Mining

Tanya Plibersek has finally ruled out inserting a “climate trigger” into her Nature Positive laws.
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Plibersek finally falls into line, rules out climate trigger

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has ruled out inserting a ‘climate trigger’ into her Nature Positive laws

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Elizabeth Gaines will be the new West Coast Chair.
AFL
Craig O'Donoghue

Gaines to take over as Chair in West Coast first

Elizabeth Gaines will become the Eagles first female Chair after being elected to take over from long-time servant Paul Fitzpatrick.

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Prices have slumped by about a third this year, fuelling talk about how low they must go to force mine closures and bring supply back in line with demand.
Mining
Daniel Newell

Chance of iron ore at $US80/t ‘not far from current reality’

Prices have slumped by about a third this year, fuelling talk about how low they must go to force mine closures and bring supply back in line with demand.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek are at odds over a deal with the Greens on Nature Positive laws that would include climate triggers.
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Australia
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Labor at war over Greens Nature Positive talks

Anthony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek are at odds over Labor’s Nature Positive laws, with the Environment Minister insisting a deal with the Greens is still on the table despite the PM overruling her.

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A tyre has fallen on a young worker at a Queensland coal mine. File image.
Queensland
Warren Barnsley

Horror as teen worker pinned under falling tyre at mine

He has suffered significant injuries.

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Newmont chief executive Tom Palmer.
Business
Simone Grogan

Boss of global gold giant says there’s a catch to record run

The Australian-born chief executive of $90 billion global mining giant Newmont is riding high on the back of transcendent gold prices, but isn’t letting the latest rush go to his head.

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The AWU is seeking a collective bargaining agreement guaranteeing annual pay increases of either a flat 5 per cent or WA’s cost price index percentage plus an extra per cent, whichever is greater.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Union demands BHP gifts workers huge bonus each year

The main union group trying to muscle in on BHP’s Pilbara iron ore operations is demanding thousands of workers be gifted a ‘retention bonus’ each year, on top of guaranteed pay rises.

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MinRes’ Mt Marion lithium mine
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Lithium stocks skyrocket as China closes huge mine

Shareholders in listed lithium mining companies collectively gained billions of dollars on Wednesday after months of doom and gloom.

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Minerals Council of Australia chief executive Tania Constable has urged miners to lobby the Coalition to back the Labor Government’s proposed EPA.
Mining
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Katina Curtis

‘Alarming’: Miners urge Coalition to back revamped EPA

Miners are being urged to lobby the Coalition to back a stripped-back Environment Protection Agency before Labor rushes off to cut a deal with the Greens.

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BCI Minerals managing director, David Boshoff.
Mining
Simone Grogan

Plibersek gives green light to BCI’s $1.4b salt project

BCI Minerals has been granted environmental approvals for its $1.4 billion Mardie project near Karratha, paving the way for the production process to start at Australia’s first major salt project in 25 years.

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In a speech to open Minerals Weeks in Canberra, Ms Constable will also hit out at the Federal Government for pursuing industrial relations laws that have brought ‘conflict to every workplace’.
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Miners ‘under siege’: MCA boss’ blunt message to PM

The mining industry feels under siege and even ‘punished for its success’ as a torrent of government intervention threatens projects and undermines competitiveness, MCA boss Tania Constable has warned.

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BHP's Jimblebar iron ore mine.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Iron ore price dives to levels not seen since 2022

The news is set to punch a hole in the Federal Budget.

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A fight over a federal EPA has demonstrated just how important one state is to the federal election.
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

How Labor lost control of its environmental laws revamp

A fight over a federal EPA has demonstrated just how important one state is to the federal election.

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The Mt Cattlin lithium mine near Ravensthorpe.
Mining
Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso

Another lithium mine bites the dust with up to 300 jobs cut

Job losses are looming as Arcadium Lithium reveals it will put a West Australian mine site on ‘care and maintenance’.

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On the face of it, Australia should have a huge advance in the race for critical minerals; and yet we can’t seem to get ourselves off the ground and running.
Mining
The Economist

Why Australia is not yet a critical minerals powerhouse

On the face of it, Australia should have a huge advance in the race for critical minerals; and yet we can’t seem to get ourselves off - or, rather, out of - the ground and running.

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