Tag: Port Hedland 6721
BHP gets harbour dredging nod
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has given BHP Billiton the green light to dredge Port Hedland harbour for its iron ore operations.[MORE]
Backflip on AWAs 'bad news' for mine workers
The union movement says the Federal Government's backflip on Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) is bad news for Western Australia's mining industry workers.[MORE]
No need to panic: FMG
The head of the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), Andrew Forrest, says the drop in demand for Australian resources is no cause for alarm.[MORE]
Discourage fly-in, fly-out work, FMG boss says
Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) boss Andrew Forrest has told a conference in Perth that the use of fly-in-fly-out workers in the mining industry is not sustainable.[MORE]
Miners reassess iron ore operations
The global financial crisis has forced a number of junior iron ore miners to re-assess their Western Australian operations.[MORE]
Job losses herald higher unemployment: economist
A Perth-based economist says iron miner Mount Gibson's decision to cut 190 jobs on the back of softening Chinese demand for the commodity heralds the start of a loosening of the local labour market.[MORE]
Chinese using global crisis to invest in raw materials
A stock market analyst says the global economic crisis is likely to encourage Chinese investment in some of the state's junior miners.[MORE]
BHP launches legal action over harbour heritage status
BHP Billiton Iron Ore has begun legal proceedings against the Registrar of Aboriginal Sites in an attempt to obtain clarity over the heritage status of Port Hedland harbour.[MORE]
Missing Pilbara men found
Two Port Hedland men missing in the Pilbara since Sunday have been found.[MORE]
Rail decision ends mining giants' monopoly: analyst
A financial analyst says a decision by the Treasurer Wayne Swan to open up the Pilbara railway system could spell the end of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's grip on the iron ore region. [MORE]
Grylls urges better Pilbara medical services
The Minister for Regional Development, Brendan Grylls, says the lack of medical services in the Pilbara region in Western Australia is not good enough.[MORE]
Government accused of shooting from the hip in rejecting Aboriginal heritage claim
The State Opposition has accused the Indigenous Affairs Minister of making an "off-the-cuff" decision in throwing out an Aboriginal heritage claim over the Port Hedland harbour.[MORE]
Business welcomes new inquiry into gas explosion
The business lobby in Western Australia has welcomed a decision by the State Government to set up an independent inquiry into the cause of an explosion at Apache Energy's Varanus Island gas processing plant.[MORE]
Trading halt for iron ore miner
Atlas Iron has halted trading on the stock exchange for the second time in a week.[MORE]
Men charged over 'racist' attack
Three men from the Pilbara town of Hedland have been charged over what police allege was a racially motivated attack at a local park last week.[MORE]
Extreme fire warning for north-west WA
Residents in north-west Western Australia are urged to take precautions with the weather bureau issuing an extreme fire warning.[MORE]
Council plans $100m worker village
The town of Port Hedland is hoping a new workers' village, designed to accommodate more than 1,000 transient workers, will ease the local housing shortage.[MORE]
Grylls wants free fuel cards for seniors
The Nationals Leader Brendon Grylls wants aged pensioners living in regional areas to receive free fuel cards to the value of $500. [MORE]
Rural Crime Squad to be reinstated
The Minister for Police, Rob Johnson, says he will sit down with the Police Commissioner next week to discuss reinstating the Rural Crime Squad which was shut down earlier this year.[MORE]
Water tower to light up in cancer research support
The Water Corporation will light up Port Hedland's water tower in pink to support the start of National Breast Cancer Month.[MORE]
Man killed in workplace accident
A man has been killed in a motor vehicle accident at a mine site near Newman.[MORE]
Breakdown shuts down Rio's Pilbara port
Rio Tinto has shut down operations at part of its Cape Lambert iron ore port after a machinery break down.[MORE]
Weaker dollar helping farmers: ANZ
Economists say the weaker Australian dollar is providing a boost to the agricultural sector. [MORE]
EPA urged to consider Outer Harbour impacts
The Town of Port Hedland is urging the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to consider the impact on the local community when assessing BHP Billiton's proposed Outer Harbour development.[MORE]
Man dead, three children injured in Port Hedland fatality.
Two children are being flown to Perth in a serious condition after a car crash which killed their father in the Pilbara.[MORE]
