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Fortescue’s hydrogen back-flip fails to become sugar hit it should be
One of the issues hanging over the miner is partly gone. So why aren’t fund managers jumping in? They may be more concerned by the company’s other big problems.
- Anthony Macdonald
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Resources sector’s No.1 health indicator flashes red
It’s good that Rio Tinto shipped 80 million tonnes of iron ore from the Pilbara in June, but think about what’s happening below the surface in Australian resources.
- Anthony Macdonald
Rinehart boosts stake in $5b WA magnetite project linked to India
Australian richest person, Gina Rinehart, is set to strengthen ties with India as the case for a new magnetite mine starts to stack up.
- Brad Thompson
IGO flags impairment in second wave of nickel pain sweeping WA
There is no end in sight to the company’s nickel nightmare as it warns of a $275 million writedown on exploration assets.
- Brad Thompson
Liontown stops holding out on sending lithium to China
Liontown Resources will do deals with China after all, admitting it is impossible to ignore the world’s biggest buyer of lithium.
- Brad Thompson
Liontown lithium supply test of faith for Tesla after BHP nickel halt
Nickel and lithium have had a rocky ride over the past 18 months. But the outlook cannot be wider for the biggest local players in each commodity.
- Brad Thompson
Tributes for Rod Carnegie, driving force for corporate nationalism
Sir Rod Carnegie, who had a major influence over Australian mining, business and national economic policy in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91.
- Andrew Clark
No cheers for politicians at Kalgoorlie pub as nickel work dries up
The federal and WA governments are under the gun from people caught in the crossfire of BHP’s call to suspend nickel operations.
- Brad Thompson and Tom Rabe
Glencore warns of nickel job losses unless labour costs controlled
BHP’s decision to shut its nickel mines, smelter and refinery is already being felt across families, communities and other mining companies and businesses.
- Brad Thompson, Tom Rabe and James Hall
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- Chanticleer
BHP’s nickel blunder a timely reminder for Australia
BHP wanted to profit from the EV boom by selling nickel to battery makers. It hasn’t worked, yet.
- Anthony Macdonald
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BHP shuts nickel business to arrest losses
BHP will suspend nickel mining after massive losses in a move that casts doubt over thousands of jobs in Western Australia and will inflame tensions with the Albanese government.
- Brad Thompson and Tom Rabe
Spilt milk everywhere as Incitec pivots, again
We have another “deal yourself in, deal yourself out” situation. And it isn’t pretty.
- Anthony Macdonald
BHP enlists OZ Minerals copper veteran amid cost blowout fears
BHP’s mine manager has warned of cost and schedule challenges for a near $1 billion expansion project at the Prominent Hill copper mine.
- Brad Thompson
Forrest says he was kept in the dark about spying on ex-employees
Fortescue’s executive chairman Andrew Forrest is considering sacking the company’s external lawyers who presided over the surveillance of former employees.
- Brad Thompson
China magnet maker nabs stake in Forrest-backed rare earths play
Chinese rare earths heavyweight JL Mag will get 9.8 per cent of Hastings Technology Metals in return for a $7 million investment.
- Brad Thompson
South Africa open to deals – it’s all in the approach
South Africa’s government will do deals, like the ones BHP would need to acquire Anglo American, but they need to be done discreetly.
- Anthony Macdonald
Copper boss in swipe at BHP after $393m Indonesian-led takeover bid
Indonesia’s billionaire Salim family has swooped on Australia’s biggest fully permitted copper project.
- Brad Thompson
Palmer accuses CITIC of contract breach with 3000 jobs in balance
The Chinese conglomerate has dismissed Clive Palmer’s claims as absurd in the latest twist in a bitter legal battle over an $18 billion WA mine.
- Brad Thompson
Fortescue green dream sullied by spying revelation
Andrew Forrest is nowhere to be seen after the discovery that private investigators were hired by the company to spy on the families of former employees.
- Brad Thompson
BHP misses internal targets, docks incentives across global workforce
BHP’s top brass has cut employee incentives around the globe based on failures to hit internal performance targets.
- Brad Thompson