The Pilbara Development Commission (PDC) recently held the third of its 'Pilbara Dialogue' sessions in Karratha as part of the PDC's role in facilitating the development of a regional vision for the Pilbara.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) has welcomed the Western Australian Government’s announcement to support strategic regional based projects to develop Western Australia, in its submission to the Commonwealth's Building Australia Fund.
Unprecedented growth in the Pilbara region looks set to continue according to new population projections from the Pilbara Industry’s Community Council (PICC).
Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has welcomed the draft recommendations by the National Competition Council (NCC) to declare the rail services of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton for the Robe, Hamersley and Goldsworthy railway lines open to third parties.
RIO Tinto Iron Ore has announced it will start a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) commute roster from Carnarvon.
FORTESCUE Metals Group (FMG) has applied to declare Rio's Robe River railway open to third parties.
MINING workers in the Pilbara have been offered weekly flights from Busselton to Rio Tinto’s iron ore mines in the East Pilbara following increasing labour shortages.
HOUSING availability in the Pilbara mining town of Newman is set to expand with civil works starting on Stage 1 of the State Government’s East Newman development.
RIO Tinto Iron Ore will start its new fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) commute roster from Busselton before the end of the year.
THE first shipment of what will shortly represent 15% of traded world seaborne iron ore has been loaded at Dampier in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.