A study into the mental health of FIFO workers called for them to spend no more than half their time on site. Six years on,WA’s mining sector appears to have listened.
Shipments of its key commodity iron ore fell over the past three months as bad weather disrupted Rio’s ports,the mining giant said.
The first physical evidence that Tasmanian Devils once lived in the Pilbara is among the ‘mind-blowing’ finds made by in what is left of a rock shelter blasted by Rio Tinto in 2020.
Two former Fortescue executives want to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of iron ore,Australia’s most lucrative export industry. It’ll cost at least $3 billion.
A remote Aboriginal community’s long and poisonous battle with Fortescue Metals Group over its iron ore-rich Pilbara land has reached the Federal Court.
Australia’s biggest miners face the prospect of iron ore prices staying flat for longer,analysts suggest.
A curious thing has been happening in China’s vast real estate market — or rather,not happening.
The iron ore giant’s months-long stock rally appears to be over as investors turn sour on the company’s earnings growth and high exposure to slumping metal prices.
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has reported a boost in earnings and profits despite shipments and production of iron ore from its key Pilbara operations falling.
Lower global prices for key commodities put a $2.3 billion dent in Rio Tinto’s earnings.
Mining giant BHP has taken a big hit to its half-year profit after writing down its WA nickel operations and setting more money aside to deal with its Samarco mine disaster in Brazil.