Haul truck rolled on MinRes road doing just 7km/h
Driver distraction has emerged as a potential factor in the road train rollovers besetting Mineral Resources since its problematic private haul road opened.
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Only MinRes would spend $140m on a mine camp with 18-hole mini golf
Any other miner would have spent $50m on a mine camp. But at Mineral Resources, double dongas and putt putt are part of the Ellison culture that will outlast its outgoing managing director.
‘Secret’ port fee row saw Chris Ellison pen letter to WA premier
A fight over $5m in iron ore shipping fees in court has revealed Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison asked WA’s Labor premier to intervene in the matter.
‘Far right’ labels a distraction in emissions debate, says Rinehart
Gina Rinehart urges Australians to stand up to ‘truth twisters, truth hiders and truth avoiders’ on net zero.
Alarm over $14.6bn plunge in mining royalty, tax revenue
The resources sector contributed $14.6bn less in royalties and taxes to the public purse, and it wants to have a conversation with re-elected Labor about ways to do business more productively.
Iran response: oil markets, stocks play the long game
Resources Minister Madeleine King says the Albanese government will act in national interest on the $30bn Santos takeover, as world oil markets adjust to the realities of war time.
Minister cools fears over Hormuz hit to gas
Resources Minister Madeleine King has reassured domestic gas users that they will be protected from any supply and pricing fallout in the wake of Iran’s threat to block the Strait of Hormuz.
Rio Tinto settles with investors who alleged fraud at Mongolia mine
The legal action already exposed sensitive Rio internal communications and mixed messaging about the mine central to the company’s plans to grow its copper business, a metal directly exposed to the electrification of the global economy.
Rinehart creates WA mega-miner Hancock Iron Ore
As Gina Rinehart announced the 3000-strong workforce of Roy Hill and the contractor-driven Atlas Iron would become a single entity, she couldn’t resist handing some advice to the government.
Rio Tinto eyes Mongolian settlement amid succession chaos
Rio appears close to settling with investors who accused the miner of withholding information about cost blowouts and delays at Oyu Tolgoi, although it may have bigger problems in Mongolia.
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