Coal giant warns of return to strikes and lockout in sector
Coal giant BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has warned Australia risks returning to an era of lockouts and strikes under Labor’s controversial industrial relations reforms.
Coal giant BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has warned Australia risks returning to an era of lockouts and strikes under Labor’s controversial industrial relations reforms.
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Far more than the profitability of mining and energy companies is at stake from bad policies that adversely affect their operations and the viability of investments in new projects.
Environmental lawfare, unproductive workplace policies and red tape are threatening resources projects, employers warn, as unions demand yearly $10,000 retention bonuses for BHP’s Pilbara workforce.
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It’s no surprise that the government has delivered a broadside to BHP. Scratch the skin of Labor and there will emerge an “anti-big business” sentiment, aligned with that of associated unions.
Gina Rinehart has warned that the Albanese government’s industrial relations and environment policies risk alienating Australia’s two largest producers, Rio Tinto and BHP, and could drive the mining giants offshore.
Minerals Council of Australia boss Tania Constable said an IR ruling threatened to set a precedent which could be applied across the Pilbara’s powerhouse iron ore operations.
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart says more federal red tape will scare off the nation’s biggest companies, calls for the ‘elimination’ of taxes.
Resources Minister Madeleine King has gone to war with BHP in an extraordinary spray, attacking the mining giant for always ‘railing against’ Labor policies and refusing to work productively with unions.
BHP and its multi-billion profits are still all based on China. Today it’s iron ore tomorrow it will be copper.
The Australian share market finished down on Tuesday, following sagging results from jeweller Lovisa and sluggish performance from Zip and Johns Lyng.
What do you get when you mix new IR laws, unions muscling their way into the mines and anti-mining sentiment from Tanya Plibersek? Nothing good.
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Same job same pay industrial relations laws are all cost and no productivity gains, BHP says, as it flags a challenging year defined by geopolitical tensions and lingering inflation.
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Analysts expect a drop in demand from China to further the reduce cost of the steelmaking commodity as the world’s biggest miner prepares to publish results.
Australia’s biggest mining company is reportedly looking at Indonesia’s nickel industry following the shut down of its vast nickel operations in Australia.
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The miner will cut almost 200 jobs from the two Queensland mines it bought from BHP earlier this year, as it moves to streamline operations.
The airline doesn’t have the balance sheet to withstand union attacks in the same way as BHP and Rio Tinto. Which makes it a perilous time for both staff and shareholders.
Employers have accused unions of a power grab after they capitalised on Labor’s workplace laws to force BHP to start negotiating the first union collective agreement in the Pilbara for almost a decade.
The nation’s peak mining body has accused the Albanese government of siding with the Mining and Energy Union against BHP in a Fair Work Commission case.
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