The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has fought for years for compensation from iron ore mines in the Pilbara, but may soon be producing renewable energy to sell to those same companies.

In 2017, the Yindjibarndi People won exclusive native title rights for land covering the Solomon mining hub, about 60km (37 miles) north of the town of Tom Price in remote Western Australia.

The Yindjibarndi people of WA’s Pilbara region are seeking $500 million from Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue for mining the land they have exclusive native title over without their agreement, the ...

Fortescue Metals Group has lost a High Court appeal to overturn Native Title rights over 2,700 square kilometres of land in the Pilbara, including the site of an iron ore mine.