This Month
Rio’s abandoned copper mine ‘life-threatening’ to Bougainville locals
The Panguna copper mine in Bougainville continues to generate toxic waste and may spark landslides that could kill people and cause lasting ecological damage.
- Elouise Fowler
The Pilbara plots its path from diesel to clean, green mining
Port Hedland is bang in the middle of the country’s industrial engine. There are ambitious plans to decarbonise with miles of transmission and new generation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
MinRes asks for gag order on former executive to be lifted
The request, agreed to by the Federal Court, means the company’s board can obtain its own advice and regulators can access previously confidential documents.
- Mark Di Stefano
Rio Tinto rules out unification, mulls ASX share issuance
Rio Tinto boss Jakob Stausholm says he wants to bolster the Australian side of the dual-company structure, not unify it with the British side.
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Ryan Stokes out-works, out-earns rivals to take SGH to new highs
The SGH chief, one of The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year for 2024, is renowned as one of the hardest-working CEOs in Australian big business.
- Anthony Macdonald
China export ban a boon for local minerals producers
Officials in Beijing said they would immediately halt the sales of gallium, germanium, antimony, and other minerals to the US as a major trade war brews.
- Elouise Fowler
Rio Tinto outlines 40pc surge in copper as it pivots from iron ore
The mining giant told investors Australian iron ore would provide just over half of its future earnings, down significantly from its current dominant role.
- Peter Ker and Elouise Fowler
Under pressure miners 29Metals, Titan Minerals launch equity raisings
The two copper miners were in front of investors on Tuesday seeking fresh funds, as their share prices continue to fall.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Updated
- Northern Star Resources
Gold shines as Northern Star lobs $5b De Grey takeover
Analysts say the $5 billion offer is an opening shot in a potential bidding war as global uncertainty pushes gold to record highs and swells producers’ coffers.
- Mark Wembridge and Elouise Fowler
November
Andrew Ellison battles shareholders at AGM of MinRes subsidiary
Chris Ellison’s younger brother has been accused of mismanaging the flagship garnet mine of his company Resource Development Group.
- Updated
- Mark Wembridge
Northern Minerals narrowly fends off mystery board appointment
The miner has avoided a relatively unknown director being elected, just weeks after Treasury flagged it could put new shareholders under the microscope over suspected links to China.
- Tom Rabe
Why the backlash from men is threatening gender targets
Mining behemoth Rio Tinto is not the only company to discover pockets of male employees who resent the push for greater diversity.
- Sally Patten
WA unveils $150m lithium rescue package
The West Australian government has unveiled a $150 million rescue package for the state’s struggling lithium sector.
- Tom Rabe and Mark Wembridge
Embattled Ellison a no-show at MinRes-backed Delta AGM
Billionaire MinRes founder Chris Ellison avoided Delta Lithium’s shareholder meeting after quitting as chairman of the mining junior on Monday.
- Mark Wembridge and Elouise Fowler
Trust is the key for this mining recruiter
Launched in the depths of the pandemic, recruitment firm Mergent has grown by 348 per cent to make the Fast Starters List.
- Sian Powell
Why this FIFO construction firm ‘never loses a client’
Fostering long-term relationships with clients such as gold miner Newmont has helped this business more than double revenue to $80m in a year.
- Larry Schlesinger
How a mother-in-law helped keep this ASX miner afloat
Nickel Industries revenues have topped $2.7 billion, but early on some family help was needed to finance this Fast 100 company.
- Prashant Mehra
Investors scold Pilbara Minerals over CEO pay, diversity
US pension funds rebuked Pilbara Minerals at its AGM on Tuesday, criticising board diversity and CEO Dale Henderson’s bonus.
- Elouise Fowler
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Private credit will lick its lips over Peabody’s $3.2b bridge loan
We’ve seen this movie elsewhere in Australian coal: a miner buys mines, and funds the deal with a short-term loan. Enter private credit.
- Anthony Macdonald
Chris Ellison quits as Delta Lithium chairman ‘effective immediately’
The businessman said he was leaving the junior explorer to focus on Mineral Resources, where he intends to quit as managing director within 18 months.
- Peter Ker
