Mining

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.

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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’.

The CEO of a major Australian gold mining company based in Perth has been detained by the military-controlled government of Mali in West Africa.

Superannuation giant HESTA has put Mineral Resources on a governance watch list as the miner struggles to recover from a tax scandal that has spread from managing director Chris Ellison to its board.

Regis Resources, the WA gold miner that had a $1 billion gold project thwarted by an Indigenous heritage protection challenge, has moved on legal action to have the decision declared invalid.

Chris Ellison and Mineral Resources are pushing for permanent veil of secrecy over self-proclaimed whistleblower Steven Pigozzo after surprise peace deal.

Powerful proxy adviser Glass Lewis is calling for long-time members of Mineral Resources’ board to be more accountable for founder and managing director Chris Ellison’s tax dodge scandal.

The New Zealand government has confirmed it is reviewing damning misconduct findings about the mining billionaire.