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Andrew Forrest

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - October 27, 2025: R.M.Williams owner Dr Andrew Forrest AO will officially open RMWÃs expanded manufacturing facility and mark five years since the company was returned to Australian hands. Picture: NewsWire / Roy VanDerVegt

Forrest-owned Wyloo making bold strides in bombed out nickel

Wyloo made a net profit of $377.6m in 2024-25, compared to $352.8m loss the previous year when it booked a near $300m nickel impairment. The Andrew and Nicola Forrest-owned private miner is taking counter cyclical steps in down and out nickel.

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An undated aerial image, that shows a view of the Ashburton River, which flows through Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo station in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Picture: Minderoo Weirs Project

Traditional owner ‘coached’ in video opposing Forrest weir plan

Video evidence exposes behind-the-scenes coaching of cultural testimony that derailed mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s ambitious river development plans.

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Photographed outside the WA State Administrative Tribunal offices, Anthropologist Dr Edward McDonald advising Buurabalayji Thalanyji Aboriginal Corporation in its dispute with Andrew Forrest over the billionaireÃs plan to build nine leaky weirs along the Ashburton River. Photographed on 11th November 2025, by Philip Gostelow

‘Sacred rituals’ row in Forrest fight

Expert witness faces intense questioning over claims about Indigenous sacred sites as billionaire Andrew Forrest fights to build controversial Pilbara weirs.

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New taxpayer funds for Forrest’s green dream

Fortescue has secured another $45m in taxpayer funding for its green energy plans, despite not repaying previous government grants for an abandoned hydrogen project.

Twiggy, Bowen and Bleijie funding fight

Has Fortescue repaid any of its $110m green hydrogen ‘fantasy’ funding?

Queensland says Fortescue hasn’t repaid $66m in taxpayer funds for its abandoned hydrogen plant, Andrew Forrest claims that’s because no will return his phone call to sort out how, and the federal government has refused to reveal the status of its $45m hand out.

Ashburton RiverNation

An undated aerial image, that shows a view of the Ashburton River, which flows through Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo station in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Picture: Minderoo Weirs Project

Forrests hit back in war of the weirs

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s lawyers argue cultural practices would survive his controversial river weir project, despite fierce opposition from traditional owners.

ResourcesBusiness

31/10/2025Dr Andrew Forrest AO Executive Chairman of Fortescue with Gabonese nationals (Development program We train for Gabon Professional upskilling into Mining for 50 Gabonese nationals in Australia as part of our commitment to developing capability as a part of the Belinga Project)at the Fortescue AGM at Ritz Carlton, Perth.Pic Colin Murty

Forrest clashes with Rinehart over net-zero ambition

Fortescue executive chairman Andrew Forrest says it is nonsense for Gina Rinehart to claim net-zero policies are a threat to the Australian economy and tax revenues.

BUSINESSNewsWire

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - October 27, 2025: R.M.Williams owner Dr Andrew Forrest AO will officially open RMWÃs expanded manufacturing facility and mark five years since the company was returned to Australian hands. The famous RM Williams boots. With RM Williams CEO Paul Grosman. Picture: NewsWire / Roy VanDerVegt

Mining billionaire’s economic warning

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest says Australia has a ‘fantastic’ future in manufacturing, but only if business and political leaders avoid this one big thing.

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Forrest criticises Queensland energy shift on renewables

Queensland insists its energy plan balances reliability and affordability, but billionaire Andrew Forrest says it risks the state being left behind.

EditorialEditorials

Fortescue bows to China on costs

Fortescue bows to China on costs

Fortescue will be a big customer for zero-emissions mining equipment from China, having learnt the lesson that developed nations cannot compete with China on manufacturing.

Editorial

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Andrew Forrest speaks onstage during the NYT Climate Forward 2025 at The Times Center on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images for NYT)

Fortescue to sack hundreds of UK workers as green misfires pile up

Andrew Forrest rocked the UK workforce at the weekend by declaring that battery plants and power systems needed for trucks built with Liebherr would be made in China, and not at a Fortescue Zero factory in Oxfordshire as planned.

