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In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan

If you want to govern effectively, you have to be prepared to stand up to powerful interest groups. It’s now clear Albanese isn’t prepared to do that.

  • Ross Gittins

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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
Rio’s chairman Dominic Barton (left) and chief executive Jakob Stausholm at a mining summit in Perth.

Rio Tinto on the hunt for new blood after CEO exit

A global search is underway to replace the boss of mining giant Rio Tinto, Jakob Stausholm, who will step down later this year.

  • Simon Johanson
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
An F-35 fighter jet.

How China is controlling Australia’s – and the world’s – rare earths trade

China is threatening to land a knockout blow in its trade war with Donald Trump, targeting a vulnerability in the United States’ most crucial military infrastructure with a strike that was decades in the making.

  • Simon Johanson and Colin Kruger
One thing that has kept Australia in Trump’s good books has been the fact we have a trade deficit with the US.

Trump wants them. China needs them. So Albanese has a $1b scheme to stockpile them

Labor has pledged to create a stockpile for critical minerals, which are coveted by US president Donald Trump while supply is controlled by China.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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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
WA Senator Michaelia Cash and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor in Perth.

Mia Davies on her own in supporting Labor’s mining tax sweetener: Cash

When asked whether any federal WA Liberal MPs supported the Labor policy Cash said: “No.”

  • Hamish Hastie
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
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigned in Western Australia on Friday.

Labor vowed to take on miners over Indigenous heritage. Now Albanese is their guest

The prime minister’s tour of northern Australia came with no moves to rekindle memories of the Indigenous Voice referendum.

  • Mike Foley

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