Mining

MinRes Air
Business
Simone Grogan

Captain Chris Ellison speaking: MinRes Air takes off

Fly-in, fly-out workers have touched down in the Pilbara after travelling on Chris Ellison’s newly-branded MinRes Air, enjoying 25cm of extra legroom on their five-hour and 40 minute journey to work.

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Hancock Prospecting executive chair Gina Rinehart has been honoured for her charity work in Cambodia.
Australia
Digital Staff

Gina Rinehart honoured by Cambodian king for charity work

The Hancock Prospecting executive chair received the honour at a recent ceremony.

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A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek did not rule out introducing a climate trigger when quizzed by The Nightly, but suggested it was not on the table imminently. 
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Mining
Adrian Rauso

Climate trigger warning on green tape

Federal Labor is considering adding new layers of bureaucracy to its ‘Nature Positive’ reforms, reigniting concern the industry battle with Anthony Albanese and his team over the policy is far from over.

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In a statement to the ASX Fiona Hick said she was “thrilled” to join the Evolution board.
Business
Adrian Rauso

Former FMG CEO Fiona Hick joins Evolution Mining board

Fiona Hick has joined the board of Evolution Mining, marking her first public role since leaving Fortescue following a short and dramatic tenure as its chief executive.

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Electric excavators and battery haul trucks, not hydrogen or hybrid options, are preferred to displace diesel in iron ore mining, BHP says.
Mining
Adrian Rauso & Marion Rae

BHP emissions to rise as it shuns hydrogen for electric

Investors have been warned that BHP’s carbon footprint will get worse before it gets better, as the Big Australian also flags that it might not reach net zero by 2050.

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Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Michael Woodley.
Western Australia
Adrian Rauso

Fortescue ‘destroyed’ heritage sites, Aboriginal group says

The Yindjibarndi are ratcheting up their longstanding feud with Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue by calling for the government to probe the environmental compliance of the miner’s massive Solomon iron ore hub.

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BHP's WA Iron Ore Asset President Tim Day. Michael Wilson
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Mining
Simone Grogan

New BHP iron ore boss outlines big vision for the Pilbara

With roots as a bulldozer operator in Queensland, BHP’s new iron ore man is an ‘operator by heart’, unabashedly parochial about the Pilbara, and has big plans to make the Big Australian even more efficient.

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Pilbara had $1.8b in the bank at March 31.
Mining
Daniel Newell

Pilbara plots $1.2b path to double Pilgangoora output

Pilbara Minerals could spend another $1.2 billion to double production from its Pilgangoora lithium project south of Port Hedland as it bets on the long-term prospects of the key battery material.

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Northern Minerals’ executives left to right: CEO and Managing Director Shane Hartwig, Chief Operating Officer Angela Glover, Executive Director Bin Cai and Executive Chairman Adam Handley.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

‘Way ahead’: Mining giant hack source revealed

New details about the perpetrators of the Northern Minerals hack can be revealed, while a cyber security expert suggests that Russia poses a bigger threat than China to WA’s critical minerals sector.

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Mineral Rescources' Koolyanobbing iron ore operation.
Mining
Simone Grogan

Why mining giant will close operation & cut 1000 jobs

The miner has revealed that it will shut its Yilgarn hub after six years of mining lower-grade ore across a sprawling 200km operation, which it now deems ‘not financially viable’ beyond the next six months.

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Mineral Resources MD Chris Ellison at the Port of Ashburton in Onslow
Mining
Simone Grogan

Mining industry shock: Australian giant to cut 1,000 jobs

A mining giant will close an iron ore hub by the end of 2024 in a bombshell move impacting up to 1,000 jobs, following what management describes as a ‘prudent but difficult’ decision.

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Roger Cook and Madeleine King with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Coalition renews tax attack as Tianqi pleads for handout

A Chinese lithium refiner that owns a big stake in a WA mine that delivered a $6.3 billion profit last year is begging the Federal Government to give it a tax break.

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Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest.
Markets
Simone Grogan

Fortescue share price slumps amid block trade reports

Fortescue shares have slumped amid reports a $1 billion sell-down was afoot late on Monday, dragging down the Andrew Forrest-founded business’ share price by more than 4 per cent.

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Fortescue Metals chairman Andrew Forrest, with former CEO Elizabeth Gaines, right and outgoing director of global growth Julie Shuttleworth (left).
Mining
Adrian Rauso and Cheyanne Enciso

Another prominent Fortescue boss quits Twiggy’s empire

It’s the latest movement in the revolving door at Fortescue’s C-suite lounge.

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BHP was a vocal opponent of the Albanese Government’s controversial industrial relations reforms.
Mining
Daniel Newell

Same job, same pay fight for 1700 workers at BHP coal mines

BHP could be hit with orders to lift the pay packets of 1700 labour hire workers at three of its Queensland coal mines as the Mining and Energy Union pursues the miner under new Same Job, Same Pay laws.

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