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The Iron Bridge magnetite project.

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Timelines on Fortescue’s Iron Bridge, hydrogen unresolved

Fortescue’s goal of hitting full capacity at its high-grade Iron Bridge mine by the end of the year looks uncertain, as does a pre-2030 target to start making money from its green energy ventures.

Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell

Monadelphous executive chair Rob Velletri and managing director Zoran Bebic.

ContractingCommentsPremiumMonadelphous grabs more power with $21.5m local buy

The local business provides high-voltage electrical maintenance services for the resources sector, with a focus on iron ore mines.

Sean Smith

Mineral Resources MD Chris Ellison with MinRes Marine in background at the Port of Ashburton in Onslow

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MinRes shares surge after raising ruled out

Shareholders in Mineral Resources have breathed a sigh of relief despite the company losing $250 million of cash in the March quarter and net debt swelling to $5.4 billion.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

Sino Iron magnetite mine in the Pilbara

MiningCommentsPremiumSuits on the ground in CITIC’s fight for survival

A football team’s worth of lawyers joined CITIC Pacific’s fight with Clive Palmer for the future of its $20b Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.

Neale Prior

Clive Palmer at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

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‘It’s a secret’: Mystery surrounds Palmer’s Pilbara plot

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy wants a new permit for something “secret” on mining tenements where the billionaire’s company has repeatedly failed to pay its dues.

Adrian Rauso

Port Hedland. BHP Nelson Point.

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Union threatens BHP with ‘industrial mayhem’

The union infiltration of BHP is spreading from mine to port after the iron ore giant was hit with a bargaining application covering more than 300 workers.

Adrian Rauso

Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison pictured at their offices in Osborne Park.

MiningCommentsPremiumCall for answers after rapid round of MinRes board exits

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has questioned how shareholders can be assured Chris Ellison will abide by plans to step down by mid-2026 when questions over board exits go unanswered.

Sean Smith

In a statement, Clive Palmer claimed CITIC’s request had been delayed due to their ‘ongoing and persistent failure to provide necessary documents’.

MiningPremiumCITIC blasts Palmer’s deal on eve of iron ore court fight

Clive Palmer has claimed he will allow CITIC Pacific to keep mining at the Sino Iron project less than a week out from a courtroom showdown that was to settle a standoff over the operation’s future. 

Simone Grogan

BHP’s South Flank mine.

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Union’s ultimatum for BHP’s flagship iron ore hub

Mining giant BHP is again being threatened by a union, with its two flagship iron ore mines increasingly the target of unions trying to muscle into the mineral-rich Pilbara.

Adrian Rauso

Clive Palmer has engaged in another legal tussle with CITIC Pacific.

MiningPremium‘Distraction’: CITIC lashes new Palmer royalties claim

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has added more kindling to an already fiery legal tussle against Chinese iron ore miner Citic, which has dismissed his new claims as a “distraction”. 

Simone Grogan

BHP CEO Mike Henry

MiningBHP dodges tariffs blow but watching China for slowdown

Mining giant BHP says it expects to see little fallout on its operations from Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs but is more concerned by whether it could pull the handbrake on economic growth.

Daniel Newell

Rio Tinto, First train of Iron Ore from Brockman 4 Iron Ore mine. Always credit Christian Sprogoe Photography when published.

MiningPremiumRampant cyclones leave Rio with $150m bill amid six-year low

Four cyclones in the Pilbara have left Rio Tinto with a $150 million clean-up bill and put the iron ore miner about 13 million tonnes behind its production schedule for the year so far.

Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso

One of the Epiroc drill rigs

MiningCommentsPremiumFMG phasing out diesel drills in $350m deal

Spending up to $350 million on a fleet of electric drill rigs is Fortescue’s latest move to fully decarbonise its Pilbara iron ore mines before decade’s end.

Adrian Rauso

The decision means the Chris Ellison-led miner can proceed with construction of the proposed operation

MiningCommentsPremiumMinRes’ little Lamb Creek mine given all-clear by WA umpire

Mineral Resources’ plans to build a small-scale iron ore mine in the Pilbara have been waved through by the State’s environmental watchdog. 

Simone Grogan

BHP’s South Flank iron ore mine.

MiningCommentsPremiumUnion drags BHP to tribunal for delaying meetings

The union crusade to seize Western Australia’s iron ore heartland continues to ramp up with a massive BHP mining hub being the latest target.

Adrian Rauso

Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison pictured at their offices in Osborne Park.

MiningPremiumEllison rallies MinRes staff, analyst predicts downgrade

Chris Ellison declared the ‘naysayers’ will ‘once again’ be proved wrong less than 24 hours after a Mineral Resources bear predicted another downgrade to the Onslow shipping forecasts.

Adrian Rauso

Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison

MiningCommentsPremiumMinRes shares snowed under as tariff sell-off rages on

Mineral Resources was among the miners spearheading ASX losses today, with the Chris Ellison-led company now worth 79 per cent less than this time last year. 

Simone Grogan

Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert port.

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REVEALED: Stats show cyclonic fallout for Rio and peers

Flash flooding looks to have sunk Rio Tinto’s quarterly iron ore shipments to the lowest level since 2019 and dampened hopes of WA’s most prolific miner reaching its annual production target.

Adrian Rauso

Rio Tinto chair Dominic Barton and the board are against a sole-listing.

MiningPremiumActivist fundie pulls Alcan calamity card at Rio AGM

A hedge fund pressuring the Rio Tinto board to abandon its London home has used the disastrous $38 billion acquisition of Alcan to drum up support from investors at the Anglo-Australian miner’s annual meeting.

Simone Grogan

Shares in Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources have more than halved over the past six months.

MiningCommentsPremiumMinRes, Chris Ellison face class action showdown

Mineral Resources and its founder Chris Ellison are facing a court showdown following a series of scandals that have cut the lithium and iron ore miner’s market value in half over the past six months.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

CITIC’s Sino Iron magnetite operation at Cape Preston in the Pilbara.

Iron orePremiumSupreme Court agrees trial inspection of Sino Iron mine

Justice Michael Lundberg has agreed a request by the mine’s Chinese owner CITIC to visit the site to inform his understanding of the project for a courtroom battle with Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy.

Sean Smith

Dyno Nobel is trialling an electric truck.

MiningPremiumDyno and FMG ignite ‘world-first’ blast truck trial

Global explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel is testing a more environmentally-friendly way to blow up the earth for mining.

Adrian Rauso

Iron ore is a key ingredient in making steel.

EconomyPremiumTrading places as Chinese iron ore demand set to be tempered

Australian iron ore production is set to plateau within three years, while trade battles and an ageing China loom as hurdles for the State’s top industry.

Matt Mckenzie

BHP Western Australia Iron Ore Asset President, Tim Day Daniel Wilkins

MiningCommentsPremiumArgentina & Co coming for WA mining warns BHP iron ore chief

BHP’s iron ore boss has lauded the Cook Government but suggested its federal counterpart is putting WA’s mining industry at risk of being overtaken by the likes of Argentina, Canada and Chile.

Adrian Rauso