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Excavators mining rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil in February 2025.

‘Never seen anything like it’: How Trump plans to make Ukraine a ‘province’ of US industry

Europe and Britain will have to foot the bill for rebuilding what remains of the besieged nation, while the US scoops up its chief means of economic recovery.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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Gumatj elders Balupalu Yunupingu and Djawa Yunupingu.

Landmark High Court case paves the way for $700 million native title claim

The court’s ruling on Wednesday exposes the federal government to compensation claims over land in the Northern Territory.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

Trump wants to extort $785b from Ukraine. But questions remain over Zelensky’s ‘treasure trove’

Donald Trump wants Ukraine to hand over $US500 billion of future income from its plentiful resources reserves – but what if those resources aren’t economically viable, and just a ploy from a “moderately successful comedian”?

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump after signing an executive order for 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

US had asked Australia to ship more aluminium, says Rio Tinto CEO

Jakob Stausholm has contradicted White House claims that Australia didn’t honour a promise to limit aluminium shipments to the US.

  • Nick Toscano
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $2.4 billion support package for the Whyalla steel mill.

Albanese seizes ‘extraordinary opportunity’ in Whyalla steel $2.4b bailout

The faltering mill was plunged into administration on Wednesday and state and federal governments have pledged billions of taxpayer dollars if a new buyer can be found.

  • Mike Foley
The Whyalla steelworks in South Australia is in adminstration for the second time in less than a decade.

What went wrong in Whyalla? And why is the government getting involved?

Governments have promised a $2.4 billion taxpayer bailout, if a new buyer can be found for the beleaguered mill.

  • Mike Foley
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BHP cuts dividend as China slowdown hits Australian iron ore miners

The largest Australian miner has slashed its interim dividend and also posted a weaker profit.

  • Nick Toscano
Demand for iron ore, which has been the core of BHP’s earnings, appears to have peaked, but the miner’s copper production is soaring and bodes well for the future.

BHP looks beyond the iron ore era, betting on the next big thing

Demand for iron ore, which has long been the core of BHP’s earnings, may have peaked, but the miner’s copper production bodes well for the future.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with US Treasury Secretary (unseen) in Kyiv to discuss a rare-minerals-for-security deal.

‘Security shield’: US hands Zelensky draft deal on rare minerals

The idea of a minerals-for-security deal is said to have come from Ukraine to appeal to Donald Trump’s business-first mindset.

  • Tom Balmforth, Max Hunder and Yuliia Dysa
President Donald Trump has unleashed the first salvo of his tariff war.

Could we show more restraint? Perhaps. Are we ‘killing’ the US aluminium market? No

President Trump’s steel and aluminium tariff war is a case of deja vu for Australia. But while his administration’s arguments are flawed, that might not really matter.

  • Simon Johanson

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