Yesterday
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Rio Tinto's cultural indifference
Rio Tinto talks a good game, is a member of all the right groups and is doing much to be a good corporate citizen. So how did it all go so wrong at Juukan Gorge?
- Tony Boyd
AustralianSuper wants 'true accountability' at Rio for gorge blast
Rio boss Jean-Sebastien Jacques says two of his highest-ranking executives did not convey the cultural significance of Juukan Gorge until after it was blasted.
- Peter Ker
This Month
Rio Tinto answers the $135m question at Juukan
Rio Tinto has told a federal inquiry that a decision in 2012 and 2013 to mine through Juukan Gorge was worth $135 million in extra high grade iron ore.
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Walsh told Rio not to mine Juukan caves
Former Rio chief executive Sam Walsh says he issued instructions in 2013 not to mine the ancient Indigenous site, but it is missing from the company's explanation of what happened.
- Tony Boyd
Rio Tinto's JS Jacques still blaming everyone else
The destruction of Juukan Gorge is no outlying mishap; it is entirely congruous with the way Rio Tinto works in the Jacques era.
- Joe Aston
Glencore says China tensions are 'hurting' amid $3.6b loss
Ivan Glasenberg says he hopes Australia can resolve its diplomatic tensions with China, which are hurting its Australian commodity business.
- Peter Ker
Ok Tedi copper mine grinds to halt after virus outbreak
Papua New Guinea is counting the cost as the former BHP mine battles to stop the spread, recording seven cases in a 24-hour period leading up to the suspension.
- Brad Thompson
CLSA, Argonaut on hand for Xanadu Mines raising
CLSA's rebuilt equity capital markets team is off and racing.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Gold producer Gascoyne ready to launch recapitalisation
After a 15 month long hiatus, under administration gold miner Gascoyne Resources is poised to resume trading on the ASX.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Clean energy fund finds $65.5m for fertiliser project
Energy Minister Angus Taylor says sulphate of potash production from vast salt lakes can reduce greenhouse gas emissions in farming.
- Brad Thompson
Rio's actions in rock shelter blast 'beggar belief'
The chairman of a parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of an ancient Indigenous site has lit the fuse ahead of chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques' appearance on Friday.
- Brad Thompson
Salt Lake Potash hunts for $98.5m to take potash project to production
Salt Lake Potash has launched a capital raising to fund its Lake Way salt lake project all the way through to production.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Rio Tinto's complicated mea culpa
The miner went through 17 years of documents to find the source of its failure to protect a 46,000-year-old Indigenous site in WA, and found multiple failures.
- Tony Boyd
Rio rejects knee-jerk reaction to rock shelter destruction
The mining giant has admitted it missed several opportunities to save the Indigenous rock shelters it blasted in WA, but argues knee-jerk changes to the law could deter investment.
- Brad Thompson
Is Europe calling the Forrests?
Murmurs have reached us from normally reliable quarters that Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and wife Nicola are trying to make it to Europe, for at least three months.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- Mining
Asian lenders shun Adani's Abbot Point terminal
More lenders have ruled out lending to Adani's Abbot Point Terminal in Queensland, which will ship coal from the controversial Carmichael project around the world.
- James Fernyhough
Coking coal biz Montem lodges IPO prospectus; eyes September listing
Coking coal outfit Montem Resources' second charge at the ASX boards is ready to go live on Monday next week.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Rio makes $493m damages claim against Monadelphous
The mining giant blames the engineering group for the fire that destroyed part of its vast iron ore operations in Western Australia.
- Brad Thompson
- Exclusive
- Leadership lessons
Gorge grilling looms for under-fire Rio boss
Asked if he was fighting to save his job in the wake of high-profile setbacks, Rio chief Jean-Sebastien Jacques listed three legacies he hopes to leave.
- Peter Ker
Glencore to cut Australian coal production
The Swiss miner is set to make targeted cuts to production at its Australian coal mines amid extremely weak prices for both coking and thermal coal.
- Peter Ker
