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Mining Summit - Final release registration
The Financial Review Mining Summit will tackle key challenges facing the industry, from politics and global trade to competition, sustainability, and the future.
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Minerals Council says tariffs will bring economic storm
Minerals Council chairman Andrew Michelmore says Australia must adapt to an era where trade is a “strategic weapon”.
Influential proxy adviser backs Rio Tinto’s London-listing vote
Glass Lewis has urged investors to back a review of the company’s structure, but noted unification will favour British over Australian shareholders.
Reality bites critical-minerals hopes
Australia’s ambition of processing critical minerals is still mostly a dream, and one that won’t persuade Donald Trump to withhold tariffs on our exports.
Timor-Leste hands most new mining licences to Australian groups
The developing nation is thought to hold deposits of copper, gold, zinc and manganese, as well as rare earths and other critical minerals.
BHP inks $40m earn-in deal with ASX-listed Cobre
BHP’s Xplor program was designed to turbocharge exploration efforts for early-stage miners focused on critical minerals which play into the energy transition theme.
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Lynas profit collapses as China keeps lid on rare earths prices
The development comes despite efforts by Western governments to broaden the global supply of critical minerals.
Andrew Forrest takes control of rare earths mine, magnet maker
While his flagship company Fortescue retreats from hydrogen, Andrew Forrest’s private company has taken control of some rare earths mining and processing assets.
Rio Tinto cuts dividends and jobs as Pilbara costs surge
The miner will pay its lowest dividend in seven years and enact “strict” cost controls on its flagship iron ore division, ending a golden era of returns.
Rio Tinto just pulled off a little miracle
Rio CEO Jakob Stausholm has quietly engineered an impressive strategic shift inside the mining giant. Its financial results for calendar 2024 tell the story.
Fortescue faces $1.8b native title compensation claim
The claim escalates a long battle over Yindjibarndi lands, home to Fortescue’s Solomon iron ore hub.
Australia still betting on rare earths
The Albanese government hoped for a new resources boom in new critical minerals projects and processing. There’s been a hard reckoning since, but the dream still lives for Iluka Resources and others.
Reclusive iron ore magnates $8b richer after selling to Japan’s Mitsui
The Bennett and Wright families are the heirs to the fortune made by Peter Wright, the business partner of mining magnate Lang Hancock.
BHP dividend slumps to eight-year low amid slowing Chinese demand
The iron ore mining giant is instead spending more money on developing new operations, focusing on in-demand commodities like copper and potash.
There’s a revolution going on inside BHP
Chief executive Mike Henry has been telling us for years that the Big Australian has to change. The turning point has now arrived.
Why BlueScope is optimistic about Trump tariffs
The financial results for Australia’s biggest steel maker show the mixed fortunes of businesses coping with the confusion of Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
Internal files show Rio had early warning of Oyu Tolgoi blowouts
The mining giant held an “urgent” crisis meeting into a nine-month delay on its copper project in the same week it told investors it on was on schedule.
Gupta poised for $800m sale of Tahmoor coal mine, debt deal nears
Sanjeev Gupta says selling the NSW mine will aid the Whyalla steelworks, but a sceptical SA premier thinks the steel entrepreneur is running out of time.
Board drama as Global Lithium succumbs to ‘Chinese’ takeover
New leadership denies claims of covert foreign influence over the WA-based critical minerals group.
WA workers thriving without unions, says state Labor treasurer
Rita Saffioti’s comments threaten to open a rift between the state and the federal government over the resources sector.
Taxpayer cash revives $105m lithium refinery project
The Albanese government’s floundering plan to grow a domestic mineral processing industry has been boosted by the revival of a stalled lithium phosphate project
BHP appoints former NAB boss Ross McEwan as its next chairman
He succeeds Ken MacKenzie, who had chaired the world’s biggest mining company for just over eight years, at the end of March.
BHP’s new Big Mac needs to find growth amid chaos
The transition from BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie to Ross McEwan will be very smooth, but the new boss will quickly find himself in some choppy waters.
Fortescue board hires former HSBC boss Noel Quinn
The iron ore miner and hydrogen hopeful has recruited a second British establishment figure by bringing on the former banker as a non-executive director.
Evolution Mining triples dividend as gold nears $US3000
The soaring price of the precious metal has almost quadrupled first half profit at the ASX-listed miner, which has rewarded investors with a chunky payout and is targeting copper deals.
Running the rule over four years of total Labor dominance
With a parliamentary majority and a budget bottom line any politician would envy, critics say WA Premier Roger Cook has missed a chance to embark on meaningful reform.