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EnergyRenewable energy & economy

ON HOLD : Embargoed for The Daily telegraph. 15.8.2024 Dr Andrew Forrest stands in front of a new green energy haul truck. The Christmas Creek mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 61 km south-south-west of Nullagine. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Fortescue swings axe on 90 hydrogen jobs

On a day when Fortescue cut 90 hydrogen jobs, Macquarie says there’s evidence the energy security concerns of major companies have been prioritised over climate action.

Perth Bears art by Boo Bailey

$90 billion NRL plan to help Bears’ WA takeover

Never before has the once-proud sporting state of WA endured such miserable failure, and now is the time for the NRL to bash down the door and finish the demolition job.

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 24: (L-R) Andrew Forrest and Caroline Kennedy attend the 2025 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for TIME)

Forrest and Benali lobby UK on Moroccan energy supplies

A year on from their Parisian encounter, Andrew Forrest and Leila Benali are both pushing Moroccan renewable energy on the UK government – but not quite at the same time.

PhilanthropyBusiness

Sir David Attenborough looks out to sea in Southern England. OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH highlights the vital, achievable actions the world can take to restore the ocean and stabilize the climate, debuting in 2025. (Photo by Conor McDonnell)

World’s oceans in hot water: Nicola Forrest

Nicola and Andrew Forrest, who have funded a new David Attenborough documentary, are pushing for 30 per cent of the world’s oceans to become marine parks.

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

US author, diplomat Caroline Kennedy and Australian businessman Andrew Forrest attend the 2025 TIME100 gala at The Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, April 24, 2025. TIMEâs annual TIME100 Next list recognizes 100 individuals who are defining the next generation of leadership â Artists, Phenoms, Leaders, Advocates and Innovators â poised to make the climb and in doing so, make history. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Fortescue dragging the chain in IP fight

A Federal Court judge has taken a swing at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue, suggesting its lack of legal urgency over the case against two of its former execs could see her into retirement.

DataroomDataRoom

Best Pix of 2024 ON HOLD : Embargoed for The Daily telegraph. 15.8.2024 Dr Andrew Forrest at his property Minderoo which is in the North West of Western Australia.. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Forrest-backed hydrogen hopeful starts US drilling

Billionaire Andrew Forrest is not giving up entirely on his hydrogen dreams, backing Perth-based HyTerra in a US-drilling program.

MiningMining & Energy

Greatland Gold chief executive Shaun Day and chairman Mark Barnaba at the Telfer gold and copper mine in WA.

How minnow WA miner pulled off ‘gold deal of the decade’

ASX-bound Greatland Gold’s $700m-plus deal for gold and copper mines is making its backers, including Andrew Forrest, a lot of money. But it took connections and luck to make it happen.

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest has re named as one of Time;s 100 Most Infuential people.

Calling Time on Forrest’s green energy hot air

Andrew Forrest’s arrival on Time’s 100 influencers list is a triumph of self promotion. But maybe someone should have looked at his record, not just the hot air.

MiningRenewable energy & economy

Fortescue's North Star Junction solar farm.

It’s expensive to get to net zero: Fortescue racks up $350m drill bill

Fortescue has started work on one of the giant solar farms it needs to turn iron ore mines green and is forking out $350m for electric drill rigs.

Trade WarEconomics

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)

Business leaders blast Trump’s ‘poor calls’

Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest says the pressure is now on the US President to rejuvenate economies damaged by a global tariff storm that sent sharemarkets on a rollercoaster ride.

EnergyMining & Energy

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 10: Billionaire businessman philanthropist Andrew Forrest speaks during a Leadership Matters breakfast on April 10, 2025 in Perth, Australia. Dr. Andrew

Nuclear power is ‘not cool’, declares Andrew Forrest

Billionaire Andrew Forrest says young Australian men are under the mistaken impression that nuclear energy is ‘pretty cool’.

EXCLUSIVETechnology

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - October 21, 2024: Andrew Forrest at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Billionaire’s election plea: ‘Force Meta to operate from Australia’

Andrew Forrest says whoever wins the election must force Meta to run its Australian operations via a local entity to stop it bypassing local laws and facilitating organised crime.

TariffsBusiness

President Donald Trump departs after signing an executive order at an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s Liberation Day shock has bosses reeling

Business leaders have agonised over a global economic hit from US President Donald Trump’s sweeping intervention on tariffs, which will ripple through world trade and inflate costs.

Perry Williams and Brad Thompson

TechnologyTechnology

US judge demands Meta explain 230,000 scams featuring Forrest

Meta has disclosed the number of scam advertisements featuring Andrew Forrest, during a hearing in a California court as part of his lawsuit against the tech titan.

TakeoversCompanies

Austal chairman Richard Spencer at the company's Henderson shipyards, south of Perth. Picture: supplied

Austal fires broadside at Hanwha

Chairman Richard Spencer has ruled out caving in to Hanwha’s demands for a seat on the Austal board and described his number one shareholder Andrew Forrest ‘as an Australian patriot’.

