Yesterday
Mining mutiny as Jupiter chairman and CEO ousted
Former BHP chief executive Brian Gilbertson has been dumped as chairman of Jupiter Mines in a shareholder uprising that also claimed the chief executive.
- Peter Ker
Rio’s green spend expected to hurt short-term earnings
Major investors have backed the mining group’s plan to spend billions to reduce its carbon footprint despite analysts warning it could harm short-term revenues.
- Peter Ker
This Month
Rio Tinto vows 50pc carbon cut
China inspired the miner’s radical plan to decarbonise that will bring renewable power to its Australian iron ore mines and aluminium smelters.
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Rio highlights carbon hypocrisy
Rio Tinto says it will slash its emissions by 50pc by 2030. But it also says net zero by 2050 will require radical action never seen over the past 30 years.
- Tony Boyd
Taxpayers’ potash punt in peril
The collapse of the company that sought to pioneer Australia’s potash industry has put the spotlight on almost $1 billion of federal taxpayer loans to the sector.
- Peter Ker
Salt Lake Potash hits the skids, KordaMentha called in
Restructuring firm KordaMentha has taken the keys at ASX-listed sulphate of potash company, Salt Lake Potash.
- Anthony Macdonald, Yolanda Redrup and Kanika Sood
BHP pips Forrest in Canadian nickel battle
BHP has wasted no time in reclaiming pole position in the bidding war for Canadian nickel explorer Noront Resources.
- Peter Ker
BHP aims to crush South Flank glitches
The big miner believes it can overcome recent mechanical problems with a giant crusher at its new $US3b South Flank mine.
- Peter Ker
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- Opinion
- Chanticleer
BHP’s reminder it’s not all woe in iron ore
BHP is taking its foot off the pedal in iron ore. It’s a reminder that the commodity’s price plunge doesn’t tell the whole story.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Forrest v BHP may be start of green M&A fights
BHP and Andrew Forrest’s battle over a small Canadian nickel hopeful isn’t going to be the last M&A fight sparked by the energy transition.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Larvotto Resources joins new explorers headed for the ASX
Copper and gold explorer Larvotto Resources is the latest to join the growing list of explorers headed to the ASX this quarter.
- Anthony Macdonald, Yolanda Redrup and Kanika Sood
BHP iron ore output slumps
A shortage of train drivers and a heavy maintenance schedule means BHP is likely to export less iron ore in 2021 than it did last year.
- Peter Ker
Noront accepts Forrest’s ‘superior’ takeover offer
The Canadian nickel play has taken up billionaire Andrew Forrest’s proposal of 76¢ a share, giving rival bidder BHP just five days to match it.
- Yvonne Yue Li
BHP breakthrough extends iron ore mine life
A BHP mine that was supposed to stop producing iron ore this year could run for years more after a breakthrough that better sorts the wheat from the chaff.
- Peter Ker
GetUp! spam tactics besiege Origin EA
Even executive assistants aren’t safe from the activist group’s campaigns.
- Myriam Robin
BHP tips China coal ban to last years
BHP boss Mike Henry says BHP has not resumed selling coal to China despite some small batches of Australian coal clearing Chinese customs in recent weeks.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Peter Ker
Rio Tinto downgrades iron ore again
Rio Tinto has made it a hat-trick of iron ore export downgrades after lowering its target for the third successive year.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Rio Tinto hit by iron ore quadruple whammy
The group’s iron ore business is under pressure on four fronts, and while two problems are beyond its control, two are where it is paying for sins of the past.
- James Thomson
Austral book closes early, Deutsche Balaton to go substantial
Copper miner Austral Resources has closed its book early, and will announce German investor Deutsche Balaton AG as a substantial investor.
- Anthony Macdonald, Yolanda Redrup and Kanika Sood
