US President Donald Trump.

The two Australian giants winning from Trump’s fast track

President Donald Trump’s administration is speeding up approvals for critical mineral projects in its trade war with China.

  • Simon Johanson andPaul-Alain Hunt

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For years iron ore exports have delivered huge profits to BHP,Rio Tinto,Fortescue and other miners,making it the nation’s most lucrative export.

BHP boss says China holds key to the world avoiding recession

The Chinese demand driving resource giant BHP’s output of Australia’s largest commodity export,iron ore,will fade as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce global growth.

  • Simon Johanson
Customers at Lost bar in Chinatown.

Night owls drive Melbourne’s bar and restaurant boom

Lost Bar on Little Bourke is part of a wave of hospitality,entertainment and food operators looking to profit from the city’s booming nightlife.

  • Simon Johanson
The Resolution Copper mine in Arizona.

Trump could unlock a copper bonanza for Rio Tinto

Resources giant Rio Tinto has held discussions with US President Donald Trump’s administration as it seeks to push ahead with a massive copper project in the US.

  • Simon Johanson
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has dumped his pledge to curtail Commonwealth public servants working from home.

Mining sector urges Dutton not to class gas a ‘critical mineral’

Classing gas as a “critical mineral” would qualify gas drillers for support from a $4 billion loans facility.

  • Nick Toscano andSimon Johanson
Deep structural challenges in Melbourne were exacerbated by the pandemic.

Broken apartment market has deep structural challenges

Melbourne’s apartment market has struggled through its hardest year on record but is set to bounce back.

  • Simon Johanson
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GPT’s confidence is reflected in the latest official retail sales figures which show a 3.8 per cent year-on-year lift in January.

Retail tsar says return of workers won’t make difference to busy malls

Shoppers are spending up in one of Melbourne’s busiest malls. But the centre’s robust foot traffic contrasts with modest numbers heading to city offices.

  • Simon Johanson
The Whyalla steelworks in South Australia is in adminstration for the second time in less than a decade.

‘Hard-wired to make losses’:Whyalla steelworks bleeding $1.5m a day

The steelworks in South Australia owes creditors $1.34 billion,with worker entitlements clocking in at $189.7 million.

  • Simon Johanson
President Donald Trump has unleashed the first salvo of his tariff war.

Could we show more restraint? Perhaps. Are we ‘killing’ the US aluminium market? No

President Trump’s steel and aluminium tariff war is a case of deja vu for Australia. But while his administration’s arguments are flawed,that might not really matter.

  • Simon Johanson
A rare earths plant in Kalgoorlie,Western Australia,run by the Australian company Lynas.

Australia close to breaking China’s critical mineral stranglehold

Australian firms are within a few years of refining most of the rare minerals used in the world’s critical defence systems,electric vehicles and clean energy transition.

  • Simon Johanson