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.
Annual production at Hancock Prospecting's proposed Mulga Downs iron ore mine in the Pilbara has been cut from 20 million tonnes to 12mt after the miner slashed the project footprint.
Gina Rinehart has warned against policies that attack Australia's “mining golden geese”, after Hancock Prospecting was awarded long awaited approvals for its McPhee iron ore project.
Hancock Prospecting projects chief executive Sanjiv Manchanda has lashed out at government intervention in the mining industry and called for Nature Positive to be scrapped.
Gina Rinehart's Atlas Iron has taken a swipe at the state government's environmental approval process over conditions for its delayed iron ore project.
Gina Rinehart's company has struck a joint venture with two explorers focused on a new lithium development against the backdrop of the billionaire's recent meeting with the Indian Prime Minister.
The chief executives leading Atlas Iron and Roy Hill will be bumped up to new overarching roles within the broader Hancock Prospecting group as it moves on big growth plans for iron ore.
Hancock Prospecting subsidiary Atlas Iron has paid a maiden dividend of $225 million despite a big fall in annual profit and plans to invest $700 million in new iron ore projects.
Atlas Iron's Miralga Creek mine has produced its first iron ore, with the project built by a joint venture including Indigenous contractor East West Pilbara.
Hancock Prospecting-owned Atlas Iron is the latest player to reap the benefits of a buoyant iron ore market, posting a $938 million profit for the end of the financial year.
Atlas Iron chief executive Sanjiv Manchanda was among the biggest fundraisers in Australia for this year's CEO Sleepout, helped by a sizable donation from Atlas' owner, Gina Rinehart.
Atlas Iron has appointed Spiro Pappas, Professor Ian Plimer, Tad Watroba and Stephen Wood as non-executive directors with Mr Pappas being elected as chair.
Atlas Iron has announced a raft of board changes, including the appointment of former state government tourism boss Stephen Wood and National Australia Bank executive Spiro Pappas.
Brookfield Multiplex has completed construction of a $200 million accommodation village at Hancock Prospecting's $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
The $10 billion Roy Hill project remains on track to start mining next year and achieve its first iron ore exports in the third quarter of 2015, its project director said today.
