Mining

Rio released a progress update two years after an initial bombshell report unveiled bullying and sexism were systemic at the company.
Mining
Simone Grogan

Is male worker backlash thwarting Rio’s change for women?

Rio’s efforts to fix culture issues in the past two years have left some men feeling “undervalued or overlooked” against their women peers, and of the belief that there is reverse discrimination at play.

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Iron ore stockpiles waiting to be transported at Rio Tinto Group's port facility in Karratha, Western Australia, on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Rio Tinto Group, BHP Group Ltd. and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. produce almost two-thirds of the world’s seaborne iron ore from Western Australia, and margins remain enviable. For the first time in a generation, though, the specter of disruption looms over mining’s most reliable profit generator. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
Mining
Caitlyn Rintoul and Simone Grogan

‘You keep your mouth shut’: Rio still has a culture problem

A review into global miner Rio Tinto’s workplace culture has found a disturbing battle of the sexes emerging as it struggles to make progress on a raft of changes.

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Resolute Mining CEO Terry Holohan and Malian leader Colonel Assimi Goita.
Mining
Daniel Newell

Mega payment moves Resolute step closer to CEO’s release

Resolute Mining says a first payment to settle a tax dispute has moved it closer to securing the release of its boss and two executives from the controlling junta in Mali.

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Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison.
Mining
Neale Prior

Mineral Resources reveals $189,000 Ellison daughter deal

Chris Ellison’s lieutenants at Mineral Resources have admitted the company failed to disclose 12 years of rent relief given to companies linked to the billionaire’s daughter.

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Resolute Mining CEO Terry Holohan and Malian leader Colonel Assimi Goita.
Mining
Sean Smith

Resolute halts trading amid Mali talks to free CEO

Mali is reportedly demanding the miner pay nearly $250m to resolve a tax dispute that a week ago escalated to the detention of the company’s chief executive Terry Holohan and two colleagues.

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A suggestion that Santos boss Kevin Gallagher could jump ship has been rejected in an extraordinary spray by the company.
Mining
Sean Smith

Santos’ extraordinary blast over Mineral Resources role

Santos has launched an extraordinarily angry rebuttal of a throwaway suggestion that chief executive Kevin Gallagher could fill Chris Ellison’s shoes at scandal-ridden Mineral Resources.

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A worker walks down stairs at the Bald Hill treatment plant
Mining
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

MinRes shutters lithium mine with 300 jobs affected

The run of body blows for beaten-down Mineral Resources continues, with the miner announcing the prolonged price slump for key battery ingredient lithium is about to claim another victim— and up to 300 jobs.

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A worker walks down stairs at the Bald Hill treatment plant
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Mining
Daniel Newell

MinRes shuts mine, axes 300 jobs amid Chris Ellison scandal

The Chris Ellison-run Mineral Resources has announced the prolonged price slump for the key battery ingredient is about to claim another mine victim — and up to 300 jobs.

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Is gold losing its shine?
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Mining
Jackson Hewett

Is gold losing its glitter among the crypto craze?

JACKSON HEWETT: The precious metal was one of the hottest investments of the past year but the shine seems to be coming off. Can it get its mojo back?

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Liontown: Kathleen Valley Project
Mining
Daniel Newell

Liontown reins in Kathleen Valley tonnes amid savings drive

Liontown is reining in production plans just three months after delivering its maiden load of lithium as it hunkers down amid a depressed market for the key battery metal that shows no sign of a recovery.

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Terry Holohan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Resolute Mining
Mining
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Sean Smith

Shares tank while junta holds Resolute execs after tax talks

Perth-based gold miner Resolute Mining has confirmed that boss Terry Holohan and two employees were detained in Mali but maintain the allegations against them are ‘unsubstantiated’.

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Terry Holohan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Resolute Mining.
Mining
Paul-Alian Hunt, Katarina Hoije & William Clowes

Perth-based gold mining boss detained in Mali

The CEO of a major Australian gold mining company based in Perth has been detained by the military-controlled government of Mali in West Africa.

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Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison will stand down in the next 12 to 18 months.
Mining
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

HESTA concerned about Ellison’s long goodbye from MinRes

Superannuation giant HESTA has put Mineral Resources on a governance watch list as the miner struggles to recover from a tax scandal that has spread from managing director Chris Ellison to its board.

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Regis Resources chief executive Jim Beyer.
Mining
Simone Grogan

Regis challenges decision to block NSW gold mine

Regis Resources, the WA gold miner that had a $1 billion gold project thwarted by an Indigenous heritage protection challenge, has moved on legal action to have the decision declared invalid.

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Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison arrives at the company's Osborne Park headquarters.
Mining
Neale Prior

MinRes plays secret squirrels on Ellison allegations

Chris Ellison and Mineral Resources are pushing for permanent veil of secrecy over self-proclaimed whistleblower Steven Pigozzo after surprise peace deal.

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