Mining

‘Too many mine workers have died this year.’

Rio Tinto's chief executive Jakob Stausholm was shoehorned into a Fortescue press release without approval, forcing an embarrassing retraction.

Rio Tinto chairman Dominic Barton has declared the world needs more mines to cope with rising demand for key energy-transition metals like copper, with mergers and acquisitions unable to plug a supply gap.

Mining billionaire Chris Ellison on why he wants the meddling Federal Government to butt out of the nation’s resources powerhouse State and how China bashing is going to harm the economy.

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

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

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.

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.

He has suffered significant injuries.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.