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Treasurer Jim Chalmers during Tuesday’s press conference.

Chalmers rules out using PBS as bargaining chip in face of Trump’s pharma tariffs

The US president says he plans to implement a 50 per cent duty on US copper imports and a 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals.

  • Olivia Ireland and Simon Johanson

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President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House.

The unintended consequences of Trump’s copper tariff

The US has a lot of copper in the ground but not much capacity to process it. That imbalance and Donald Trump’s new 50 per cent tariff will inflict longer-lasting pain on US manufacturers.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Australia’s mining exports are headed for a fall thanks to Donald Trump’s tariffs stifling demand in Asia.

Australian exports to tumble as Trump’s tariff war hits home

Australia is at risk of a $27 billion collapse in income from two of its biggest exports as the US-China trade war chokes demand.

  • Nick Toscano

Dark clouds gather over Australia’s red earth riches

China’s voracious appetite for iron ore has kept the Australian economy prosperous for decades. But demand is starting to cool.

  • Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano
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
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
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 Geraldine Slattery and Vandita Pant.

The two women in the race to run an Australian icon

Key lieutenants are already jostling for position to succeed BHP boss Mike Henry at the top of the world’s biggest miner.

  • Paul-Alain Hunt, Thomas Biesheuvel and Archie Hunter
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
For years iron ore exports have delivered huge profits to BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and other miners, making it the nation’s most lucrative export.

BHP boss says China holds key to the world avoiding recession

The Chinese demand driving resource giant BHP’s output of Australia’s largest commodity export, iron ore, will fade as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce global growth.

  • Simon Johanson
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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