The newly identified deposit in Western Australia’s Pilbara is being hailed as the largest iron ore formation ever discovered, with estimates suggesting it contains around 55 billion metric tons of ...

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Vale (VALE) reported Tuesday that its FY 2025 iron ore production rose 2.6% Y/Y to 336.1M metric tons, marking the first time ...

The Pilbara may be best known for its iron ore riches but it holds many underexplored regions with gold, lithium ... Read ...

Red Metal Ltd’s first drilling at its Pardoo play in WA’s Pilbara has hit anomalous gold in cover sequences, with a growing ...

The Pilbara is renowned for its iron ore, which accounts for over half of Australia’s $230 billion resources export industry. Yet, the region's geological diversity suggests there is much more than ...

Work is set to begin in January 2026, with completion expected in 2027.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Western Australia's Port Hedland, the world's largest iron ore hub, reopened after Tropical Cyclone Zelia hit the state's ore-rich Pilbara region, the port's operator said late on ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Western Australia's ports of Dampier and Varanus Island reopened, the ports' operator said, after Tropical Cyclone Zelia hit the state's Pilbara iron ore region on Friday. Pilbara ...

Water sources are depleting in the Pilbara as the arid region endures a summer with little rainfall and temperatures close to ...

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto has agreed to purchase four battery-electric trains for use in the Pilbara region of Western Australia as part of the company’s strategy to reduce its ...

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