Internal BHP documents reveal how the mining giant planned to set up an iron ore processing facility in the Pilbara to cut carbon emissions before backing away from it entirely.

Hundreds of pages of internal BHP documents reveal how the company sold itself as a climate leader while internally finding reasons to put off action in the Pilbara.

Exclusive: Jimblebar processing facility would have produced higher quality iron ore sought by steelmakers around the world – themselves under pressure to curb pollution