Since hitting a 17-month high above $US6000 on November 11, copper has dropped nearly 10 per cent.

Copper extends slide

​Copper clocked its biggest weekly fall in a month as the US dollar soared to a 14-year high.

Entities linked to Nathan Tinkler have made paper profits totalling about $35 million over the past 15 months by riding ...

'Victim' Tinkler defends Hunter Valley coal mine

Former billionaire Nathan Tinkler has issued a passionate defence of coal in the Hunter Valley, describing himself as a "victim" of the thoroughbred horse breeding industry and lashing the "self interest" of its campaign against the expansion of the controversial Drayton South mine expansion.

Former Linc Energy CEO Peter Bond is one of five ex-Linc executives facing charges of breaching environmental laws over ...

Linc Energy fights Queensland environment order

The liquidators for Linc Energy have launched a legal challenge to the Queensland government's environmental protection order on its operation near Chinchilla, claiming liquidated companies should not need to comply.

Iron ore prices have rallied to the highest in two years, boosting the shares of mining companies.

Iron ore's party may be about to end

Soaring prices for the metal have boosted Australia's three largest exporters. But the party is about to end, with prices tipped to plunge by 40 per cent next year.

Queensland and our priceless water resources have been well and truly "trumped" by a sweetheart deal for Adani.

Trumped by a sweetheart deal for Adani

Co-operation to tackle the effects of coal and gas mining is not only possible: it is imperative. Yet, in our halls of power the loud voices of vested interests largely drown out the voices of those affected.

The Queensland government added an amendment to the laws that will allow the Adani mine project to avoid court ...

Qld government gives Adani water exemption

The Queensland government has granted the controversial Carmichael mine an 11th hour exemption to new water laws that could have seen the project subjected to further legal challenges.

Incitec Pivot expects recent rainfall to lift fertiliser demand

Incitec Pivot to cut debt as Louisiana ramps up

After spending $2 billion on big new projects in Australia and the US, investors in fertilizer to explosives group Incitec Pivot may have to wait a little longer to benefit, with the focus for now on reducing debt. At the same time, the group is cool towards the uptick being seen in commodity prices,