Mining
Rio Tinto told to lift ‘Australian profile’ in board shake-up
The exit of Rio Tinto’s chairman has renewed investor demands for greater Australian presence on the board of the world’s second biggest miner.
- by Nick Toscano
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Australia eyes boost to local critical mineral processing, manufacturing
Australia will aim to build a sophisticated manufacturing industry from its vast critical minerals resources in a move towards maintaining national sovereignty and securing vital technological supply chains.
- by Rob Harris
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Rio Tinto
‘I am ultimately accountable’: Rio Tinto chairman to stand down after cave blast disaster
Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson has announced he will step down within the next year following pressure over the blasting of the Juukan Gorge caves.
- by Nick Toscano
Miners vow to come clean as First Nations, climate pressure builds
Australia’s mining companies will sign up to new social and environmental monitoring guidelines amid deepening concerns about their treatment of First Nations communities.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Rio Tinto, BHP’s copper mine project on Apache land faces fresh blow
The plan to build an enormous new copper mine in Arizona has faced a setback after the United States government reversed a decision to allow a necessary land swap.
- by Nick Toscano
Bolsonaro wants mining in the Amazon. An indigenous leader agrees
A push for development among indigenous Brazillians has stirred debate over whether some of the world’s most isolated tribes should be integrated into modern society or left alone, along with the Amazon.
- by Stephen Eisenhammer
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Myanmar coup
Revealing the dubious links of an Australian company in troubled Myanmar
Myanmar Metals has gone into a trading halt, telling investors of the risks after the military coup, but some of the company’s business partners have colourful histories with the junta.
- by Nick McKenzie
Coal terminal facing export slump amid Australia-China trade bans
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, one of the nation’s largest coal ports, says the Chinese government’s ban on Australian cargoes has driven a decline in exports.
- by Nick Toscano
‘Insane’: Proposed gold mine to take coal wastewater, dam headwaters
The straw for a new project planned for NSW’s Central West would suck in coal wastewater 90 kilometres away from the foothills of the Blue Mountains.
- by Peter Hannam
Orica hit by Australia-China trade spat, CEO to step down
Orica chief executive Alberto Calderon will step down from the $5 billion explosives manufacturer which is feeling the heat from slower mining activity.
- by Nick Toscano and Alex Druce
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The Pilbara
McGowan says mining giants must lift their game after FMG’s mea culpa over land clearing on Aboriginal site
It is the second time this week a Pilbara mining giant has been scrutinised after it was revealed a culturally significant rock shelter had been impacted at BHP’s Mining Area C project.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola