October
This ASX micro miner is rocketing on the next commodity boom
A small crop of Australian producers are profiting from China’s huge demand for a key ingredient used for aluminium that is now suddenly in short supply.
- Alex Gluyas
Allegro Funds rules off exit at drilling outfit JSW
Sources said the deal, led by Allegro managing director Jeffrey Largier, will see JSW trade to a consortium.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
July
These cheap mining stocks still offer opportunity for investors
A drop in mining business valuations has opened a window of opportunity for investors looking to lock in cheap prices and potentially big dividends.
- Tom Richardson
February
Alcoa in $3.3b bid for Australian partner Alumina
The deal would bring a global portfolio of bauxite mines, alumina refineries and aluminium smelters under one roof.
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- Peter Ker
A fight over a bauxite mine may launch a new era for land rights
The High Court will decide the third great native title case this year, a decision that may overturn every land title in the Northern Territory for 67 years.
- Michael Pelly
January
$100b industry: Saudi Arabia seeks Aussie help to dig up desert
The kingdom wants to ramp up its mining industry at warp speed, and hopes Australian companies will get in on the action.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Alcoa hits out at ‘politicisation’ of Perth refinery closure
Suggestions that closure of the Kwinana alumina refinery was due to government policy “overlooked commercial realities”, an Alcoa executive said.
- Tom Rabe
Alcoa refinery closure no surprise to WA premier
WA Premier Roger Cook has dismissed suggestions state and federal Labor government policies contributed to Alcoa’s Kwinana refinery closure.
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- Tom Rabe
Alcoa refinery closure frees up a sliver of WA gas supply
The closure of Alcoa’s Kwinana alumina refinery is tipped to free up 5 per cent of Western Australia’s domestic gas consumption.
- Tom Rabe
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- Mining
Cost-price hit to nickel, alumina leads to 1000 jobs cut
Over 1000 jobs will go at Alcoa and Panoramic as rising costs and a slump in prices hit the WA resources industry. The mining lobby called Alcoa’s decision a “devastating blow”.
- Tom Rabe
August 2023
Bauxite miner hits out at West Australia’s permitting delays
Alumina boss Mike Ferraro is happy for WA environment regulators to better scrutinise bauxite mining in the state, but he “can’t live with” delays.
- Peter Ker
June 2023
Push for more Aussie commodities to get ‘critical’ minerals status
Labor is under pressure to designate more minerals like bauxite, nickel and copper as “critical” opening them up to special treatment, like loans and direct grants.
- Jacob Greber
March 2023
Alumina boss at odds with miners over ‘unfair’ emissions limits
Aluminium industry titan Mike Ferraro said the Albanese government’s emissions policy should reward low carbon industrials, but miners are cautious about limits set by “industry average”.
- Peter Ker
February 2023
WA warns Alcoa over threat to drinking water
A cloud hangs of US aluminium giant Alcoa’s plans to continue mining bauxite in native forest near dams after WA government experts raised alarm over the threat to drinking water.
- Brad Thompson
Aluminium industry says it should be on list of ‘critical minerals’
Bauxite, alumina and aluminium should be added to Australia’s list of critical minerals, big smelters say.
- Peter Ker
January 2023
Aussie miners could benefit as Indonesia bans bauxite exports
Despite losing its WTO case regarding the ban on nickel exports, Indonesia is adding bauxite to the list as economic nationalism becomes more strident.
- Emma Connors
June 2022
Russia oligarch ‘ring-fenced’, Rio told in Aussie sanctions spat
When sanctions were imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the fallout spread to a Rio Tinto-backed alumina refinery.
- Liam Walsh
April 2022
Climate conscious Rio Tinto exits Queensland Resources Council
Barely two months after flagging discomfort with the Queensland Resources Council’s coal advocacy, Rio Tinto has ended its membership of the lobby group.
- Peter Ker
February 2022
Woodside hikes dividend as profit triples
Woodside shares have reached their highest since the March 2020 oil price crash after buoyant prices drove a trebling in core profit.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
September 2021
Miners keep digging as Guinea coup ignites aluminium prices
Aluminium prices rallied on fears bauxite supply would be hit by a coup in Guinea, but an Australian expert on Guinean mining said it was business as usual.
- Peter Ker
