Mining

Australia’s High Court ruled planning authorities needed to account for the the impact on climate change before approving coal projects in a decision that has rocked Australia’s mining and energy sectors.

Australia’s mining stocks are poised to extend their rally, analysts say, as surging copper demand for power infrastructure and artificial intelligence gives investors a new reason to buy the sector.

Northern Star knocked back a $38.7 billion takeover approach, claiming the valuation falls well short of its fundamental worth and exposes investors to offshore jurisdictional risk.

Mineral Resources has swung from a $896 million loss to a $1.2 billion net profit and reinstated dividends.

Fortescue has suspended an executive at the centre of a sexual harassment investigation, days after defending its decision not to do so.

Departing Northern Star Resources chief executive Stuart Tonkin will receive a whopping golden handshake when he finishes up next Friday.

BHP made a bumper profit from record copper prices and its new chief executive has claimed victory over the unions which infiltrated its iron ore empire in WA.

Joe Hockey is on board with secret plans for a Pilbara iron ore cartel to combat China’s intensifying market squeeze and believes Jim Chalmers should have more veto powers over critical minerals deals.

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue is bracing for a more than $700 million blow to its books after re-evaluating the value of its troubled Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara.

Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources has closed out a resurgent financial year with a quarterly record at its all-important Onslow Iron operation.

The final investment decision by the WA conglomerate and Chile’s SQM will double annual production of lithium concentrate from the Mt Holland mine, near Southern Cross, to 760,000 tonnes from 2030.

Conservationists argue Federal authorities had ‘apprehended bias’ favouring the energy giant when a decades-long extension of the North West Shelf gas project was approved.

One of Wesfarmers’ oldest support acts is readying to pull the trigger on a $600 million-plus lithium mine expansion as it begins to harvest higher profits from a years-long development blitz.

Boss Energy has appointed sector veteran Peter Botten as its new chairman.

US giant Alcoa’s acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, marking the Perth-based miner’s exit from WA operations, ‘is strategically coherent for both parties’, a global research and consultancy group says.

Jessica Farrell, the former boss of BHP’s now shuttered WA nickel assets, has been handed the keys to The Big Australian’s North American assets.

Thousands of women could be eligible to join a new Fortescue class action into sexual harassment and sexism in the resources sector following a similar legal battle against giants BHP and Rio Tinto.

Mineral Resources has hinted who its successor to managing director Chris Ellison will be but is refusing to lock in a handover date.