Original article by Nick Evans, Valerina Changarathil
The Australian – Page: 15 : 9-Sep-26

BHP has held further talks with a coalition of unions that represent workers at its Port Hedland iron ore hub in the Pilbara. However, BHP failed to reach a deal with the unions, despite offering a pay rise of 17 per cent over four years (one per cent higher than its previous offer), an increase in roster allowances and a $25,000 cash ‘transition payment’ over the first two years of a new enterprise agreement. BHP’s Port Hedland workers have already taken industrial action twice in recent months, although no further industrial action is believed to be planned at this stage. Meanwhile, there have been reports that China Mineral Resources Group has directed some steel mills to put iron ore purchases from Rio Tinto on hold, in a similar pricing dispute to the one that BHP resolved earlier this year.

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