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Miner’s 180CommentsPremiumFMG backflips on opposition to FIFO sex offenders register

Fortescue Metals Group has backflipped on its opposition to an industry-wide register of sexual offenders in WA’s mining industry after an explosive parliamentary report recommended it be explored.

Danielle Le Messurier

ESG priorityPremiumBHP flags nature restoration as part of social value drive

BHP has committed to improve the environment over an area half the size of Switzerland as part of a new social value framework it is introducing across its global operations.

Stuart McKinnon

Silence speaks volumesPremiumNo easy answers to fix ‘scary’ FIFO culture issues: MP

The deputy chair of WA’s landmark parliamentary inquiry into sexual assault and harassment in the FIFO industry says there are no easy answers on how to fix the “scary” culture and systemic issues it unearthed.

Adrian Lowe

Safety concernsCommentsPremiumRio pledges $400 million to improve FIFO security

Mining giant Rio Tinto has committed to spending $400 million over two years on security upgrades to make its camps and villages in the Pilbara safer for women. 

Danielle Le Messurier

Small gainsCommentsIron ore back above $US110 as Xi pledges to meet targets

Iron ore advanced from its lowest close in more than six months after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to achieve economic goals for the year, despite pandemic and property headwinds.

Liz Ng

Renewables pledgeCommentsGudai-Darri mine a ‘pivotal moment’ for Rio iron ore

Rio Tinto’s iron ore chief has hailed the opening of the $US3.1 billion Gudai-Darri as a “pivotal moment” for the company and pledged all future mining developments will have a renewables component.

Danielle Le Messurier

Market bounceIron ore and stocks post first gains in more than a week

Commodities and global equities have been walloped this month amid rising investor concerns over inflation and sharply-rising interest rates.

Sean Smith

Market rattled PremiumIron ore trades under WA Budget forecast

Futures in the steel-making commodity fell as much as 8 per cent amid a new bout of pessimism that has pushed WA’s biggest money-earner below State Treasury’s forecast 2021-22 price of $US139.50 a tonne.

Sean Smith

Wipe-outPremiumFortescue smashed again as iron ore price keeps sliding

Shares in BHP and Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group continue to tank as the iron ore price falls further.

Daniel Newell

Unforeeable issuesCommentsRio boss defends Gudai-Darri mine cost blowout

Rio Tinto has defended a cost blow-out and delays on the company’s Gudai-Darri mine, noting COVID impacts, supply chain disruptions and inflation could not be foreseen in its original costings.

Stuart McKinnon

Down againCommentsFMG smashed as iron ore slides ahead of China data

Shares in Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group have copped a beating amid an Australian market rout and further falls in the iron ore price.

Liz Ng

Tracking wellCommentsPremiumNew generation of BHP train drivers get ready to roll

Jewell Albert has always wanted to be a Pilbara iron ore train driver like her father and BHP’s new Pilbara Rail Academy traineeship program has given her the chance to realise her dream.

Stuart McKinnon

DMIRS inundatedCommentsPremiumBooming WA mining sector causes permitting backlog

WA’s booming exploration and mining sector wants more done to cut approval times after the State Government agreed to redirect resources to clear a backlog of permit applications.

Stuart McKinnon

Hamersley hubCommentsGreen light for Rio’s first Pilbara expansion after Juukan

The Greater Paraburdoo iron ore hub will expand the global miner's mining operations in the Hamersley Ranges.

Sean Smith

Rail refitFMG on track for modernised fleet

Fortescue Metals Group will this month receive its first tranche of locomotives rebuilt by US rail giant Wabtec to provide greater efficiency and help meet the company’s aggressive emissions reduction targets.

Stuart McKinnon

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Rio gears up to welcome back anti-vax FIFOs

Mining giant Rio Tinto is among a list of businesses preparing to welcome back unjabbed workers after the State Government lifted its vaccine mandate for a raft of workers.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Stimulus hopesIron ore up as China emerges from COVID malaise

The price of iron ore has been driven higher as Chinese officials vowed to enact an array of government policies that will stimulate growth following the country’s worst COVID outbreak in two years.

Daniel Newell

Efficiency gainCommentsPremiumBHP to automate Hedland shiploaders

BHP has revealed a $50 million plan to automate all eight of its iron ore shiploaders at Port Hedland by 2023 after years pioneering the world-first technology.

Stuart McKinnon

Still strongCommentsPremiumCOVID hits mineral exploration in March quarter

The Omicron wave has been blamed for drop in mineral exploration expenditure across Australia in the March quarter with the virus impacting the ability of companies to staff operations and access tenements.

Stuart McKinnon

Serious allegationsCommentsPremiumRio told to get quacking on $106m rail row

A Supreme Court judge is pressing iron ore giant Rio Tinto to start defending a $106 million action over allegedly dodgy conduct on a Pilbara rail construction project.

Neale Prior

‘Incredibly painful’Rio strikes deal for path forward after Juukan blast debacle

Traditional Owners and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement to guide cultural heritage protections in the Pilbara in the wake of the Juukan Gorge debacle.

Tim Dornin

Still talkingCommentsPremiumBHP still sees room to negotiate with Samarco’s creditors

BHP is willing to protect its joint venture in Samarco Mineracao, saying it sees room to negotiate with financial creditors in the Brazil miner’s debt restructuring.

Mariana Durao

All changeCommentsPremiumForrest happy to be Fortescue’s ‘bullet-proof plan B’

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest will reprise his role as executive chairman at the company he founded nearly two decades ago as it transitions into a global green energy giant.

Stuart McKinnon

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Sean SmithCommentsPremium
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New FMG line up proves it really is the Twiggy Show

It’s an extraordinary call that will alarm those investors already worried about Andrew Forrest’s relentless recalibration of the company around green hydrogen.

Sean Smith