Fortescue Metals

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will invest $45 million into Fortescue's first-of-its-kind solar innovation hub in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Engineering group Monadelphous has won construction contracts valued at $220 million with BHP and Fortescue for mining projects in the Pilbara.

Fortescue has rejected Element Zero’s “implausible” claims that the start-up's founder was instructed by the mining giant's IP manager to access and delete certain documents after his resignation, as it defends allegations that search orders it won over the alleged misappropriation of its confidential information were based on weak evidence.

Start-up Element Zero has attacked search orders won by Fortescue over the alleged misappropriation of the mining company's confidential information by three former employees, calling the orders an “industrial scale forensic debacle” won on weak evidence and the failure to disclose material information.

Fortescue has brought legal action against start-up Element Zero and three former employees, alleging “industrial scale misuse” of the Western Australian mining company's confidential information.

A subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group has prevented one of its long-held mining licences from falling into the hands of rival Gina Rinehart, with the Western Australian Supreme Court overturning a state government decision voiding the licence because of an 89 second technical delay.

Mining giant Fortescue Metals is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a ruling that granted native title to the Yinjibarndi people over a large section of land in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.