Western Australia’s mineral and petroleum industry set a new record of $121.6 billion in 2013-14, an increase of nearly 20 per cent compared to the previous financial year. The latest resources...
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A major milestone has been reached on the West Pilbara Iron Ore Project (WPIOP) in Western Australia, with the signing of an infrastructure framework agreement between between the key stakeholders...
Rio Tinto’s Chief Executive Officer, Iron Ore, Andrew Harding, talks to Australasian Mining Review about the future of iron ore mining in Australia and what part Rio’s Mine of the Future program will...
Port Hedland’s Utah Point bulk handling port and the Kwinana bulk terminal port are up for sale as part of the Western Australian government’s drive to reduce debt and regain its AAA...
Late yesterday, BHP Billiton made the expected announcement that the company would split, with a new company created to manage a selection of under-performing assets. The company said in a statement...
Operations at Venture Minerals’ Riley Project in northwest Tasmania have been suspended with the company blaming on-going court appeals for the decision. A statement released by the company...
In a statement released late Friday, BHP Billiton announced they were strongly considering a ‘demerger of a selection of assets’ as part of their ‘next phase of...
Rio Tinto has announced a 21 per cent increase in first half underlying earnings to $5.1 billion. Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said “Our outstanding half year performance reflects the quality...
Natural gas has surpassed education services to become our third largest export after iron ore and coal, according to the latest data released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The...
Engineering contractors, Monadelphous Group, has secured a major iron ore construction contract with Sino Iron at the Sino Iron Project, located at Cape Preston near Karratha in Western Australia...
