BHP Billiton chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie will head to Brazil this week, after a dam collapsed at an iron-ore mine causing a mudslide that killed at least four people last week. At least...
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THE continued decline in the number of Australians who choose to be trade union members must prompt further efforts from our national policy makers to reform our outdated employment laws to better...
Sales and service income in the mining industry decreased by seven per cent ($14.3b) to $217.8b between 2012-13 and 2013-14, according to new mining data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Metal...
Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill Project won’t hit an October deadline for the shipment of its first ore from the massive iron ore project, according to a statement from the company this afternoon. Roy Hill...
Western Australia is home to eight of the top ten iron ore mines in the world, according to IntelligenceMine data. The top 10 iron ore mining centres, ranked by ore mined in the 2014 calendar year...
Sedgman Limited today announced that the Sedgman Civmec joint venture has been awarded a contract with BHP Billiton Iron Ore for civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and commissioning...
Fortescue Metals Group Limited has entered into a ground-breaking deal for the first Aboriginal-owned and operated iron ore mine in Australia. Fortescue entered into a commercial agreement with...
?BHP Billiton has approved US$240 million to purchase six additional tugs and construct a new eight pen tug harbour at Hunt Point in the Port Hedland Port. The investment will also include the...
The iron ore debacle is continuing to cause uproar in the mining industry, with Industry Minister Ian McFarlane adamant that the government had no intention of conducting a parliamentary inquiry into...
Founder and chairman of Fortescue Metals Group Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has launched a new campaign against the country’s largest producers Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Mr Forrest believes the mining...
