run dry for the top end of town.

Fortescue Metals Group will supply two helicopters to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of WA in a bid to speed up hospital-to-hospital transfers across Western Australia.

Limitless WA: Autonomous trains and trucks in the resources industry have brought benefits to Western Australia beyond productivity.

Fortescue will unveil a potential aviation fuel supply deal within days, as chair Andrew Forrest defended his ambitious green hydrogen plans at the company's annual meeting on Tuesday.

Rio Tinto's iron ore chief executive has told a parliamentary inquiry into sexual harassment in the mining industry he is “sickened” by recent events, as FMG unveiled its new alcohol policy.

A charter flight departing from the Busselton-Margaret River airport to Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara operations marked the first of its kind for the company's regional fly-in, fly-out workers.

After nine years as a top policy adviser to Mark McGowan, Jo Gaines is going into business with her sister, well-known boardroom adviser Alison Gaines.

Resources companies hope a decision on Port Hedland's South West Creek development is imminent, helping unlock higher iron ore exports.

About one third of West Australian workers will need to be vaccinated to comply with government directives and the number is set to grow as private businesses follow suit.

Fortescue Metals Group is targeting net zero scope 3 emissions by 2040, which covers its entire value chain, including its customers' crude steel manufacturing.

UPDATED: A worker has died at Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon Hub, leading to a temporary suspension of operations at the site.

Fortescue has appointed four new executives, including one from Vale and two for its green energy arm, days after two departures were revealed.

Fortescue Metals Group has announced a high-level framework agreement with the Eastern Guruma people and flagged a $500 million mining joint venture but was light on details.

Fortescue chief executive Elizabeth Gaines has responded to concerns about a potential reopening of state borders, saying the company can track, trace and test to manage a mine site outbreak.

Andrew Forrest will receive a $2.4 billion dividend from Fortescue Metals Group, after the company's profit more than doubled thanks to high iron ore prices.

The mining industry is turning green, but ‘old' sectors like gold and iron ore are still attracting keen support.

Some operations at Fortescue Metals Group's Cloudbreak mine have been suspended and Qantas has cancelled flights after a mine worker returned a weak COVID-positive result.

Fortescue Metals Group has commenced contact tracing of up to 2,000 workers at its Cloudbreak mine after a maintenance contractor tested positive for COVID.

Fortescue Metals Group has enjoyed a huge surge in cash flow and another rise in its share price after beating its shipments guidance for the 2021 financial year.

Fortescue Metals Group has awarded its single largest contract to an Aboriginal business, after confirming a five-year maintenance contract with Warrikal.

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group is accumulating tenements near the coastline around Carnarvon, with applications lodged for more than 50 blocks in recent weeks.

Fortescue Metals Group and Curtin University are part of a consortium to research low-carbon iron pellets, cement and alumina, which received $39 million from the federal government today.

The mining sector is the largest supporter of indigenous businesses in Australia, but the contribution of the big miners is highly variable.

Fortescue Metals Group has again revised the cost of its Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara, to as much as $US3.5 billion.

Fortescue Metals Group is aiming to award $1 billion of contracts to Aboriginal businesses and joint ventures over the next decade through its new green energy operation.

Fortescue Metals Group has posted a jump in iron ore output, helped by the commissioning of its Eliwana mine in December, while wet weather impacted the Pilbara miner's quarterly shipments.

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Fortescue Metals Group has brought forward its target date for being carbon neutral, with the company spruiking green hydrogen while also talking down the future of gas.

Company culture is key, but it often remains an internal secret.

Five large mining companies have separately launched initiatives this week to accelerate a move toward electrification of their mine sites.

Fortescue Metals Group has apologised to an Aboriginal community after clearing a Western Australian site considered sacred, without representatives present.

Four former executives at Rio Tinto were paid a total of $57 million last year, with Sam Walsh and JS Jacques getting the biggest payouts.

Fortescue Metals Group has confirmed a $US400 million cost blowout for its Iron Bridge magnetite project while announcing a 44 per cent growth in revenue and higher dividend payout.

Fortescue Metals Group has announced the resignation of three senior executives, with the company citing cultural issues and refusing to confirm cost blowouts at its Iron Bridge project.

Andrew Forrest's Western Force has unveiled a new academy in partnership with Fortescue Metals Group, which aims to bolster local rugby talent.

Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Elizabeth Gaines says the Pilbara miner is well placed to meet China's sustained demand for iron ore after posting record first-half shipments.

NRW Holdings has been tasked with building plant infrastructure at Fortescue's Queens Valley project in the Pilbara, subcontracting takeover target Primero Group to complete the works.