Tough choices: What business wants from the budget
Tuesday’s budget faces a tough ask in getting the balance right in supporting the economy, but markets are in no mood for big spending plans.
Mining
Twiggy’s big win over Facebook in court
Iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest has had a big win over Facebook’s parent company in court over scam advertisements on the platform.
‘Failures’: ASIC nabs banks, mining giants
Big banks and mining giants are among those caught out by ASIC for “failures” that resulted in a combined total of $230m in penalties.
‘Terrible’: Tragic details of miner’s death
Horrific details have been revealed about the workplace death of a man who became the second person to die at an Australian mine site this week.
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Shell sells most of Woodside stake
WOODSIDE will spend nearly $3b after Shell announced it would sell most of its stake in the WA-based oil and gas giant.
Fracking green light for Kimberley
THE WA government has decided to allow Buru Energy to frack for gas in the Kimberley without an EPA assessment.
BHP axes 170 jobs at Pilbara mine
UPDATE: UNION says workers have been treated appallingly as BHP Billiton announces it has axed 170 jobs at its Mt Whaleback mine.
How our mining giants can hurt us
A DOWNTURN in the market is prompting Australian mining giants to assess their future. This is what happened when Rio Tinto left one town.
Shipments, costs up for Fortescue
FORTESCUE Metals Group boosted its iron ore shipments by 15pc in the March quarter but its costs also rose in the same period.
Billionaires caught out in ugly Twitter war
WHEN a business deal goes bad, things get messy. When it’s billionaires on Twitter, it’s even worse. Check out this very public battle of the billionaires.
Welfare is not an infinite pit: Gina
MINING billionaire Gina Rinehart has criticised welfare recipients for dragging the country into debt and attacked the political left for spending her industry’s revenue.
Sorry about the explosion, here’s a pizza
IF A big energy company’s fracking wells exploded and burned in your town for five days, should you expect more than just a pizza voucher from the culprits?
Woodside Petroleum profit falls 41 per cent
OIL giant Woodside Petroleum’s profit fell 41.4 per cent in its full year results. But it still made a mammoth $1.94 billion.
BHP posts $US8.1bn profit
IF THERE’S any doubt about whether mining and resources are still potent forces, just check out BHP Billiton’s half-year profits.
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