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Are Media bestsellers include the perennial The Australian Women's Weekly, Country Living and Home Beautiful. Other sector strong performers include Vogue Australia, National Geographic Kids and Wheels

Twiggy tapped to save Women’s Weekly

Senior industry figures have approached iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest and begged him to save the iconic title from a potential fire sale at the nation’s biggest publishing house.

InnovatorsTechnology

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest splash art for Innovators feature

‘Fail fast, learn faster’: Andrew Forrest on failing to the top

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest reveals how embracing failure drove his success, while unveiling ambitious plans to make cancer ‘non-lethal’ through artificial intelligence.

MiningMining & Energy

Pictures of Fortescue AGM in Perth at Optus Stadium.Pictures of Mining CEO Dino Otranto during the AGM in Perth.Photo Ross Swanborough. 061124

How Fortescue’s two CEOs will be able to earn $7.5m each

Fortescue’s Andrew Forrest and his board have shed light on what they expect from dual CEOs Dino Otranto and Agustin Pichot in return for a stack of company shares.

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September 2025: Andrew Forrest at Climate event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Andrew Forrest speaks at an event onboard the Fortescue Green Pioneer, which was docked in New York for UNGA and Climate Week NYC

Climate denial to cost US: Forrest

Andrew Forrest warns that Donald Trump’s rejection of climate change poses a dangerous ‘contagion’ risk and will leave Americans worse off.

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

Fortescue Metals Group has ordered a fleet of 120 battery and hydrogen-powered haul trucks from Liebherr for its Pilbara iron ore mines. Pics supplied by Fortescue.,

Fortescue pulls U-turn on electric truck deal

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has spun another major business reversal into a victory, halving a ‘historic’ $4.29bn European truck deal after just 12 months.

MiningMining & Energy

4 August 2025; Twiggy Forrest's hydrogen dreams in Queensland face a harsh reality as the state government pursues $65 million. The ambitious projects, once symbolised by gleaming hydrogen tanks, now appear increasingly fragile. Will this be the end of the hydrogen dream, or can Twiggy weather the storm? Sources: AFP and Pixabay. Artwork by Frank Ling. Ratio 4:3. For DIGITAL or PRINT.

‘Real zero’: Fortescue quietly drops hydrogen from new green plan

Iron ore billionaire Andrew Fortescue has unveiled a new climate transition plan for Fortescue as the company’s carbon emissions continue to grow.

TAX REFORMMining & Energy

PERTH, AUSTRALIA _Newswire photos JUNE 18 2024.Picture NewsWire / Sharon Smith Premier Li visits Fortestcue in Hazelmere. With Andrew

Billionaire Andrew Forrest on board for GST fight

A dream team of business leaders in royalty-rich WA are ready to battle other states over the multi-billion dollar GST carve up. And they have a message for Victoria and its ‘anti-development’ policies.

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Annastacia Palaszczuk Premier, with Dr Andrew Forrest, announcing the biggest hydrogen electrolyser plant to be built in Gladstone - Photo William Debois

Taxpayers still await Fortescue refund

Federal taxpayers contributed almost $50m towards Fortescue’s much-hyped but failed plan build a green hydrogen gigafactory; Andrew Forrest’s company is still to repay the money.

DefenceCompanies

Austal chief executive Paddy Gregg in front of the first steel-hulled vessel Austal has built for the US Navy. Picture: Tad Denson

Austal shares hit record ahead of foreign ownership call

Defence contractor Austal faces a watershed moment as Treasurer Jim Chalmers weighs allowing a foreign rival to match Andrew Forrest’s shareholding.

EditorialEditorials

Paying the rent on green tape

Paying the rent on green tape

Billionaire businessman Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue have a clear conflict of interest in their public calls for the Albanese government to adopt the highest possible climate target.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 26, 2025: Jarrod Bleijie, Deputy Premier of QueenslandQuestion Time at Parliament in Brisbane.Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Queensland government takes legal action over Twiggy Forrest’s green hydrogen project

Queensland’s deputy premier has ordered legal action to recoup $65m in taxpayer money its state Labor predecessor handed to Fortescue.

