Big miner goes green with first Toyota EV
Australia’s biggest miner is ditching diesel for EVs in a first major step to electrify its vast mining fleet.
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Samarco ‘should never have happened’: Mike Henry
After a $44bn settlement with Brazilian authorities, criminal charges against Samarco, its owners and some individuals are still unresolved.
BHP reaches $45b settlement over disaster
BHP has finalised a $45b settlement with Brazil over the 2015 Samarco dam disaster which killed 19 people.
Labor government is all at sea with net-zero energy transition
Coal power worked before and would do so again if anyone was brave enough to bring it back. Students of history will remember that Galileo was imprisoned for advocating the Copernican view on the solar system. We have people with the same mindset today.
BHP may be mulling new bite at Anglo American
Attention has turned back to BHP and its buying intentions surrounding Anglo American after the former’s chief executive, Mike Henry, recently paid a visit to South Africa.
BHP’s Olympic Dam facing two-week outage
BHP faces an uphill battle to hit copper production targets at its Australian operations with its flagship Olympic Dam mine out of action until at least the start of November.
Law firm ‘is doubling up’ on dam victims
More than 200,000 claimants suing BHP in a $17bn lawsuit have already been compensated for damage caused amid the Mariana dam disaster, the Australian mining giant will tell a London court.
BHP offers $44bn deal in Samarco settlement
A deal could be signed as soon as Friday, days after the start of a separate class action in the UK that involves about 650,000 Brazilian claimants.
Mining giant cops huge $23.7bn disaster bill
Australia’s biggest mining company has agreed to a massive settlement with the Brazilian government over an environmental catastrophe.
BHP’s Olympic Dam out of action after storm hits
Wild electrical storms have put BHP’s Olympic Dam copper mine out of action with the company scrambling to assess the damage and how long it will take to restart operations.
‘Unashamed’: How this lawyer plans to cash in on Australia
The London lawyer spearheading a huge class action against BHP says he will fight for Indigenous Australians’ cultural heritage as he plans to triple staffing in his new Sydney office.
BHP bets on China stimulus boost
A day after Rio Tinto raised doubts about the property market remaining a key plank of Chinese economic growth, BHP boss Mike Henry is more optimistic.
ASX 200 ends up 0.9pc at record high close
Perpetual hit with first strike. Stronger-than-expected jobs data may dash hopes of early rate cut. BHP iron ore production rises but China disappointment weighs. Regulator allows Star to keep Sydney licence. Uranium miners soar. WiseTech dives amid CEO scrutiny.
ASX 200 trims gains; Rio Tinto acquires Arcadium Lithium
Rio buys lithium player for $US6.7bn. Commodity price falls, China disappointment weigh on Aussie producers. NZ’s central bank cuts rate by 50 basis points, as expected. Shares in Cettire, Zip jump.
ASX 200 falls on China update; BHP leads mining reversal
Iron ore, copper futures, AUD down after China’s underwhelming economic update. RBA’s ‘step down’ in hawkishness evident in September minutes, but deputy governor Andrew Hauser says inflation job’s not done yet.
IGO ‘leads race’ for Rio’s Winu copper-gold deposit
IGO could be the frontrunner for Rio Tinto’s Winu Project, although BHP spin-off South32 is also said to be interested.
BHP lifeline as nickel smelter shutdown culls WA mining jobs
BHP has offered new jobs to about 800 workers affected by the shutdown of its nickel operations but hundreds have chosen redundancy amid a major commodity downturn.
BHP fights mining union’s same job same pay campaign
The mining giant is seeking to invoke an exemption for service contractors under Labor’s legislation.
Rio potentially eyeing off big lithium plays
Rio Tinto may join BHP in a big acquisition and some believe that a major deal in the lithium space may now not be too far away.
Rio and BHP say the net zero tailwind is at their backs
The push to re-industrialise Western economies and the transition to net zero will provide strong tailwinds for the mining sector for decades to come, both Rio Tinto and BHP believe.
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