Press Release

June 24, 2025 Industry News Rio Tinto And Hancock Prospecting To Develop Hope Downs 2 Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting will invest US $1.6 billion (Rio Tinto share $0.8 billion) to develop the Hope Downs 2 iron ore project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The Hope Downs 2 project, to mine Rio Tinto and Hancock […]

June 23, 2025 Industry News Eight InfraBuild Reinforcing Sites Now SSA Level 2B Certified InfraBuild Reinforcing has recertified its Carole Park (Qld) and Noble Park (Vic) sites to Level 2B under the Steel Sustainability Australia (SSA) scheme. They join the six other sites – Eagle Farm, St Marys, Sunshine, Canberra, Cavan and Forrestfield – which […]

June 16, 2025 Industry News Vulcan Steel CEO Transition And Board Update Vulcan Steel Limited advises that its long-serving chief executive officer (CEO), Rhys Jones, has informed the Board of his intention to retire from the role after 19 years of dedicated leadership. The Board is pleased to announce that Gavin Street will be appointed […]

June 17, 2025 Industry News NeoSmelt Welcomes Federal Government Support & Two New Partners NeoSmelt, a consortium of leading resources, energy and manufacturing companies working on ways to produce lower-emissions steel from Pilbara iron ore, welcomes Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) support for its planned Western Australian pilot plant. The consortium, founded by BlueScope, BHP […]

June 6, 2025 Industry News Rio Tinto And China Baowu Group Open Western Range Iron Ore Mine Rio Tinto has officially opened its newest iron ore mine, Western Range. The Western Australia Premier, Roger Cook, and Federal Resources Minister, Madeleine King, joined Yinhawangka traditional owners plus senior representatives from Rio Tinto and joint venture partner […]

May 16, 2025 Industry News Fletcher Building Announces Divisional Restructuring  Fletcher Building has announced that, coming out of its ongoing strategic review, its Australian Division will be dis-established as a standalone division, with its operating businesses integrated into two new trans-Tasman divisions: Light Building Products: includes most of Fletcher Building’s New Zealand building products businesses (Comfortech, […]

April 17, 2025 Press Release Record Iron Ore And Copper Production Show Resilience Of Business BHP has released its operational review for the nine months ended 31 March 2025. Commenting on the review, the company´s chief executive officer, Mike Henry, said: “BHP’s performance in the 2025 fiscal year (FY25) to date demonstrates the resilience of […]

April 29, 2025 Industry News Fortescue´s Record Nine Months Of Production And Shipments Fortescue has released its March 2025 Quarterly Production Report which gives details of the nine months leading to the end of the third quarter of the 2025 fiscal year (Q3 FY25). Dino Otranto, the chief executive officer of Fortescue Metals said, “We […]

April 16, 2025 Industry News InfraBuild´s Bondholders Provide An Additional US$150 Million In Funding InfraBuild has finalised its transaction seeking consent from its bondholders, with a significant majority of notes holders voting in favour of providing greater flexibility and liquidity for the company.  The outcome of the transaction allows InfraBuild to withstand the current market […]

April 4, 2025 Industry News Rio Tinto Spends Record $10 Billion With Suppliers In Western Australia In 2024 Rio Tinto boosted spending with suppliers in Western Australia by AU$1.5 billion to a record $10.3 billion in 2024, as it continued to support local businesses and develop its pipeline of new Pilbara mining projects. The increase […]