July 2024
South Africa open to deals – it’s all in the approach
South Africa’s government will do deals, like the ones BHP would need to acquire Anglo American, but they need to be done discreetly.
February 2023
This board director was so successful, BHP wouldn’t let him step down
Orica chairman and former BHP board stalwart Malcolm Broomhead is a straight talker, who knows the truth is rarely simple when it comes to climate and carbon.
March 2022
Australia urged to follow US push into scope 3 disclosures
Big Australian companies are likely to be affected by proposed US rules that would require enhanced reporting of carbon emissions, including those of customers.
July 2021
Calderon issues warning on central bank stimulus
The global mining executive and former senior official at the Reserve Bank of Colombia says central banks ‘can’t keep printing money at 25 per cent a year forever’.
November 2020
How to avoid a technology disaster
Spending $350 million on a new operating system is gutsy, given the history of major IT projects blowing up. But Orica's Alberton Calderon has done this three times.
May 2020
Brazil’s COVID pain helps Team Australia
Brazil's troubles with coronavirus will further add to the resilience of the iron ore price.
February 2020
How Orica snared a Ferrari of a factory
Alberto Calderon's two-year plan to buy a high-tech factory in a tiny Peruvian town has come to fruition.
December 2019
How CEOs (and the rest of us) can listen properly
We all know how hard it is to listen amid the distraction of modern life. Even CEOs feel this pain. But here's how you get better.
Teams, AI and Hitler: CEOs reveal their top books of 2019
Lessons from great sports teams, great negotiators and great moments in history thrilled our top business leaders this year.
November 2019
Orica's Alberto Calderon under gender pressure
Orica has set itself a hard, achievable target but CEO Alberto Calderon has entered a stretch period.
Lack of blow-ups helps Orica go boom
Orica is starting to live up to the promise of chief executive Alberto Calderon and delivering predictable results, with a strong accent on technology.
October 2019
PNG and the risk of the youth bulge
CEO says failing to deal with the disenfranchised of PNG's Highlands communities will expose Oil Search to challenging community instability.
September 2019
Gen X CEOs are different to what you would expect
The stereotype of white, private school-educated lawyers and accountants running corporate Australia isn't accurate.
July 2019
Orica harvests Calderon's technology hunch
Making money from blowing things up is no longer the simple, dangerous business it used to be
May 2019
Orica interim marks Calderon's era of reform
This time the blancmange may not bounce back as new ideas, new management and new technology see Australia's prince of mining services near its potential.
Orica delivers profit jumps on solid mining demand
Firming prices, solid demand and better manufacturing reliability have underpinned a big jump in Orica's underlying earnings.