Michael McKenna

4 August 2025; Twiggy Forrest's hydrogen dreams in Queensland face a harsh reality as the state government pursues $65 million. The ambitious projects, once symbolised by gleaming hydrogen tanks, now appear increasingly fragile. Will this be the end of the hydrogen dream, or can Twiggy weather the storm? Sources: AFP and Pixabay. Artwork by Frank Ling. Ratio 4:3. For DIGITAL or PRINT.

Forrest raves about green hydrogen as Fortescue profit slumps

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest says the company remains hellbent on green hydrogen, despite walking away for much-hyped project and cutting jobs.

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Andrew Forrest, left, and Resources Minister Madeleine King.

Forrest-owned miner rejects rare earths free ride

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo has warned the Albanese government against picking winners in rare earths, calling for miners to repay taxpayer support during boom times.

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

*FILE PIX* Billionaire Gina Rinehart, chairman of Hancock Prospecting Pty, stands for a photograph during a tour of the company's Roy Hill Mine operations under construction in the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Phil Gostelow

Mining law quirk leaves Rinehart’s Roy Hill on shaky ground

An old court battle between Andrew Forrest and small miners has left a $20bn sword hanging over Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill operation.

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A man stands in front of digital market boards at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney, Monday, March 2, 2020. The Australian share market spiralled nearly 2.5 per cent lower as the deadly coronavirus spreads across the planet and stifles trading prospects. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Liontown raises $316m; Fortescue secures $US2bn loan; Iress jumps on bid talks

Market drifts as US tariffs take effect. Atlassian revenue soars as group cuts losses. Fortescue up after $US2bn loan to support ‘ambitious decarbonisation agenda’. PointsBet endorses higher MIXI offer.

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4 August 2025; Twiggy Forrest's hydrogen dreams in Queensland face a harsh reality as the state government pursues $65 million. The ambitious projects, once symbolised by gleaming hydrogen tanks, now appear increasingly fragile. Will this be the end of the hydrogen dream, or can Twiggy weather the storm? Sources: AFP and Pixabay. Artwork by Frank Ling. Ratio 4:3. For DIGITAL or PRINT.

How gullible politicians got taxpayers lost in Forrest’s hydrogen hype

Andrew Forrest captivated politicians in 2022, when he outlined plans to turn Queensland into an exporter of hydrogen energy. Three years on, a $1bn pipeline is set to be completed with not a single customer.

Michael McKenna

**Embargo Daily Telegraph Do not Use without contacting pic desk**Squadron Energy is building Port Kembla Energy, Terminal (PKET) - Australia’s first LNG import, terminal and the only gas import terminal under, construction. Pictured is (left) Squadron Energy CEO Rob Wheals and Andrew Forrest. Picture: Supplied

75pc by 2035: Forrest renewables group tests ALP’s green ambition

Australia must submit its updated 2035 target under the Paris Agreement in coming months. This is emerging as a political flashpoint and Squadron Energy’s CEO says anything less is a cop-out.

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TOPSHOT - Gold bullion bars are pictured after being inspected and polished at the ABC Refinery in Sydney on August 5, 2020. - Gold prices hit 2,000 USD an ounce on markets for the first time on August 4, the latest surge in a commodity seen as a refuge amid economic uncertainty. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Evolution urged to pounce on fallen Greatland Resources

Market watchers want the gold miner to reconsider its no-acquisition stance and snap up Greatland Resources after the Andrew Forrest-backed miner’s shares plunged 24 per cent.

MiningMining & Energy

Rio Tinto's Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara., Picture: Supplied

Rio reveals 80-year plan for Pilbara iron ore mines

Mining giant Rio Tinto has lodged environmental approval documents showing it intends to be producing iron ore in the Pilbara for decades to come.

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