August
- Opinion
- Industrial relations
Why the Pilbara is not going to explode in a wave of strikes
Getting the majority of workers to back a new wave of unionism in the Pilbara might be harder than either side thinks.
- Scott Riches
Slow approvals are risking the next mining boom: report
State and federal environmental approval processes are jeopardising tens of billions of dollars of investment in green steel and renewable energy infrastructure, experts warn.
- Tom Rabe
- Opinion
- Opinion
Unions have been handed the keys to the Pilbara
Unions will seek pay without productivity as the Albanese government hands over control of Australia’s resources powerhouse.
- Tania Constable
July
Private credit crackdown; Tension at Olympics; Musk dares doubters
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Updated
- Energy
Labor’s hydrogen dream stalls as Fortescue slims down H2 vision
Fortescue will cut 700 jobs and slow its push into green hydrogen in a blow to the Albanese government’s plan to make Australia a hydrogen superpower supported by more than $8 billion of taxpayer funded incentives.
- Peter Ker and Angela Macdonald-Smith
BHP breaks iron ore export record, promises copper lift
The mining giant could raise copper production by 10 per cent in the year ahead as its most important commodities offset nickel and coal woes.
- Peter Ker
Rod Carnegie: corporate giant felled at the final hurdle
Sir Rod Carnegie soared across the corporate sky in the ’70s and ’80s but was thwarted in his attempt to secure full Australian local control of mining giant CRA.
- Andrew Clark
Tributes for Rod Carnegie, driving force for corporate nationalism
Sir Rod Carnegie, who had a major influence over Australian mining, business and national economic policy in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91.
- Andrew Clark
June
MinRes weighs up rail fleet sale as axe falls on iron ore mines
But the company, run by billionaire Chris Ellison, said demand remained strong and that closures of the operations had nothing to do with concerns about price.
- Brad Thompson
Heritage ‘price gouging’ strains miners and native title groups
Archaeologists and anthropologists have been accused of “ripping off” native title groups and miners, and driving a sharp rise in the cost of heritage surveys
- Peter Ker
Morgan Stanley Infra wins in MinRes’ $1b pit-to-port haul road auction
The sale price is around $1 billion for the 49 per cent stake, sources said.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- ESG Summit
The biomethane route to cutting emissions
Renewables such as solar and wind get most of the policy attention, but businesses are experimenting with other low-carbon fuels.
- Jennifer Hewett
Mabo hasn’t closed the gap, even in the Pilbara
Two of the lawyers behind the landmark claim by land rights activist Eddie Mabo say native title “hasn’t spread the wealth evenly”.
- Michael Pelly
March
- Opinion
- Mining
Why miners are alarmed by Labor’s ‘nature-positive’ agenda
Miners worry proposed laws will not produce the environmental benefits suggested and will only delay good, environmentally focused projects.
- Jennifer Hewett
February
CITIC slashes WA iron ore volumes after feud with Clive Palmer
The Chinese conglomerate warns iron ore jobs are at risk as it runs out of patience in a battle with the maverick billionaire.
- Brad Thompson
January
BHP issues RFP to electrify the Pilbara
Street Talk understands the $231 billion mining giant has issued a chunky request for proposal.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Billionaire Creasy to boost cash coffers with iron ore sale
Mark Creasy-backed CZR Resources has struck a $102 million deal to sell iron ore project to Chinese interests.
- Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Australia’s prosperity is not iron-clad
Iron ore is the gift that keeps on giving to this country’s economy – but we are all taking it for granted.
- The AFR View
December 2023
Indigenous owners ‘split by greenies’: WA premier
Roger Cook says well-funded environmental groups are working to divide Aboriginal communities and use them to oppose resources projects across the country.
- Updated
- Tom Rabe
Rio Tinto offered these Indigenous women $3m. They turned it down
A women’s shelter in the remote north-east Arnhem Land community of Galupa will rely on public support, after saying no to a relocation offer from the mining giant.
- Tom McIlroy