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Moranbah $1 mine to open. Nick Jorss..Pic Annette Dew

Struggling Bowen faces insolvency threat from BUMA

Cash-strapped Bowen Coking Coal is frantically trying to negotiate a deal over more than $15m owed to its former mining contractor BUMA Australia.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 19: A EV charge station in Crows Nest on January 19, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Share prices for lithium miners and battery makers continue to rise as global demand for electric vehicles continues to grow. Lithium is a key component for batteries in electric cars. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

$1.2bn Queensland graphite mine fast-tracked to reduce reliance on China

Queensland will fast track a $1.2bn graphite mine to service the country’s first battery anode hub as Australia seeks to reduce China’s dominance of a mineral critical for batteries.

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BHP's Blackwater coal operations, part of its BVMA asset group. Picture: Supplied by BHP

500 Bowen Coking Coal jobs at risk amid liquidity crunch

Bowen Coking Coal remains locked in talks with its financiers to stave off a liquidity crisis that could mean the loss of 500 jobs at its flagship Queensland mine.

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12 April 2022. Coal mining operations from Bravus (formerly known as Adani) at their Carmichael Coal Mine, Qld. A haul truck moving interburden to expose the next coal seam at the Carmichael mine PIC: Cameron Laird

Coal body says LNP making ‘right noises’ over royalties

The coal sector’s peak body says it is having ongoing discussions with the Queensland government as it seeks to roll back a bruising royalty scheme.

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Justin Arter, head of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation at his office in Melbourne.

Wealthy families eyeing private funds to combat super tax

Former Cbus chief executive Justin Arter says planned changes to superannuation tax laws could push more money from wealthy families into private credit funds.

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Dean Druce, owner of the Corowa Distillery

From ruin to riches: How a whisky distillery revived Corowa

Dean Druce took over a defunct flour mill in the small NSW town of Corowa in 2010, transforming it into one of the country’s best whisky distilleries.

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Peanut capital cheesed off as Bega shuts famed factory

Australia’s peanut capital of Kingaroy is reeling after a decision by food manufacturer Bega to close the close the town’s 101-year old peanut processing company.

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Signage for The Star complex, operated by Star Entertainment Group Ltd., in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Sept.3, 2024. Star Entertainment Group’s future hangs in the balance after an inquiry found the company had suffered from dysfunctional leadership, questionable ethics and culture, and remains unfit to operate its Sydney casino. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Star’s deal to sell Queen’s Wharf still alive as talks continue

Cash-strapped casino group Star Entertainment has bought itself more time to avert the collapse of a deal to offload its stake in the $4bn Queen’s Wharf precinct in Brisbane.

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Generic pics of the Queen's Wharf as thousands of Queen's Wharf workers could potentially lose their jobs if The Star can't find more backing, Brisbane City - on Friday 10th January 2025 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Star’s deal to sell Queen’s Wharf still alive as talks continue

Cash-strapped casino group Star Entertainment has bought itself more time to avert the collapse of a deal to offload its stake in the $4bn Queen’s Wharf precinct in Brisbane.

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Matthew Lacarnus is the founder of a company called Zu Bladeworx which produces combat knives for the Australian Army. Thursday May 29, 2025. Picture, John Gass

Former stockbroker at the pointy end of defending Australia

A decade ago Matt Lucarnus turned his back on his stockbroker career and founded knife manufacturer Zu Bladeworx. Today he supplies combat knives to the Australian Army.

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