Mining

The majority of Rio Tinto workers at a large Pilbara iron ore mine voted in favour of a collective bargaining agreement.

Back to 1980s after unions win vote at Rio’s Pilbara mine

The re-unionisation of Australia’s mining heartland is closer to reality after the majority of Rio Tinto workers at a large Pilbara iron ore mine voted in favour of a collective bargaining agreement.

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Gumatj leaders Djawa Yunupingu and Balupalu Yunupingu were at the High Court to hear the decision. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Landmark $700m native title case could have ‘vast’ implications

The High Court has dismissed a Federal Government challenge to a $700 million compensation claim over land acquired for mining without traditional owners' consent.

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The resources sector fears a stealth implementation of Labor’s nature positive plan is underway despite the Government pulling legislation to establish an environmental watchdog.

New dashboard sparks Nature Positive ‘back door’ fears

The resources sector fears a stealth implementation of Labor’s nature positive plan is underway despite the Government pulling legislation to establish an environmental watchdog.

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Fortescue's Andrew Forrest has made the cover of Time magazine.

Twiggy’s climate fight makes cover of Time magazine

WA mining magnate Andrew Forrest now has another feather in his cap after making the cover of Time magazine.

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Our big miners are all feeling the heat as profits are slumping. So what’s next for Australia’s largest economic driver, asks Jackson Hewett.

What’s next for iron ore as miners reel from profit falls?

JACKSON HEWETT: Our big miners are all feeling the heat as profits are slumping. So what’s next for Australia’s largest economic driver? 

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GFG Alliance's Whyalla Steelworks has cast its first steel after four-month shutdown.

Albo splashes $2.4b on keeping Whyalla steelworks afloat

The Albanese Government has laid out a $2.4 billion lifeline to keep the Whyalla steelworks afloat, following the South Australian Government calling in creditors on billionaire Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG group. 

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The group has indicated it will pull back spending in iron ore and green energy plans. 

FMG trims dividend, green energy spending as profit falls

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has hit another shipment record, pumping out 97.1 million tonnes in the first half of the financial year.

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Chris Ellison urged MinRes shareholders to move on from his various misdeeds in a revealing shareholder update.

Chris Ellison casts uncertainty around MinRes departure

Chris Ellison urged MinRes shareholders to move on from his various misdeeds, flip-flopped on whether he’d stay on at the firm he founded, and contradicted a past statement he made about leadership succession.

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Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison has overseen an $807 million half-year loss.

Mineral Resources shares plummet after massive $807m loss

Lithium price carnage and the adverse effect of a strong US dollar on its huge debt pile has dragged Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources deep into the red.

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Iron ore in Port Hedland

BHP slashes dividend as iron ore decline bites

Falling iron ore prices has cut the payout BHP shareholders will receive with earnings from its growing copper portfolio not enough to pick up the slack.

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Ross McEwan will take over as chair from the end of March.

Former NAB boss picked as new BHP chair

BHP has tapped former NAB chief executive Ross McEwan to be its new chair as Ken MacKenzie steps down from the role after eight years.

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It is believed some of those affected workers were offered different jobs within the mining giant’s operations, but others have been made redundant.

Rio Tinto axes 120 jobs, outsources work to contractors

A cost-cutting crusade across Rio Tinto’s highly profitable WA iron ore empire rages on with the latest purge striking about 120 jobs.

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Citigroup at the weekend said it expects gold prices to hit $US3000/oz this year.

ASX goldies bask in bullion’s new record high

Gold miners are basking in the glow of yet another record price high for the precious metal — even as it comes off levels that pushed it close to the $US3000-an-ounce mark.

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Resources Minister Madeleine King said the $17.5b tax break for critical minerals businesses was one of the largest ever packages of support to the sector. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Tax breaks for critical minerals companies pass Parliament

Critical minerals companies that set up downstream processing and refining will get a tax break from mid-2027 after the Government won agreement from the Greens to pass the Budget centrepiece.

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Matilda Lane-Rose and, inset top to bottom, Emil Davey and Jesse Noakes.

‘Crossed the line’: Foiled Woodside protesters spared jail

Activists who plotted to vandalise the City Beach home of Woodside boss Meg O’Neill have been told by a chief magistrate that their actions could be viewed as a ‘personal attack’.

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