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Union iron ore claim poses risks for green superpower hopes
Let’s hope for the sake of Australia’s energy transition that we don’t return to the bad old days of industrial disruption in the Pilbara.
- The AFR View
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
- Exclusive
- Legal industry
Lawyer fees for class action against BHP top $680 million
BHP’s portion of the costs for the 22-week trial are forecast to be about £108 million, according to documents filed with Britain’s High Court.
- Ronald Mizen
Creasy in talks to buy Macquarie’s $148m debt at bombed-out gold miner
Sources say the trade has been agreed at (or close to) par with its carrying value, meaning Macquarie would make whole on its money.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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
- Updated
- Carbon challenge
Glencore says ESG mood has ‘evolved’ and it will keep coal mining
The Swiss-based commodities giant had proposed spinning off the fossil fuel into a separate company but has decided to retain the division.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
Red5 launches $138m block trade; Euroz Hartleys on ticket
Shares were priced at 0.335¢ a pop – a 5.94 per cent discount to the five-day volume-weighted average price.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Arcadium flags it may have to shut Mt Cattlin amid low lithium prices
The chief executive of the world’s third-biggest lithium company, Paul Graves, says few mines make sense at current prices.
- Peter Ker
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
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
Rare earths explorer St George buys Brazilian project; raise underway
Potential investors were told the project sits in the same complex as the Brazilian giant CBMM’s assets, which control 80 per cent of the world’s niobium mineralisation.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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
Texas-headquartered EnergyX lobs $US150m bid for Galan Lithium
EnergyX’s proposal, lobbed on July 11, sought to acquire Galan’s assets in the Salar del Hombre Muerto region within the so-called lithium golden triangle.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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
Northern Star boss says China’s reserves are gold’s best bull signal
Australia’s biggest gold miner, Northern Star boss Stuart Tonkin, said the race for the White House is not the main game as far as gold is concerned.
- Brad Thompson
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
