Mining
'I'm greatest taxpayer': Gina Rinehart's boast on $860m bill
Surging iron ore prices have produced a bumper year for the billionaire's mining operations.
- by Mathew Dunckley
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BHP Billiton
Christmas comes early for BHP shareholders
Mining giant BHP plans to return $14.7 billion to its shareholders after completing the sale of its onshore US shale assets.
- by Nick Toscano
Coal
Glencore hikes coal cost savings forecast by 50 per cent
Its recent mine acquisitions in Australia have helped the coal exporter achieve 50 per cent more cost savings in its business than it had targeted.
- by Sonali Paul
BHP Billiton
BHP slashes China, US forecasts as 'lose-lose' trade tensions linger
Mining giant BHP has trimmed its economic growth forecasts for China and the US as the two superpowers engage in a "lose-lose" trade spat.
- by Nick Toscano
South32
'Big change': Miners face investor pressure on sustainability
Mining companies unable to demonstrate a commitment to environmental and social responsibility are at risk of losing access to financing and markets.
- by Nick Toscano
Rio Tinto
'One of the least-trusted on the planet': Rio chief's stark warning to miners
The head of Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is calling on mining companies to work harder and 'change the barbecue conversation' about the industry.
- by Nick Toscano
Coal
Climate change and renewables driving new mining boom, mining chief says
The mining industry is addressing climate change head-on as it prepares for a new boom driven by renewable energy demand, a global mining council chief says.
- by Cole Latimer
Iron ore
Fortescue shipments fall 8.6 per cent
FMG shipped 40.2 million tonnes in the September quarter, down from 44 million tonnes a year ago.
- by Reuters & Rushil Dutta
Whitehaven Coal
Activists 'flawed' in thinking Whitehaven ignores climate change risk
Resolutions to force the coal miner to improve its disclosure of climate change-related risks were voted down at its annual meeting.
- by Cole Latimer
Energy
Coronado Coal falls sharply after listing on ASX
The world’s fifth-largest coking coal miner, Coronado Coal, made a lacklustre debut on the Australian stock exchange on Tuesday, ending its first day of trading 10 per cent lower.
- by Cole Latimer
Mining
Queensland 'well and truly out of the mining downturn': Deloitte
Queensland is set to become the world's third largest exporter of liquified natural gas, according to a new economic study, producing $286 billion over the next 15 years.
- by Tony Moore