Mining

The future of one of Fortescue’s leading green energy projects looks uncertain as the business lays off staff working on the Gladstone electrolyser facility in Queensland and its hydrogen division in Perth.

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has weighed in on Anthony Albanese’s landslide election win, urging the Liberal Party to ‘learn from the loss and rebuild’.

The Greens will demand Labor block any new coal or gas projects if they hold the balance of power in the event of a hung parliament, the leader of the minor party has revealed.

Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has renewed her pleas for certainty over the future of the energy giant’s massive North West Shelf gas project, which is still awaiting a final sign off from the Federal Government.

BHP will be allowed to mine its Mt Arthur coal pits in New South Wales right up until its closure in 2030, and has started studies to potentially build a pumped hydropower project at the disused site. 

Two Mineral Resources non-executive directors will exit in the midst of the battling mining company’s major efforts to lift governance standards.

Three men have been injured in a frightening mine collapse near Sydney, with two of the miners trapped in rubble for almost an hour.

Mineral Resources and its embattled founder Chris Ellison are facing a court showdown following a series of scandals that have cut the lithium and iron ore miner’s market value in half over the past six months.

Three senior mining executives have warned Australia must get its policy setting right to remain competitive in the international marketplace.

The Premier has urged the Albanese Government not to delay a controversial North-West Shelf decision a third time, after it was pushed back until after the Federal election.

The mining industry is drifting apart into two distinct models.

Australia’s mining sector is facing a ‘concerted effort’ to dismantle a productive industrial relations system and drag the industry back to an ‘era of strikes, inefficiency, and industrial confrontation’.

The re-unionisation of Australia’s mining heartland is closer to reality after the majority of Rio Tinto workers at a large Pilbara iron ore mine voted in favour of a collective bargaining agreement.

The High Court has dismissed a Federal Government challenge to a $700 million compensation claim over land acquired for mining without traditional owners' consent.

The resources sector fears a stealth implementation of Labor’s nature positive plan is underway despite the Government pulling legislation to establish an environmental watchdog.