DATAROOMDataRoom

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 28 , 2024: US Navy Submarine Tender ship the USS Emory S. Land arrives at Garden Island Naval base. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

Korean group raids Austal shares in bid to gain major stake

Advisory firm Jarden has been tapped to buy an initial 9.9 per cent interest in the Australian-listed ship builder.

‘No time to waste’World

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Green Pioneer ship docks at Canary Wharf in London on March 9, 2025 to showcase its world leading conversion to run on ammonia. Photo: supplied

Forrest’s ammonia powered ship arrives for King’s sustainable markets initiative

Matt Damon and John Kerry have arrived in London for King Charles’ eco-summit, but the star was Andrew Forrest’s Green Pioneer, a ship that runs on ammonia.

Jacquelin Magnay

ExclusiveRenewable energy & economy

Sun Cable’s Australia-Asia PowerLink will unlock Australia’s vast world-class solar and land resources to provide significant renewable electricity to Darwin and create a new $2 Billion export industry by supplying up to 15% of Singapore’s electricity needs. Pictured: render of Sun Cable’s proposed solar farm in Powell Creek NT. Picture: supplied

Cannon-Brookes’ Grok seeks investors for SunCable dream

One of the world’s biggest renewable energy projects will seek external funding as Mike Cannon-Brookes tests financiers’ appetite for the giant SunCable project.

Perry Williams and John Stensholt

exclusiveBusiness

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (left), Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest (centre) from Fortescue Future Industries and Deputy Premier Steven Miles (right) are seen during a hydrogen announcement at Incitec Pivot on Gibson Island in Brisbane, Monday, October 11, 2021.. The Queensland government announced that Incitec Pivot has reached an agreement with Fortescue Future Industries to study the feasibility of green ammonia production at Incitec Pivot's Gibson Island production facility in Brisbane. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Forrest axes US green hydrogen partnership

A hyped pact between Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue and a major US green hydrogen developer has been quietly dissolved, as developers pull back from projects following the election of Donald Trump.

PropertyProperty

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Foreign investor snaps up Australia’s largest sheep station

A famed West Australian sheep station once eyed off by Andrew Forrest for a renewable energy project will stay in sheep production under its new owners.

MiningMining & Energy

Australian businessman Andrew Forrest takes part in a session during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)

Forrest’s Fortescue raises fresh doubts over green energy projects

Andrew Forrest-led Fortescue blames Donald Trump, European policymakers and the looming federal election as it thinks twice on green hydrogen projects.

MiningMining & Energy

The Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Lynas, the only key supplier of the critical minerals outside China, has won further financial backing from Washington to build a plant in the US. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Forrest swoops on rare earths play as China tightens screws

Andrew Forrest-owned Wyloo unveils a deal to take control of a big rare earth project.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 3, 2024: Federal Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland during a press conference on Tuesday. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Twiggy backs ALP’s online safety law reforms

Tech and social media giants including Google and Meta face fines up to $50m if they allow hate, terrorism and crime to flourish on their Australian platforms.

Joseph Lam and Jared Lynch

GovernanceBusiness

Hancock Prospecting chair Mrs Gina Rinehart in WA.

WA farming body on brink amid financial misconduct allegations

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA, which represents Gina Rinehart, Andrew Forrest and Kerry Stokes’ pastoral interests – is on the verge of collapse amid allegations of ‘serious financial misconduct’.

Nick Evans and Paige Taylor

Business Breaking News

Andrew Forrest named in Exxon defamation suit

One of Australia’s richest people has been named in a Texas defamation lawsuit filed by an oil and gas giant.

‘corrupting influence’Nation

Pictures of Fortescue AGM in Perth at Optus Stadium. Pictures of Andrew Forrest, during the AGM in Perth. Photo Ross Swanborough. 061124

‘Foreign agent’: Forrest named in Exxon lawsuit

The energy giant has accused Andrew Forrest of orchestrating ‘smear campaigns’ against the oil and gas sector to further his own commercial ambitions.

MiningMining & Energy

Employees at BHP's nickel operations in Western Australia.

Less chance of BHP, Forrest nickel mines reopening

A key competitor sees no light at the end of the tunnel for Australian producers in terms of a green premium or price recovery that could restart operations that were mothballed in 2024.

MININGMining & Energy

Pictures of Fortescue AGM in Perth at Optus Stadium. Pictures of Andrew Forrest, during the AGM in Perth. Photo Ross Swanborough. 061124

Big solar farm for Forrest’s Fortescue operation

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue plans to build all the renewable energy assets it needs to decarbonise its WA iron ore operations over the next five years.

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 strikes $618m deal with Chinese machinery maker

Fortescue will spend up to $US400m ($618.2m) on equipment from Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group as it hedges its bets on the electrification of its mining fleet.

(FILES) Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

‘Wicked problem’: Forrest backs sweeping changes to rein in Facebook

Andrew Forrest has backed sweeping changes a parliamentary inquiry has recommended to plug a legal loophole and force Facebook owner Meta and other social media giants to comply with Australia’s laws.

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