NewsBite

Andrew Forrest

Advertisement
Green hydrogen and green steel: Australia’s richest man Andrew Forrest wants to net-zero proof his iron ore business.

An Australian powerhouse tried to kill a start-up. It failed

A dirty David and Goliath fight over clean steel is over, with billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue abandoning a fight that could have been avoided.

  • Elizabeth Knight

Latest

Vast quantities of Russian-origin oil have entered Australia since the war in Ukraine began and that have provided a crucial source of funding to Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

‘This should ring alarm bells’: Twiggy Forrest demands an end to Russian oil loopholes in Australia

One of the country’s top business leaders says no Australian motorist should have to wonder whether their money is helping bankroll Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine.

  • Nick O'Malley and Matthew Knott
Climate Minister Chris Bowen attended last year’s talks in Baku, but has yet to secure Australia’s hosting rights for 2026.

Australian COP bid on the line as Turkey digs in

Pressure within the United Nations is mounting on Australia and Turkey to resolve the impasse over hosting rights for the event.

  • Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley
Fortescue’s Green Pioneer arrived in New York on Friday, where it will act as a billboard for “real zero” during Climate Week.

‘Gobsmackingly illogical’: Twiggy lashes Trump on climate as Aussies hit New York

As Anthony Albanese and other high-profile Australians arrive for the United Nations summit, the mining billionaire lashed out at the US president over his administration’s opposition to a “carbon tax” for the shipping industry.

  • Michael Koziol
Tech billionaire Scott Farquhar is married to Kim Jackson, a former Hastings infrastructure dealmaker who has plied some of the family’s wealth into Australian airports.

Australia’s richest families plot country’s tech reboot at private summit

They control billions of dollars in wealth. Now some of the nation’s most powerful families have met in a bid to reshape the economy and debate its future.

  • David Swan
Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie in state parliament.

Queensland asks Fortescue to return money for dumped hydrogen project

The deputy premier criticised the former Labor government for pursuing the company’s electrolyser manufacturing facility in Gladstone as a “vanity project”.

  • Matt Dennien
Advertisement
Scientists have mapped the DNA of Australia’s oceans. Their findings surprised even them.

How just two litres of water can uncover the mysteries of the sea

By tracking the DNA “barcodes” of sea creatures, researchers have found species previously unknown to science.

  • Bianca Hall
Illustration by Dionne Gain

Australia’s great leap forward: China opportunity makes Trump tariffs look like ‘a pimple on the bum of the iron ore trade’

Australia’s potential to export green metals – made here using abundant, cheap renewable energy – could deliver immeasurable economic benefits and accelerate the global race to net zero. It’s now a step closer.

  • Peter Hartcher
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Why Twiggy’s happy to cut the oranges for Team Australia

Andrew Forrest, the mining tycoon turned climate saviour, was in trademark form as he – wearing a Ukraine flag pin on his jacket – praised the PM, issued AI warnings and trumpeted green steel.

  • Paul Sakkal
A worker at a blast furnace at the Salzgitter AG mill in Salzgitter in Germany where green steel processes are being explored.

The PM talked up green steel. But is it even a thing?

Green steel could boost Australia’s export earnings, reduce emissions and hedge against declining coal exports in a cleaner world economy. If a lot of things go right.

  • Nick O'Malley

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/andrew-forrest-1zb