Mining

Resources Minister Madeleine King speaking at the The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA breakfast at Crown. Ian Munro
Mining
Matt Mckenzie & Dan Jervis-Bardy

Minister’s savage salvo at BHP in Pilbara IR war

Resources Minister Madeleine King has unleashed on the Big Australian as she amped up her defence of escalating union action in the resources sector.

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Resources Minister Madeleine King has sided with the unions against BHP.
Editorial

King’s attack on BHP a worrying sign for mining industry

To borrow a phrase from Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison, it’s the s.......t time for the nation to have a Resources Minister anything other than 100 per cent committed to keeping the industry strong. 

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Chris Ellison.
Business
Adrian Rauso

MinRes kills dividend amid ‘sh**tiest time’, flags more cuts

Chris Ellison says it’s the “sh**tiest time” to be the boss of Mineral Resources, proclaiming “no one” is making money from lithium and warned of a bigger Perth workforce cull than previously expected.

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Fiona Hick and Andrew Forrest.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Ex-FMG boss and CFO’s huge golden handshakes revealed

The golden handshakes of Fortescue’s former chief executive and chief financial officer can be revealed after they left the business in quick succession last year.

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Workers at the Byerwen coal mine have been asked to return, days after a fatal collision on site.
Business
Laine Clark

Workers told to return to mine after horrific fatality

After the second fatality in weeks at a central Queensland coal mine, workers have been told to return to the site despite regulatory approval to recommence operations still pending.

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Its mammoth Pilbara iron ore apparatus could be a beneficiary.
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Business
Adrian Rauso

Union action could block BHP’s huge WA iron ore expansion

An ongoing union incursion into BHP’s powerhouse Pilbara iron ore operations might stop a multi-billion-dollar expansion from going ahead, warns the company’s chief Mike Henry.

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Mineral Resources MD Chris Ellison.
Business
Adrian Rauso

Chris Ellison’s family link to exporter making millions

Ship owners transporting the iron ore Mineral Resources exports from WA are encouraged to use a shipping agent owned by Chris Ellison’s daughter, according to a corporate governance adviser.

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Regis Resources says its gold mine project in NSW is "unviable" after a federal protection order. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)
Politics
Staff Writers

Regis CEO writes off gold project ahead of reporting results

A $1 billion gold project has been written off, with Regis Resources chief executive Jim Beyer sharing a statement with shareholders before reporting its results for the 2023/24 financial year on Thursday.

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The world’s largest steel market has a bad case of the wobbles, and it spells big trouble for Australia.
Mining
Georgina Noack

Why is everyone panicking about iron ore prices?

The world’s largest steel market has a bad case of the wobbles, and it spells big trouble for Australia. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Senator Price launched the attack as the Coalition pushes to overturn Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to torpedo the $1 billion McPhillamys development. 
Politics
Adrian Rauso and Dan Jervis-Bardy

Senator fumes over ‘fake Indigenous’ after gold mine shafted

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has blasted the Environmental Defenders Office and raised concerns about people masquerading as Aboriginal in light of the Regis Resources gold mine rejection.

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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been forced to defend her decision to knock back a $1 billion gold mine application in regional NSW over cultural heritage concerns.
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Mining
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Libs push to overturn Plibersek’s bombshell gold mine ruling

The Opposition will push to overturn Tanya Plibersek’s decision to torpedo a $1 billion gold mine project as it accuses the Federal Government of ‘shutting down the mining sector by stealth’. 

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Andrew Forrest.
Business
Rebecca Le May

Fortescue claims ‘gotcha’ moment in scientist court battle

Secretly photographing and watching the families of two former Fortescue staffers was ‘a collateral issue’, the miner’s barrister argues, pointing to a ‘very revealing’ document he says strengthens its case.

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Australia Institute report reveals miners applying for jobs told to submit blood samples or get knocked back
Mining
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Katina Curtis

‘No blood, no job’: Fury over mining industry recruitment

Workers applying for jobs on mine sites are being told to submit blood samples during the recruitment process, with those who refuse to consent being knocked back.

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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Mining decision a pointer to folly of Nature Positive plan

EDITORIAL: If ever there was a red flag about the Nature Positive plan it was waved when Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek knocked back a $1b NSW gold mining project.

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Mining company Regis has hit back after the Albanese Government blocked a $1 billion gold project over contested Indigenous heritage claims.
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Politics
Ellen Ransley

‘Derailed’: Industry future in question after $1b mine block

Mining company Regis has hit back after the Albanese Government blocked a $1 billion gold project over contested Indigenous heritage claims.

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