Record year for cashed-up explorers
Australia’s junior explorers tucked away $11.2bn in new cash in 2021. The trick now will be to turn record raisings into new discoveries.
Mining
OZ Minerals aims to be carbon free by 2030
OZ Minerals has joined Fortescue Metals Group in setting an ambitious new goal of making its operations carbon-free by 2030.
Clive Palmer rushed to hospital
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has been rushed to hospital after ambulances were called to his Queensland home.
China’s ‘ruthless’ threat on Aussie industry
It’s a billion dollar moneymaker for Australia, but China is making moves to interfere in the sector to try to stop huge price swings.
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‘I have two children to feed’
HE once blew $5000 of union money on prostitutes, now ‘desperate’ former Labor MP Craig Thomson has taken a surprise new job to make a buck.
Huge slump in construction work
THE amount of construction work completed in Australia had its largest fall in almost 14 years, dragged down by a record slump in the mining sector.
‘BHP, Rio lobbying’ killed inquiry
ANDREW Forrest says Australians are being left in the dark following the rejection of his parliamentary inquiry into the iron ore price. | Iron ore inquiry backdown
Worker killed at WA gold mine
A CONTRACTOR working at gold miner Newcrest’s underground mine at Telfer in WA’s north has been killed in an accident on Friday.
Fortescue job cuts ‘heartbreaking’: Twiggy
FORTESCUE Metals Group is cutting up to 100 jobs a day, founder Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has confirmed.
Iron ore price fall not our fault: Rio
RIO Tinto has defended its massive iron ore expansion against accusations it is responsible for the commodity’s price falls, and is confident in China’s demand for the next decade.
No near-term deals for BHP spin-off
BHP Billiton’s spin-off South32 is keeping its eye out for opportunistic mergers and acquisitions but is in no rush to seal any deals, chief executive Graham Kerr says.
Miner’s ‘heartless’ worker treatment slammed
THE Australian Workers’ Union says Fortescue Metals Group treated its long-term workers ‘appallingly’ in the wake of about 200 redundancies.
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