- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. Fortescue moves closer to zero-emission battery electric truck
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- ... 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
- 6. Fortescue appoints new CEO for Metals
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- ... 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
- 7. BHP teams with UGL, QRRS for ‘flat pack’ rail car initiative
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- ... 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
- 8. Epiroc Pit Viper fleet heads to Sino Iron
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- ... 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
- 9. Caterpillar producers 1,000th motor grader for Oz customer
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- ... 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
- 10. Hitachi, Rio Tinto unveil world first for digital automation
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- ... system for the new Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara. The world’s first fully automated heavy-haul, long-distance rail system, AutoHaul will enable 220 trains, monitored remotely ...
- Created on 10 August 2022
- 11. NRW bags numerous new contracts at Olive Downs, Mt Weld, more
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- ... contract extension from Atlas Iron for mining and crushing services at the Mt Webber iron ore operation in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The works to be continued include load and haul, drill and ...
- Created on 05 July 2022
- 12. BHP rail team grows with new recruits
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- BHP said that sixty new train drivers are poised to graduate from its Pilbara Rail Academy Traineeship Program, created last year to meet the growing skills shortage in Western Australia. Photo: ...
- Created on 15 June 2022
- 13. Australian Goldfields to become Oz Lithium
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- Australian Goldfields, which currently has three promising lithium tenements in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, said it will be changing its name to Oz Lithium to better reflect its business redirection ...
- Created on 18 May 2022
- 14. K2Fly’s ground disturbance system taking off for BHP Iron Ore
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- K2Fly has been selected by BHP to provide its ground disturbance solution across its Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) mines in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The one-year deal has an annual recurring ...
- Created on 11 May 2022
- 15. Monadelphous picks up A$230M in Oz, PNG deals
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- ... company first confirmed a deal with Rio Tinto for shutdown works at the Greater Tom Price operation in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The scope of work includes upgrades and modifications to the customer’s ...
- Created on 21 April 2022
- 16. Liebherr adds power to BHP South Flank fleet
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- ... locally by Liebherr-Australia. South Flank, located northwest of Newman in the Pilbara region, produced first ore in mid-2021. It has a mine life estimated to be more than 25 years and has an ultimate ...
- Created on 09 April 2022
- 17. THE HYDROGEN OPPORTUNITY
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- ... either natural gas or diesel fuel delivered to remote areas, such as Mount Baw Baw. If we look at the mining industry in the Pilbara, truck and train fleets consume around 5000 ML per year of diesel in ...
- Created on 02 April 2022
- 18. Wabtec takes Rio Tinto order for battery locos
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- Wabtec and Rio Tinto have inked a deal to deliver four of the manufacturer’s battery-electric locomotives to the miner’s rail lines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, pushing Rio toward its goal ...
- Created on 12 January 2022
- 19. Metso Outotec strengthens Australian presence
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- Metso Outotec is investing in the development of its service capabilities in Australia with a new service centre in the Pilbara region. The planned Pilbara service centre underlines Metso Outotec’s commitment ...
- Created on 03 January 2022
- 20. Rio Tinto seeks WA manufacturers for rail cars
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- Rio Tinto has called for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from Western Australian manufacturers to build 100 rail cars for its Pilbara iron ore operations. The callout follows the miner’s announcement ...
- Created on 24 December 2021