Port Hedland

The Health Minister will fly north to reassure WA's mining towns they are not at risk from a coronavirus-infected ship anchored off the coast of Port Hedland.

Authorities in Australia are contending with a rising number of coronavirus cases among the crew of a bulk carrier anchored off Port Hedland, the key export hub for the country’s A$100 billion ($70 billion) iron ore sector.

Western Australia's health minister is confident a COVID-19 outbreak on a bulk carrier off Port Hedland will be resolved within a fortnight. Nine people

ASX-listed Calidus Resources has increased the underground ore reserves component of its planned $120 million Warrawoona mine in WA’s East Pilbara as part of the budding gold producer’s just-released definitive feasibility study on the project.

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WA needs to better understand how international testing regimes work, as another outbreak on board a foreign ship could potentially threaten the import and export trade, he warned.

A cargo ship anchored off the coast of the Pilbara region in Western Australia has reported eight new positive coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number in the cluster to 17.

Eight more crew members of a bulk carrier anchored off Port Hedland in Western Australia have tested positive to COVID-19, taking the total number of cases from the ship to 17.

West Australian authorities are considering their options after the number of COVID-19 cases linked to a bulk carrier off Port Hedland climbed to 17. There

Emergency plans to evacuate crew members on board a ship anchored off the WA coast that has infected almost all of its crew are being considered, amid official concerns it could be a ticking time bomb for the community.