Mining

Incoming Rio Tinto chief executive Simon Trott.

Simon Trott named new Rio Tinto CEO

Rio Tinto has chosen a boy from the Wheatbelt to be the next leader of its global mining empire.

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The Prime Minister has called for deeper cooperation between Australia and China on green steel and emissions cuts.

Albanese urges China ties for green steel future

The Prime Minister has called for deeper co-operation, telling industry leaders in Shanghai that ‘it is in both countries’ interests to ensure a sustainable and market-driven global steel sector’.

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BHP’s Tim Day toured Wallis Drilling today before speaking to the media.

FWC ruling impact is in the air: BHP exec

The boss of BHP’s most lucrative division is unsure how much damage the Fair Work Commission’s ‘same job, same pay’ ruling will wreak.

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Minerals Council of Australia Chief Executive Tania Constable at WA Mining Cleb lunch at Optus Stadium Andrew Ritchie

Fair Work ruling puts resources industry in limbo

Business groups have roundly criticised a Fair Work Commission ruling in favour of unions against BHP, as mining and energy companies scramble to figure out what the landmark decision means for them.

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Presentation notes to be used by new chair Malcolm Bundey in meetings with investors and proxy advisers this week says Mr Ellison’s planned exit timeline is being ‘reviewed’.

MinRes cast doubts over Chris Ellison departure

Presentation notes to be used by new chair Malcolm Bundey in meetings with investors and proxy advisers this week says Mr Ellison’s planned exit timeline is being ‘reviewed’.

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The unions have leveraged the Albanese Government’s controversial labour hire reforms to win a landmark decision against BHP, which is set to have a ‘flow-on effect throughout the mining industry’.

BHP loses union battle with huge ramifications for industry

The unions have leveraged the Albanese Government’s controversial labour hire reforms to win a landmark decision against BHP, which is set to have a ‘flow-on effect throughout the mining industry’.

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Mineral Resources’ luxurious new Mungala Resort at the $3.5 billion Onslow Iron project has been described as the “Club Med of the Pilbara”.

Miners line up for spot at ‘Club Med love nest’ FIFO camp

While many mining companies frown upon romantic mingling at their camps, Mineral Resources has fitted out its new accommodation complex with ‘love nest’ dongas and a plethora of resort-style facilities.

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Gina Rinehart

Rinehart labels net zero a ‘magic pudding’, talks up the US

Gina Rinehart says net zero is an ‘unobtainable and expensive magic pudding’, and believes Australia should follow the lead of the United States.

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Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto will invest in an extension of Hope Downs in the Pilbara.

Rio and Rinehart pour billions into iron ore mine extension

Australia’s most prolific iron ore miner and the country’s richest person have agreed to invest more than $2 billion to keep the Hope Downs mining operation alive.

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Mineral Resources’ Osborne Park headquarters.

ASIC confirms Kali IPO saga will feature in MinRes probe

The corporate cop has confirmed Kali Metals’ emergence on the stock market last year is going to be in the thick of its investigation into Mineral Resources.

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From left, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7.

Australia ready to benefit from G7’s critical minerals pact

Resources Minister Madeleine King revealed there would ‘100 per cent’ be more to come on global collaboration to develop the critical minerals market when Anthony Albanese meets Donald Trump.

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Gina Rinehart, Meg O'Neil, Ryan Stokes.

The end of the beginning for WA gas project

BEN HARVEY: Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill has a gas problem. The whole of Australia is about find out how offensive it is.

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Gina Rinehart has revealed plans to merge Roy Hill with Atlas Iron.

Rinehart reveals plans for iron ore powerhouse merger

Gina Rinehart has revealed plans to create a single iron ore powerhouse by merging Roy Hill with Atlas Iron in a major shake-up of the billionaire’s business empire.

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Jakob Stausholm has broken his silence on his shock resignation as Rio Tinto’s chief

Rio Tinto CEO breaks silence on shock resignation

Jakob Stausholm has broken his silence on his shock resignation as Rio Tinto’s chief, while Mr Stausholm’s potential successor has claimed a victory against union infiltration in the Pilbara.

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Simon Trott, left, should replace Jakob Stausholm as Rio Tinto’s boss, write Ben Harvey.

Why Rio Tinto should be looking close to home for new boss

BEN HARVEY: It makes sense that a WA iron ore company (and that’s what Rio is) should be run by a WA iron ore executive who lives in the same time zone as his business’s most important customer, China.

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