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The steel sector generates more than 8 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The Pilbara is at risk of becoming a ‘wasteland’. Could green iron help?

As Australia’s iron giants face difficulties maintaining the quality of their supplies, there are fears demand could shrink as Chinese steel mills go green.

  • Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano

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Traders on Wall Street.

ASX treads water on Friday as Rio Tinto slides, banks advance

The Australian sharemarket has risen after a choppy session on Wall Street but there are worries coming out of the bond market about the US government’s debt.

  • Staff reporters
Rio’s chairman Dominic Barton (left) and chief executive Jakob Stausholm at a mining summit in Perth.

Rio Tinto on the hunt for new blood after CEO exit

A global search is underway to replace the boss of mining giant Rio Tinto, Jakob Stausholm, who will step down later this year.

  • Simon Johanson
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 14: Rinky Hijikata of Australia plays a backhand against Mitchell Krueger of the United States in the Men’s Singles First Round match during day three of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 14, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

The Aussie tennis star who unwittingly became part of papal history

Australian Open men’s doubles champion Rinky Hijikata found himself in Rome during a particularly momentous weekend.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
AFR Chairman Dominic Barton at the Rio Tinto AGM in Perth.

The $160b Australian giant that has just dodged a bullet

Rio Tinto has fended off an activist investor’s year-long campaign.

  • Jesinta Burton
US President Donald Trump.

The two Australian giants winning from Trump’s fast track

President Donald Trump’s administration is speeding up approvals for critical mineral projects in its trade war with China.

  • Simon Johanson and Paul-Alain Hunt
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigned in Western Australia on Friday.

Labor vowed to take on miners over Indigenous heritage. Now Albanese is their guest

The prime minister’s tour of northern Australia came with no moves to rekindle memories of the Indigenous Voice referendum.

  • Mike Foley
Eddie Mabo in 1985.

‘He would be appalled’: Mabo grandchildren blast miner’s money at Melbourne Uni

The Mabo Centre, named after renowned Indigenous land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo, has done a deal with Rio Tinto. Not all his descendants are happy about that.

  • Liam Mannix, Kishor Napier-Raman and Rachael Dexter
The portrait of Gina Rinehart next to Indigenous leader Eddie Mabo at the National Gallery.

Eddie Mabo’s grandkids slam Rio Tinto-backed centre named in his honour

Descendants of the Indigenous land rights campaigner says his vision has been betrayed after a new university centre took money from the multinational mining corporation.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Liam Mannix
The Resolution Copper mine in Arizona.

Trump could unlock a copper bonanza for Rio Tinto

Resources giant Rio Tinto has held discussions with US President Donald Trump’s administration as it seeks to push ahead with a massive copper project in the US.

  • Simon Johanson

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