September 2024
High Court blow to Australia-backed coal mine in UK
Mining entrepreneur Owen Hegarty has spent a decade backing West Cumbria Mining’s controversial plan to mine coking coal in England. His bet is looking shaky.
- Hans van Leeuwen
May 2023
Why Owen Hegarty is bullish on Pamplona potash project
EMR Capital co-founder Owen Hegarty says a shortfall in global potash supply could last up to a decade and impact food production and prices.
- Brad Thompson
September 2021
Top tips for success gleaned from leaders over 21 years of BOSS
Take time to think, learn to read people, document your week and keep learning are among the pieces of advice from Australia’s most successful business leaders.
- Sally Patten
UK opens probe into $307m Australian-backed mine
The West Cumbria Mining project, backed by Melbourne industry veteran Owen Hegarty, has become a totemic test of Boris Johnson’s green credentials.
- Hans van Leeuwen
May 2021
Golden Grove bids fail to derail 29Metals IPO plans
Veteran miner Owen Hegarty and his private equity outfit EMR Capital have targeted their Australian copper play 29Metals towards the ASX.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Copper 29Metals shows off assets ahead of float
The chance to break the listing drought for chunky base metal producers lives on!
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
February 2021
Aussie-backed project a climate canary in coalmine for Boris Johnson
A $294m coking coal project, backed by mining veteran Owen Hegarty, has become a litmus test of the British PM’s green credentials.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
January 2021
Green groups fight on as British government backs Hegarty's coal play
Boris Johnson's government has given a fillip to the Melbourne mining veteran's six-year bet, but opponents are weighing a trip to the courts.
- Hans van Leeuwen
December 2020
There's never been a better time to mine coal in Siberia
As China blacklists coal shipments from Australia, a bunch of Australian millionaires and billionaires are ramping up their Siberian coking coal play.
- Peter Ker
October 2020
Mining veteran Owen Hegarty's British coal bet pays off
EMR Capital's controversial $296 million coking coal project will be the first new deep coal mine in the UK in more than three decades.
- Hans van Leeuwen
January 2020
Resolute Mining closes in on gold mine sale
ASX-listed Resolute Mining's long-running efforts to exit Queensland's Ravenswood gold mine are close to conclusion.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
July 2019
EMR Capital mulls ASX listing of copper assets
They've been one of Australia's most acquisitive mining investors of recent years, and now EMR Capital is sharpening its selling skills.
- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald