Mining

Three Resolute Mining workers— including chief executive Terry Holohan— have been freed by the ruling military junta in Mali after the gold producer stumped up a massive tax demand.

The group that represents Australia’s mum and dad shareholders plans to grill the chair of Mineral Resources over his lack of action in addressing the dodgy dealings of boss Chris Ellison.

EDITORIAL: Creating cultural change is really bloody hard. Rio Tinto is finding out just how much of a relentless, bruising slog it can be. 

Rio’s efforts to fix culture issues in the past two years have left some men feeling “undervalued or overlooked” against their women peers, and of the belief that there is reverse discrimination at play.

A review into global miner Rio Tinto’s workplace culture has found a disturbing battle of the sexes emerging as it struggles to make progress on a raft of changes.

Resolute Mining says a first payment to settle a tax dispute has moved it closer to securing the release of its boss and two executives from the controlling junta in Mali.

Chris Ellison’s lieutenants at Mineral Resources have admitted the company failed to disclose 12 years of rent relief given to companies linked to the billionaire’s daughter.

Mali is reportedly demanding the miner pay nearly $250m to resolve a tax dispute that a week ago escalated to the detention of the company’s chief executive Terry Holohan and two colleagues.

Santos has launched an extraordinarily angry rebuttal of a throwaway suggestion that chief executive Kevin Gallagher could fill Chris Ellison’s shoes at scandal-ridden Mineral Resources.

The run of body blows for beaten-down Mineral Resources continues, with the miner announcing the prolonged price slump for key battery ingredient lithium is about to claim another victim— and up to 300 jobs.

The Chris Ellison-run Mineral Resources has announced the prolonged price slump for the key battery ingredient is about to claim another mine victim — and up to 300 jobs.

JACKSON HEWETT: The precious metal was one of the hottest investments of the past year but the shine seems to be coming off. Can it get its mojo back?

Liontown is reining in production plans just three months after delivering its maiden load of lithium as it hunkers down amid a depressed market for the key battery metal that shows no sign of a recovery.

Perth-based gold miner Resolute Mining has confirmed that boss Terry Holohan and two employees were detained in Mali but maintain the allegations against them are ‘unsubstantiated’.