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Indigenous community braces for decision on $1.8b claim
An Aboriginal community will learn whether its billion-dollar landmark case agai...
Aaron Bunch 12 May 2026
Pilbara student takes on leadership role
Fortescue is proud to support Tahnee Ransfield, a First Nations student from the...
NIT staff 25 Feb 2025
Fortescue’s inaugural Innovation Grants fuel sustainable solutions
Seven Pilbara initiatives including a traditional bush medicine 'pharmacy', the...
NIT staff 23 Jan 2025
Fortescue’s trailblazer in First Nations engagement
Rosli Wheelock's journey to becoming a prominent figure in the mining industry a...
Zak Kirkup 14 Aug 2024
Noel Pearson joins Fortescue Metals board
First Nations social advocate and lawyer Noel Pearson has joined the board of Fo...
Brendan Foster 1 Aug 2024
Fortescue signs five-year agreement with First Nations supplier, Ngoonee

Fortescue signed a five-year agreement with First Nations supplier, Ngoonee, this month to supply two water carts to service its Solomon iron ore operations in the Pilbara.

Fortescue program a meaningful GIFT for Indigenous employees

Fortescue, in collaboration with Curtin University and the Pilbara Kimberley University Centres, recently launched a pilot program providing the company's First Nations employees with an opportunity t...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 26, 2024
Netball WA Coach and Umpires conference a great opportunity for First Nations officials

The Netball WA Coach and Umpires conference recently brought together more than 150 community coaches and umpires from across Western Australia.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 22, 2024
A taste of FIFO life for scholarship students at FMG's Eliwana mine site

Ten students recently got a taste of the FIFO lifestyle and a unique tour of sites of cultural significance during a special visit to Fortescue Metals Group's Eliwana mine site in the Pilbara.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Mar 18, 2024
Traditional Owners in Pilbara strike massive green energy deal

A massive billion-dollar renewable energy project will kickstart Australia's renewable energy transition in the Pilbara after a partnership between Traditional Owners and Filipino-listed ACEN.

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David Prestipino Jul 19, 2023
NAIDOC Perth’s Sportsperson of the Year is reaching for the stars

Isiah Wuruki, a proud young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man with family connections with the Palyku people of Nullagine, Nyikina people of Derby and Yam and Boigu Islands in the Torres Strai...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 28, 2023
Fortescue honoured for Billion Opportunities success

Fortescue Metals Group Manager, Heritage Compliance & Operations, Yuluwirri McGrady, describes the recent AMEC award for the company's Billion Opportunities program as "great recognition".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 23, 2023
Fortescue Aboriginal Business Development lead takes on ambassador role with MADALAH

Fortescue Metals Group Aboriginal Business Development Manager, Yuluwirri McGrady, has taken on an official role with Indigenous educational not-for-profit MADALAH.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 20, 2022
Fortescue's pick for Eliwana top job relishes leadership opportunity

Heading up a modern mining operation among the dramatic mesas of the inland Pilbara can seem a world away from spearfishing at Roebuck Bay. But after more than a decade rising through the ranks at For...

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NIT Mar 28, 2022
How the Pilbara's Bung family found the good life through financial freedom

For Nyiyaparli woman Sue Bung there are few moments in life better than heading out to secret family spots to catch mud crab, salmon and mangrove jack for dinner.

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NIT Feb 23, 2022
Empowerment is the key to FMG’s joint ventures

Without the support of Fortescue Metals Group, Nygumarta businessman Ricky Osborne's business wouldn't be where it is today. Mr Osborne owns Jatu Clothing and PPE with his daughters Yvonne Kelly-Osbor...

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NIT Jun 16, 2021
FMG Billion Opportunities program thriving 10 years on

Balyku woman Elsa Derschow never thought in a million years that she would own a brand new grading machine, but Fortescue Metals Group's Billion Opportunities program has made that a reality.

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NIT May 20, 2021
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