After months of misery, shareholders of publicly traded lithium mining companies reported billions of dollars in profits on Wednesday. In morning trade, share prices of WA spodumene concentrate producers rose sharply – Mineral Resources up 17.2 percent, Pilbara Minerals up 12.7 percent, IGO up 12.3 percent and Liontown Resources up 11.5 percent – after suffering … Read more
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has approved and supported a $1.4 billion salt project, calling BCI Minerals' plan for the Pilbara a “game-changer” for green energy.
Resources Minister Madeleine King has denounced the “hysteria” surrounding the union initiative in the Pilbara region and stressed that the federal government's controversial industrial relations laws are “working as intended”.
The eyes are considered the window to the soul, but with the help of groundbreaking artificial intelligence currently being developed in the Pilbara, Western Australia, they can also open a window into people's health. With the aim of saving lives and sight, a team from Lions Outback Vision travels through the outback in a van … Read more
The head of Western Australia's main business lobby has expressed his concerns about a union initiative in the Pilbara region to the new Minister for Industrial Relations, Murray Watt. Chris Rodwell, chief executive of the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry, confronted Senator Watt about the issue at an industry event on Friday.
Novo Resources has opened the gates for further exploration activities at its priority Bamboo and Miralga projects in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia following the signing of a key Aboriginal Heritage Agreement.
Gruesome scenes unfolded following a serious car accident in Pilbara in which a car overturned and a three-year-old toddler was left dead at the scene.
Fears that the return of unions to the Pilbara, Western Australia's economic engine, could create an industrial environment like that of the 1980s are “unrealistic”, the Premier believes, saying things have changed in the decades since then. Amid growing concerns about unionization at iron ore mining sites in the wealthy region, Roger Cook said the … Read more
To address the alarming learning difficulties faced by Australian schoolchildren, a new program has been launched at Pilbara Early Learning Centres to improve children's school readiness. Y WA's School ReadY program is a play-based, targeted learning program that supports children ages three to five and gives them the best possible start to their school career.
In today's episode, Ben Harvey discusses the BHP negotiations that could spark a new wave of unionization in the Pilbara.