Elizabeth Gaines
Investigation
Education
Perth’s best high schools and the powerbrokers who attended them
It’s an age-old question: What’s the secret to success? A deep-dive into the lives of some of WA’s most high-profile figures indicates there’s one significant determining factor.
- by Jesinta Burton and Holly Thompson
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Mining
‘Strong as an ox’: Forrest hails iron ore as green projects beckon
The billionaire is in no rush to find a boss for Fortescue’s iron ore division, which boasts revenue of $25 billion a year.
- by Peter Milne
Gaines blasts snail-pace towards gender equality for chief executives
Corporate Australia needs to move faster on employing more women as chief executives, says outgoing Fortescue boss Elizabeth Gaines.
- by Peter Milne
China tightens negotiations with Australia over iron ore
A new state-backed company will now centralise purchases of iron ore for the steel sector and increase Beijing’s bargaining power.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Forrest signs up monster German EVs to start ditching diesel in the Pilbara
Fortescue will replace almost half the haul trucks at its Pilbara iron ore mines with battery or hydrogen-powered units from German firm Liebherr using technology from a UK firm the miner bought in January.
- by Peter Milne
Fortescue hits record shipments but COVID blows costs out
Fortescue achieved record iron ore shipments but suffered a $421 million cost bump at its Ironbridge magnetite project with more inflation expected in the booming WA resource sector.
- by Peter Milne
Opinion
Telecommunications
‘I don’t need to bang the table’: Brady’s velvet glove smashes glass ceiling at Telstra
Vicki Brady joins Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake and Woodside boss Meg O’Neill sharing the rarefied air of women that govern Australia’s top 20 businesses.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Fortescue iron ore profits drop amidst green energy questions
The market is more interested in the iron ore miner’s blue sky green energy plans than its red dirt earnings.
- by Peter Milne
Rio Tinto ‘shamed’ by alarming sexual harassment, bullying and racism
An independent report has found staff across Rio Tinto’s global operations from corporate offices to remote mine sites are being subjected to alarming rates of sexual harassment, racism and bullying in the workplace.
- by Peter Milne and Nick Toscano
Fortescue says WA border delay is ‘disappointing’ as skills shortage bites
The boss of Andrew Forrest’s iron ore miner Fortescue thought the miner was ready to manage COVID-19 at its mines before WA Premier Mark McGowan delayed the relaxation of border controls.
- by Peter Milne
Forrest pays $309m for battery tech with Williams F1 pedigree
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has bought the Williams Formula One team’s engineering offshoot that will switch gears from race cars to haul trucks.
- by Peter Milne
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