Business

Video
BHP is starting a strategic pivot from iron ore to copper and potash, while Woodside has ramped up its bet on oil and gas to deliver for shareholders.

Investors cheer new BHP, Woodside leaders in volatile world

BHP is starting a strategic pivot from iron ore to copper and potash, while Woodside has ramped up its bet on oil and gas to deliver for shareholders.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Brandon Craig starts in the top job on July 1.

Meet Brandon Craig, incoming CEO of world’s biggest miner

Brandon Craig is no stranger to BHP’s inner circle, having racked up a near 30-year career at The Big Australian. Here’s how he made the grade to take on the top job at the world’s biggest miner ...

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Video
BHP has revealed who will replace Mike Henry as CEO.

BHP taps former WA iron ore boss to replace Henry as CEO

BHP has announced its chief executive will step down after more than six years, marking a major leadership shift at the mining giant.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →

Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

Email Us
By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Video
Woodside has named its replacement for Meg O’Neill.

Woodside promotes from within to replace O’Neill

The new CEO takes over at a time when Woodside’s shares are flying high, fuelled by a global energy crisis triggered by the war in the Middle East.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Video
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have been taken off the air.

Future of Kyle Sandilands’ radio career revealed

The waiting game is over for Kyle Sandilands after his employer ARN delivered the verdict on his radio future.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
The difference between serious industrial policy and the approach currently fashionable in Canberra is the difference between protecting national capability and pursuing political symbolism. 

Taxpayers need not prop up foreign private equity firms

The difference between serious industrial policy and the approach currently fashionable in Canberra is the difference between protecting national capability and pursuing political symbolism. 

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
The RBA’s split board says a lot about what we can expect in the coming months.

What RBA board’s great divide says about May rate call

The RBA admitted it’s now racing to avoid a recession, but its split board signals a potentially good turn of events of mortgage holders in May.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Couple holding sold sign for their new house

Hack to boost age pension AND get grandkids into first home

There’s a nifty way for grandparents to help their grandchildren save a deposit towards their first home ... but also boost their age pension at the same time. Here’s what to do ...

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Investing or trading? They sound like the same thing but there is a key difference.

Best apps to use when trying to invest and build wealth

Q+A: Investing or trading? They sound like the same thing but there is a key difference, with one of them likened to gambling. So which apps are best to use when you’re trying to build your wealth?

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
If you’re a homeowner, here’s how much extra you’ll need to find each month after the March interest rate hike.

How much extra you will pay after RBA’s latest rate hike

If you’re a homeowner, here’s how much extra you’ll need to find each month after the March interest rate hike.

Updated
Read more (1 min) →
Australian retailers are facing a hit to second-half earnings as rising fuel prices crunch household budgets.

Retail earnings at risk as higher fuel prices hit consumers

Australian retailers are facing a hit to second-half earnings as rising fuel prices crunch household budgets, expectations of interest rates rises and consumer confidence starts to deteriorate.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Home borrowers have been slapped with another interest rate rise.

RBA chief admits aggressive hikes could cause recession

Mortgage holders have been slapped with another 25 basis point rate rise from the Reserve Bank, with governor Michele Bullock hinting aggressive monetary policy tightening could spark a recession.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum together with Rio Tinto CEO, Jakob Stausholm, incoming CEO Simon Trott and BHP chief Mike Henry.

Rio, BHP get their hands on huge US copper deposit

Rio Tinto and BHP have emerged victorious from a lengthy US court battle against what President Donald Trump had branded ‘radical left’ opposition to the mining majors’ unrelenting copper hunt.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Energy giants surge as war drives oil and gas prices.

Oil, gas and coal companies cash in on war

Australian trade unions are calling for higher taxes on energy companies, but professional investors say the war has proven how reliant on fossil fuels the world still is.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
 Shortages of fuels and chemicals threaten industries from farming to pharmaceuticals.

The Iran war is roiling commodities far beyond oil

Shortages of fuels and chemicals threaten industries from farming to pharmaceuticals.

Updated
Read more (6 min) →