Yesterday
BHP forced to negotiate in new push to unionise Pilbara
Unions have forced BHP to the negotiating table and are demanding Rio Tinto do the same, a big breakthrough in their attempts to re-unionise the country’s biggest export industry after decades on the sidelines.
- Brad Thompson
This Month
Gold saves the day as Diggers deals with the nickel and lithium rout
The annual Kalgoorlie conference was abuzz with the hopes and dreams of nickel and critical minerals groups – last year. How different things are now.
- Brad Thompson
‘Arguable’ case over axing Jabiluka mine permit, judge says
Energy Resources of Australia, leaseholder for the Jabiluka uranium mine, secured an 11th hour legal win just days before the permit was set to expire.
- Elouise Fowler
Fortescue chief scientist fudged CV, court told
Federal Court documents reveal a buried conflict within Fortescue’s ranks between Andrew Forrest and an Element Zero defector.
- Brad Thompson
Iron ore producers must learn from nickel: Fortescue boss
Australia must invest heavily in green iron or risk losing out to international competitors, chief executive Dino Otranto warns
- Tom Rabe
Jabiluka owner sues over axing of uranium mine permit
ERA, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, lobbed the case in a bid to overturn the NT’s decision to revoke its lease to mine uranium in Kakadu.
- Elouise Fowler
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Jabiluka going to court may not be the last twist
When the answer is suing the government, you know there are problems. The almost-broke ERA has many.
- Anthony Macdonald
Liontown pleads case for fast-tracking lithium royalty relief
Liontown Resources boss Tony Ottaviano says governments must act sooner rather than later on fiscal policy to avoid a repeat of the nickel exodus.
- Brad Thompson
MinRes joins job cuts carnage in WA mining
The Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources is slashing its white-collar workforce amid iron ore mine closures and a retreat in its lithium expansion plans.
- Brad Thompson
Lynas boss Lacaze sees merit in nuclear power option
Lynas Rare Earths boss Amanda Lacaze says Australia needs to be energy-supply agnostic if it is realistic about becoming a critical minerals superpower.
- Brad Thompson
Korea seeks Australian lithium to secure US subsidies, sideline China
The US offers electric carmakers tax breaks for sourcing components from it and its free trade partners such as Australia and South Korea, not China.
- Elouise Fowler and Michael Read
Pilbara at risk from Africa, Brazil without green iron push: Fortescue
Mining giant Fortescue has warned that the future of the Pilbara rests on government and industry forging a green iron industry.
- Tom Rabe
Fortescue in-house lawyer issued spying instructions, court told
Fortescue’s internal counsel personally reviewed the social media of an Element Zero defector to determine his location, according to an affidavit.
- Brad Thompson
US blocks subsidies for Albemarle lithium made in Australia
Albemarle says a block to subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act had been a major factor in its decision to slash workforce and to curtail investment in WA.
- Brad Thompson and Elouise Fowler
Labor may speed up tax credit as lithium miners buckle
The Albanese government may bring forward the $17.6 billion critical minerals production tax credit after Albemarle said it would slash 300 jobs and shrink its giant WA facility.
- Updated
- Elouise Fowler
July
Nickel boss says Indonesia trying to distance itself from China
Nickel Industries managing director Justin Werner says Jakarta wants to attract more Western investment to an industry dominated by China.
- Brad Thompson
Goyder toasts history for Liontown at Kathleen Valley
Liontown Resources says it has bucked the odds to deliver the world’s newest lithium mine on time, and on budget. It could be Australia’s last for a while.
- Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
When politics and miners mix, investors get hurt
The last thing investors need in Australian mining is more shocks like the ban on uranium mining at Jabiluka. The industry is doing it hard enough.
- Anthony Macdonald
Chinese rare earths giant looks to set up in Australia
Shenghe wants to expand into Australia despite strong government opposition to Chinese investment.
- Updated
- Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Macquarie has partly reversed its ban on banking coal deals
Sentiment against part of the coal industry has softened, and Macquarie has read the tea leaves.
- Anthony Macdonald
