Mining

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has launched a remarkable broadside on Victoria’s investment climate by comparing the State to North Korea, as the gas industry ramps up demands for red tape cuts.

ADRIAN RAUSO: The market has digested the shock news Rio Tinto’s head honcho is on the way out, seemingly not of his own volition, a decision which could have massive ramifications.

Fortescue has announced the demotion of its energy boss Mark Hutchinson amid a raft of other leadership changes at the top end of the Andrew Forrest-led business. 

Rio Tinto has announced chief executive Jakob Stausholm will step down in 2025, confirming a succession plan process in a notice to the ASX.

Electric vehicle sales in China rose 58 per cent year-on-year in April, a positive sign for struggling WA lithium miners with the battery commodity’s price running low on juice.

Mineral Resources has named its man to lead a rebuild of the miner’s depleted board and regain the trust of shareholders left burnt by a series of scandals.