Pilbara
Pilbara lithium leader’s profit crushed after price collapse
The collapse in lithium prices has crushed full-year profits at Australia’s leading producer, Pilbara Minerals, and denied shareholders any dividends.
- by Marion Rae
Latest
Andrew Forrest isn’t giving up on his green iron Pilbara dream
Weeks ago Fortescue dumped a target to be a major producer of green hydrogen by 2030, but Andrew Forrest still insists his native Pilbara can supply the globe with green iron.
- by Peter Milne
Analysis
Gas
The Gorgon deal that could up the stakes on WA’s looming gas shortage
Western Australia’s biggest gas plant may be able to export for 30 years with no obligation to supply the state, thanks to an agreement struck two decades ago.
- by Peter Milne
Forrest’s Indigenous foes call for inquiry into Fortescue mining
The Yindjibarndi people chasing Fortescue for $500 million compensation now want the independent environment regulator to consider tightening the regulation of the high-grade Solomon mine.
- by Peter Milne
Lawyers mull class action over Rio Tinto sexual harassment claims
Two years after a damning report into sexual discrimination, assault and bullying at Rio Tinto was released, an investigation into the claims could lead to a lawsuit.
- by Claire Ottaviano
In the remote Pilbara FIFO villages are all about employee experience
If the food disappoints, rooms are not cleaned well or flights are late, management will hear about it – a remote workforce, like an army, marches on its stomach.
- by Peter Milne
Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook
Copper is shaping up as a star for the mining giant, as it edges closer to making a final call on its nickel business in West Australia.
- by Simon Johanson
Woodside and Pilbara fertiliser plant look at storing emissions underground
Woodside and Norway’s Yara are targeting injecting more than one million tonnes of carbon emissions a year under the seabed off the Pilbara coast.
- by Peter Milne
Exclusive
Hydrogen
Macquarie exits BP’s $55 billion WA green energy project
Australia’s biggest renewable energy project in WA’s Pilbara region has lost the backing of “the millionaires factory” Macquarie Group.
- by Peter Milne
Qantas pilots extend WA strike to six days: what you need to know
Qantas’ WA pilots have just doubled the length of their strike. Find out who is affected, how the airlines and miners may cope and what the fight is about.
- by Peter Milne
Updated
Mining
Tragic end to search for mine worker missing in the Pilbara
A mine worker missing in WA’s vast Pilbara has been found dead in his crashed car about 90 kilometres from Karratha.
- by Heather McNeill
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