Atlas Iron posted a net profit of $260 million for the 2025 financial year ‘despite major production interruptions’ caused by cyclone Zelia.
Adrian Rauso
Scores of jobs are set to go after BHP decided to significantly scale back activity at an iron ore mine that employs about 720 people and is a key union target, The West Australian can reveal.
Mineral Resources will bank an extra $200 million from its Onslow Iron haul road investment partner after hitting a milestone shipment target.
Daniel Newell
Mount Gibson Iron is cutting 450 jobs after the early closure of mining operations at the Koolan Island iron ore mine off the Kimberley.
Sean Smith
BHP has not ruled out joining forces with Rio Tinto as China flexes its market muscle, but the Big Australian’s preference is a non-confrontational approach of sharing infrastructure.
BHP’s boss is again warning that high energy prices are crippling Australia’s competitiveness, saying the country is at risk of being left behind by its rivals in the global race for investment.
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue is maintaining full-year iron ore guidance after shipping almost 50 million tonnes in the three months to the end of September — a record for a first quarter.
WA’s safety regulator has conceded its internal processes need to change in the wake of explosive revelations about the State’s most recent mining death.
BHP has given nothing away about its ongoing tiff with China while reporting a marginal slip in iron ore production for the first quarter.
WA’s two most prolific iron ore miners should join forces to prevent China’s emboldened commodities buyer from squeezing them on price, according to one global investment bank.
Rio Tinto needs to “have a hard look” at reducing the number of “layers” it has, according to the mining giant’s chief executive.
Mount Gibson Iron has ducked into a trading halt following an overnight rockfall in the main pit of its Koolan Island project off the Kimberley coast.
BHP’s Australia boss has said the mining giant’s relationship with China is ‘strong’ amid a rumoured ban on the company’s iron ore and she revealed her price prediction for the vital commodity.
The mining giant has a bullish view on Chinese steel demand and is tipping a strong finish to the year in the Pilbara as it stays in the race to meet its full-year shipments goal.
Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell
Two new faces will join Mineral Resources’ depleted board following a flurry of shock departures earlier this year, but managing director Chris Ellison will also wave goodbye to another.
Sean Smith and Daniel Newell
A price dispute between mining giant BHP and China’s state-run iron ore buyer risks dragging on for months, and even into early 2026, as both sides remain locked in stalemate.
Katharine Gemmell and Alfred Cang
The nation’s transport safety investigator is digging deeper into why it was not made aware of an emergency involving a Fortescue iron ore bulk carrier breaking down at WA’s most valuable port.
Australian industrial gas users are subsidising the cost of gas going to competitors overseas dues to a broken pricing system, Bluescope Steel's boss says
Adrian Black
In a huge blow to Australian steel producers, the European Union has announced plans to double tariffs and halve the amount of foreign steel it imports.
Latika M Bourke
Britain is reeling after the European Commission proposed cutting tariff-free steel import quotas by almost half and a 50 per cent duty for excess shipments.
Philip Blenkinsop
Rio Tinto will pour in $588m to keep iron ore flowing through its West Angelas hub in the Pilbara.
Government economists are predicting leaner years ahead for Australia’s resources export sales, with rallying gold prices unable to make up for iron ore supply pressures and China’s industrialisation comedown.
Simone Grogan
BHP’s Australia boss Geraldine Slattery said the country’s business sector can no longer take its relationship with Japan for granted amid a supposed iron ore trade tiff between her company and China.
The Big Australian is certain that extracting an additional 29 Optus Stadiums worth of groundwater from the Pilbara each year will have ‘no impact’ on water supply for WA residents.
Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso
