Mining

Minister for Environment Tanya Plibersek.
Business
Adrian Rauso

Regis rubbishes Plibersek claims that $1b mine still viable

The McPhillamys gold mine has been stopped from going ahead, project proponent Regis Resources says, proving a statement by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to be wrong.

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Andrew Forrest is paying no mind to teetering iron ore prices.
Mining
Simone Grogan

Why Forrest thinks the iron ore price will stay above $US80

Andrew Forrest is paying no mind to teetering iron ore prices, instead vaunting the ‘wall of buyers’ waiting for tonnes of green iron metal from an as-yet-to-be-built Pilbara plant in 12 months time.

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Greenbushes is a low cost producer and is keeping its head above water, even at current depressed prices.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Lithium royalty relief chances rising as price rout deepens

The leaders of key mining peak bodies say the case for Western Australia’s upstream lithium producers to receive royalty relief is growing fast, but the helping hand might be selective.

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The Minerals Council of Australia is claiming the unions are trying to capitalise on a reported loophole in the new Federal laws.
Business
Neale Prior

BHP and unions get ready for IR rumble

BHP and mining industry groups are preparing for a Pilbara showdown over new Federal laws aimed at making it easier to get into workplaces.

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Mineral Resources MD Chris Ellison.
Mining
Adrian Rauso & Simone Grogan

More mining jobs to go as industry grapples with weak market

Another mining company is joining in on a huge wave of job losses gripping the industry amid a weak market across a growing number of commodities.

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Parts of emails to Andrew Forrest will be revealed.
Mining
Neale Prior

Twiggy’s green dreams emails to be viewed in court blue

Judge promises Andrew Forrest emails will be revealed as she imposes limited secrecy in Fortescue battle with former green dream scientists.

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A major lithium plant will shutter a large chunk of its WA operations, axing hundreds of jobs in the process.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Hundreds of jobs to go as Aussie lithium plant shuts down

Some 300 Aussies are set to lose their jobs after a major lithium processor announced it was shutting its huge plant in Western Australia.

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Noel Pearson will join the board as a non-executive director.
Mining
Daniel Newell

Noel Pearson joins Forrest’s Fortescue board

Respected indigenous leader, campaigner and lawyer Noel Pearson has joined the board of Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue.

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Despite backing away from attempts to broadly suppress its hotly-contested evidence, Fortescue wants to hide parts of emails from late 2020 and early 2021 outlining efforts to develop green iron ore processing technology.
Business
Neale Prior

Fortescue wants what ‘we have told Andrew’ kept secret

Fortescue wants to permanently suppress parts of emails linked to executive chairman Andrew Forrest and used to win orders to search the homes of former employees.

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Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm says Australia will still be home despite a high-profile push into west Africa.
updated
Mining
Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell

Rio to still call Oz home as CEO hoses down Africa fears

Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm has poured cold water on fears the $9.5b ‘Pilbara Killer’ Simandou in mine in west Africa will do as its unofficial nickname suggests.

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The rail lines move more than 300 million tonnes of Western Australia’s top export every year.
Mining
Adrian Rauso and Cheyanne Enciso

BHP confirms train derailment after track malfunction

A train has derailed at BHP’s Mooka rail yard— the heart of the Big Australian’s sprawling Pilbara transport network.

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Dr Andrew Forrest AO CEO of Fortescue in Hazelmere.
Mining
Simone Grogan

Fortescue plummets after US investor offloads massive stake

Fortescue shares plunged to their lowest since November 2022 after a US investor offloaded nearly $2 billion worth of stock in the Andrew Forrest-led company on Monday night.

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A Perth-based firm is facing allegations it stole intellectual property from Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue.
Mining
Miklos Bolza

Firm accused of stealing ‘Fortescue secrets’ digs in

A firm accused of stealing Fortescue's trade secrets is challenging an ‘unduly extensive’ order for the seizure of items from its premises and directors' homes.

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China is pushing for access to critical deep-sea mining resource.
The Economist
The Economist

What is motivating China’s deep-sea mining charge?

Demand for solar panels, electric cars and batteries are seemingly behind China’s push to gain rights to the critical minerals scattered across the ocean floors - but does the superpower have other incentives?

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Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources was ivolved in a bitter legal stoush with former procurement boss Steve Pigozzo.
Mining
Adrian Rauso

Mineral Resources abruptly ends legal battle with ex-boss

An agreement behind closed doors has abruptly concluded a bitter court stoush between Mineral Resources and Steven Pigozzo over suspect payments made by suppliers.

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