Mining

BHP chair Ken MacKenzie.
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Business
Simone Grogan

BHP says elections, protectionism making world volatile

BHP’s long-serving chair has told an annual meeting the mining giant can weather the woes of inflation, a slowing Chinese economy and erratic commodity prices — but turning steel green will be a tough task.

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Shadow environment minister Jonno Duniam, left, warns Australia’s mining sector could face an ‘economic Armageddon’ thanks to an agreement Tanya Plibersek signed to phase out subsidies.
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Mining
Katina Curtis

Mining sector facing ‘economic Armageddon’ over subsidies

The Opposition warns the resources sector may face ‘economic Armageddon’ due to an international biodiversity agreement by Labor.

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Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison has come under fire for not disclosing revenue from co-owned offshore companies that bought and sold mining equipment for on-sale in Australia.
Mining
Daniel Newell

MinRes closes in on Ellison tax probe findings

The company’s share prices has plunged more than 25 per cent in the past week since founder and managing director Chris Ellison issued an apology over tax avoidance.

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Element Zero chief technical officer and co-founder Bart Kolodziejczyk at the business in Malaga
Mining
Neale Prior

Twiggy’s old mate takes Element raid blue to next level

Michael Masterman and his Element Zero team will fight a judge’s decision to not kill Fortescue search and seizure orders despite her findings of material non-disclosure.

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Minerol Resources boss Chris Ellison.
Mining
Sean Smith

Ellison tax dodge fallout strips even more off MinRes stock

Stockbroker RBC Capital Markets said Monday’s sell-off was exaggerated but warned there may not be a meaningful recovery until the outcome of a board investigation is known.

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Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison has admitted to a “lapse of judgment” over his offshore tax affairs.
Mining
Daniel Newell

Mineral Resources sheds $1b in wake of Ellison’s ‘lapse’

Shares in Mineral Resources plummeted after its founder and boss Chris Ellison admitted to a ‘serious lapse of judgment’ over his offshore tax affairs.

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Rio’s shipments rose to 84.5 million tonnes in the three months to September 30 — up one per cent from the same period a year ago.
Mining
Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

Rio’s iron ore exports disappoint and costs creep up

Persistent cost inflation and low-grade iron ore at Rio Tinto’s mining heartland is eating into margins and delivered a quarterly result labelled as ‘disappointing’.

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Rio Tinto Australia chief executive Kellie Parker.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Rio Tinto warns ministerial oversight needed for EPA

Rio Tinto has implied it wants Federal Labor to make sure Ministerial oversight exists over a proposed national environmental watchdog.

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The site is home to two ghost bat sub-populations.
Mining
Simone Grogan

Ghost bats to blame as Rio Tinto axes new deposit plans

Rio Tinto will can plans for a new deposit due to be part of its Rhodes Ridge expansion in the Pilbara, in a move it claims will help save the habitat of a population of ghost bats.

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The briefing by China’s National Development and Reform Commission on Tuesday is expected to involve announcements on more public spending.
Mining
Daniel Newell

Iron ore set to top $US120/t with more China support

Rumours of iron ore’s price demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to some analysts, who now see a stellar reversal of fortune for the steel-making ingredient back towards $US120 a tonne.

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BHP WA Nickel asset president Jessica Farrell.
Mining
Cheyanne Enciso

BHP redeploys hundreds of Nickel West workers

BHP says it has made redeployment offers to hundreds of workers following the suspension of its Nickel West arm.

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Four people have died at Queensland mines in 2024.
Mining
Savannah Meacham and Laine Clark

Blood on the coal: Search for answers after fourth Queensland mining death

‘Too many mine workers have died this year.’

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Rio Tinto’s chief executive Jakob Stausholm and FMG boss Andrew Forrest.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

How a Fortescue blunder forced retraction of Rio CEO quotes

Rio Tinto's chief executive Jakob Stausholm was shoehorned into a Fortescue press release without approval, forcing an embarrassing retraction.

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Rio Tinto Chair Dominic Barton
Business
Adrian Rauso

Copper M&A won’t plug supply gap: Rio chairman

Rio Tinto chairman Dominic Barton has declared the world needs more mines to cope with rising demand for key energy-transition metals like copper, with mergers and acquisitions unable to plug a supply gap.

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Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison pictured at their offices in Osborne Park. Ian Munro
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Business
Adrian Rauso

Mining billionaire says ‘Labor should stay out of the way’

Mining billionaire Chris Ellison on why he wants the meddling Federal Government to butt out of the nation’s resources powerhouse State and how China bashing is going to harm the economy.

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