Mining

The post-stimulus bump looks like a false dawn. China won’t get Australia out of an economic hole.

The asset swap is set to streamline Woodside’s portfolio and open it up to further growth opportunities, says CEO Meg O’Neill.

Mineral Resources and its besieged boss Chris Ellison are fighting claims by an in-house lawyer that she was ousted for allegedly raising cultural concerns.

A senior mining executive held captive by Mali’s ruling militia for almost two weeks over a nearly $250 million tax demand on his company will take leave to spend time with his family.

Australia’s richest person and a South Korean conglomerate are joining forces to scout the globe for a new lithium factory.

The resources sector wants the Prime Minister to unequivocally rule out a mining tax even if Labor has to negotiate a minority government agreement after the next election.

President-elect Donald Trump promised to ‘drill, baby, drill’ in his bid to be the ultimate energy baron. Can he deliver on that petro-boom pledge?

Friends and family have paid tribute to a fun-loving 29-year-old driller who died at a gold mine.

Work at the site has been suspended ‘until further notice’.

BHP’s Australia chief has warned the country’s supply of mining workers is under threat, and bemoaned its permitting systems as a laggard compared to global peers.

Northern Star Resources is set to buy De Grey Mining in a $5 billion deal that hands the Australian gold giant the keys to the country’s next major mine amid record prices for the yellow metal. 

Resolute Mining has almost cleared a nearly $250 million tax debt deal that was thrashed out with Mali’s ruling militia to secure the release of three of its workers, including chief executive Terry Holohan. 

Labor and the Greens are edging toward a shock deal to create a new Environment Protection Agency as they look to pass the bill in Federal Parliament’s frantic final sitting week of the year. 

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has taken aim at Liberal Party moderates, declaring Australia should follow the United States and Argentina by slashing government.

For all the damage his personal dealings have inflicted on Mineral Resources’ shares, Chris Ellison still has his supporters. But you have to wonder just how much the board is still keeping up their sleeves.