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Brad Thompson is The Australian’s mining reporter, covering all aspects of the resources industry and based in Perth.

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Dale Henderson, chief executive officer of Pilbara Minerals Ltd., at the company's Pilgangoora lithium project in Port Hedland, Western Australia, on Friday, July 29, 2022. The highest bid for material at an auction run by Australia's Pilbara Minerals dropped for the first time since the exchange was launched last year. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg

Pilbara Minerals flags big loss on lithium

The miner is counting the cost of investments in lithium processing as prices for the battery-making ingredient flatline.

Brad Thompson

MiningBusiness

Embargoed for The Daily Telegraph., , Evolution Mining gold mine at Lake Cowal, near West Wyalong, NSW. Toby Whyte is and apprentice Mechanical fitter

Surging gold price rise stuns major miners

The rapid rise in the gold price towards a once-unthinkable $US3000 an ounce is surprising veteran miners.

Brad Thompson

Renewable energyRenewable energy & economy

Craig Henderson and Ross Johns with windmills

Wind farm fury pitting mate against mate in the bush

Farmers are warning rural communities are being torn apart by the march of wind turbines across Australia’s paddocks.

Brad Thompson

MiningMining & Energy

MinRes AGM Managing Director Chris EllisonPhoto byline: Courtney McAllister

Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources hit by another road train crash

Embattled Mineral Resources reports latest truck accident to mining safety authorities.

Brad Thompson

EnergyBusiness

23/1/2023: Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm, during a visit to the Boyne Aluminium smelter at Gladstone, QLD, Australia. Stausholm inspected the No.3 Pot Line at the smelter. pic Lyndon Mechielsen

Tipping point: Rio flags battery power future as coal costs rise

Rio Tinto’s aluminium boss says its smelters in NSW and Queensland are doomed if they rely on coal-fired power stations, as cheaper battery storage for green energy becomes more viable.

Brad Thompson

MiningMining & Energy

P28//# ALERT ALERT #### BEFORE REUSE OF THIS IMAGE CHECK CONTENT AND COPYRIGHT ISSUES WITH THE /PICTURE /DESK- BHP Billiton's Electric Mining Shovel working at their Blackwater Mine in the Bowen Basin - mining industry nsw machinery

BHP corruption probe hones in on select mine rehab sites

BHP has narrowed its corruption investigation to certain coal mine rehabilitation sites in Queensland, with the scandal over alleged fraud by contractors maybe not as widespread as first feared.

Brad Thompson

Renewable energyRenewable energy & economy

CROPPING: Evan Lewis on farm at WernethPICTURED: Generic canola crop. Stock photo.Picture: Zoe Phillips

GrainCorp sounds policy alarm over BP’s renewables retreat

GrainCorp, which planned to build large-scale oilseed crushing plants in WA, has taken a swipe at the nation’s renewable fuels policy after BP put a $600m investment on hold indefinitely.

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MiningMining & Energy

supplements Pilbara Mining images Courtesy of Pilbara Iron

WA miners turn up heat on Albo over native title

Efforts by WA’s Labor state government to shore up mining leases are in limbo as an industry leader warns of native title chaos.

Brad Thompson

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Federal Labor on a collision course with miners over green push

The federal government has made a powerful enemy for itself in the west after the Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA said it would fight Labor’s push for so-called nature-positive laws.

Brad Thompson

MiningMining & Energy

Operations at the Caval Ridge coking coal mine in Queensland, owned by the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA). Picture supplied by BHP

‘Tens of millions’: BHP sackings tip of corruption iceberg

BHP is investigating allegations contractors were paid millions for non-existent or greatly exaggerated work at its Queensland coal operations, after sacking 26 workers from one site.

Brad Thompson

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