RIO TINTO will spend US$667m on new infrastructure and research to enhance its Pilbara facility.
19/06/2008
ABB has been awarded a five year Framework Agreement by Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Iron mines to help with the miner’s power system upgrade project.
13/05/2008
POWER and automation technology provider ABB will upgrade a power substation for Rio Tinto to increase production capacity at the miner’s Pilbara sites.
07/05/2008
ABB AUSTRALIA will be helping Rio Tinto increase the capacity at its iron-ore mining and production facilities, by installing electrification equipment in the Pilbara region.
30/09/2008
ADVANCED Braking Technology will expand its presence by establishing a network of service centres on the eastern seaboard of Australia, Kalgoorlie, and the Pilbara.
20/05/2008
BILFINGER Berger Services has launched a Community Support Program consisting of $20,000 worth of grants to support community groups in Newman and Port Hedland.
08/09/2009
RIO TINTO will invest more than $514.8m to upgrade its Pilbara power sources to support an expansion of its iron ore port and mine operations.
16/07/2008
FORTESCUE Metals Group has brought forward the optimisation of its Pilbara port and mine processing facilities by a fortnight, with shutdown to take place 17 November 2008.
13/11/2008
OPCON will deliver five Opcon Powerboxes to CoGen ORC Power for installation in Western Australia’s Kimberly, Pilbara, Gasgoyne, mid-west and southern Goldfields regions.
05/06/2009
CONSOLIDATED Minerals is slashing its staff numbers as it puts a number of facilities and mines into care and maintenance.
17/11/2008
TOX Free Solutions will provide total waste management and industrial maintenance services to three of Woodside’s facilities.
17/02/2009
MONADELPHOUS Group has secured $100m in contracts to provide shutdown and maintenance services to Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Coastal and Inland West Operations.
30/09/2009
THE VIBRATION Institute of Australia is holding the one-day Condition Monitoring for Management course in Melbourne on 15 February and in Pilbara on 2 March 2010.
09/12/2009
INDIGENOUS people are taking hold of new training opportunities, and finding firm footing in industries such as maintenance.
05/08/2008