‘Giving away gold’: Mint defends impurity
The Perth Mint boss has hit back at allegations gold bars were diluted and that there’s a “damning level of mismanagement” within its walls.
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BHP fears sting of Chalmers’ shadow taxes
Business is fretting they could hit with a super-profits tax and this means the relationship with Canberra needs a reset.
‘Tragic outcome’: miners dead after 15m plummet
The two miners trapped inside a cavernous after their ute plunged into a hole 125m underground have died, their company says.
China rejected after embarrassing backflip
China has now officially coming crawling back to Australian coal producers – but one local mine has rejected them and is selling to Taiwan instead.
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Slimmer Atlas ready for iron storm
ATLAS Iron boss David Flanagan is ready to battle the “blizzard” with plans to raise $180 million.
FIFO crisis: ‘mine rosters must change’
MINING companies are under pressure to change fly-in, fly-out rosters following warnings in a parliamentary report into mental health issues. Have your say
Atlas founder Flanagan rolls up sleeves
ATLAS Iron founder David Flanagan is preparing to steer his troubled company through uncharted waters with the support of loyal contractors.
‘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.
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