- 1. Rio Tinto to invest US$395 million to secure water supply in Pilbara
- (Latest)
- Rio Tinto said it will invest US$395 million in a desalination plant in Western Australia to support future water supply for the company’s coastal operations and communities in the Pilbara region. The ...
- Created on 06 June 2023
- 2. NRW picks up contract for POPL project
- (Supplier News)
- Primero Group subsidiary NRW Holdings has been awarded an upgrade contract for Pilbara Minerals’ Pilgangoora Operations for an expansion of the Pilgan Plant outside of Port Hedland, Western Australia. ...
- Created on 10 May 2023
- 3. Rio Tinto radioactive density gauge component found in WA
- (Leading Developments)
- ... from Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri mine in the Kimberley region. The capsule was found just outside Newman, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. A serial number enabled them to verify they had found ...
- Created on 10 May 2023
- 4. Fortescue moves closer to zero-emission battery electric truck
- (Leading Developments)
- ... and installed at Fortescue’s workshop in Perth, Western Australia, before its transported to the Pilbara for testing on site later this year. ...
- Created on 10 May 2023
- 5. TOMRA Mining picked for Pilbara plant
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- TOMRA Mining said its technology has been selected to outfit the largest lithium sorting plant in the world at Pilbara Minerals’ Pilgangoora project in Western Australia. Installation at the site has ...
- Created on 25 April 2023
- 6. Iron Bridge faces another delay
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- Fortescue Metals Group said first production for its Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia has been pushed to the second half of April from a previously scheduled start ...
- Created on 29 March 2023
- 7. MACA fishes out contract for McPhee Creek
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- Australian contracting group MACA has been awarded a three-year mining contract at Atlas Iron’s McPhee Creek project in the northeast Pilbara region of Western Australia. The project scope includes ...
- Created on 21 March 2023
- 8. FMG cutting ‘hundreds’ of jobs: report
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- Maintaining costs is the reported impetus for a plan by Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) to reduce jobs by a “few hundred” at its Pilbara region operations. An unnamed source reportedly ...
- Created on 10 March 2023
- 9. NRW picks up contract for POPL project
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- Primero Group subsidiary NRW Holdings has been awarded an upgrade contract for Pilbara Minerals’ Pilgangoora Operations for an expansion of the Pilgan Plant outside of Port Hedland, Western Australia. ...
- Created on 05 February 2023
- 10. BHP marks 10 years at Perth IROC
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- ... operates most of BHP’s WA iron ore logistics and processes, connects the four processing hubs and five mining hubs with more than 1,000 kilometres of rail and port facilities in the Pilbara region. The ...
- Created on 23 January 2023
- 11. Fortescue moves closer to zero-emission battery electric truck
- (Latest)
- ... The battery will be assembled and installed at Fortescue’s workshop in Perth, Western Australia, before its transported to the Pilbara for testing on site later this year. Source: Fortescue ...
- Created on 17 January 2023
- 12. Civmec scores A$330 million Rio Tinto contract
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- Civmec has secured a major contract worth more than A$330 million for the Rio Tinto Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Under the contract, Civmec will complete ...
- Created on 13 January 2023
- 13. Fortescue appoints new CEO for Metals
- (Latest)
- ... to continue to grow and execute for Fortescue,” Hick said. Prior to joining Woodside, Hick worked for five years with Rio Tinto, both in corporate and site-based operational roles in the Pilbara. ...
- Created on 06 December 2022
- 14. Metso Outotec goes big Down Under
- (Latest)
- ... offer comprehensive maintenance and repair services for mining and aggregates customers in the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions. “We can offer shorter lead times, and environmentally efficient service and ...
- Created on 16 November 2022
- 15. Iron Bridge processing plant gets first ore
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- Fortescue has hit a new milestone at its Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, marking first ore feed into the processing plant. Photo: Fortescue With ...
- Created on 31 October 2022
- 16. BHP teams with UGL, QRRS for ‘flat pack’ rail car initiative
- (Latest)
- ... by BHP from QRRS’s factory in China to UGL’s Bassendean facility. There, UGL assembled, welded and commissioned the cars before delivering them to BHP’s Pilbara operations. “For over a decade, ...
- Created on 25 October 2022
- 17. Epiroc Pit Viper fleet heads to Sino Iron
- (Latest)
- ... which minimizes the time it takes to level and delevel. Sino Iron is the largest magnetite mining and processing operation in Australia. It is located 100 kilometres southwest of Karratha in the Pilbara ...
- Created on 22 October 2022
- 18. Rhodes Ridge JV parties update agreement
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- Rio Tinto and Wright Prospecting, both 50% interest holders, have agreed to modernise the joint venture covering the Rhodes Ridge project in the East Pilbara in Western Australia. The binding joint ...
- Created on 19 October 2022
- 19. Caterpillar producers 1,000th motor grader for Oz customer
- (Latest)
- ... the Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations in Perth, Australia. The machine was sold by Cat dealer WesTrac. The Cat 24 motor grader was first introduced in 1995 and was specifically designed to build and ...
- Created on 30 September 2022
- 20. MACA picks up millions in new orders
- (Latest)
- ... revenue over the coming six months, and it also has the potential to lead to further work at Mt Cattlin. “The project will continue MACA’s mining services exposure to the lithium sector when the Pilbara ...
- Created on 30 August 2022