Rio Tinto bets on bigger role for copper in green energy shift

Rio Tinto bets on bigger role for copper in green energy shift

The iron ore giant has flagged it is open to potentially large-scale takeover plays in copper to increase exposure on metals vital to driving the shift to green energy.

  • byNick Toscano

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BHP says Anglo American shareholders must decide merger fate

BHP says Anglo American shareholders must decide merger fate

BHP boss Mike Henry has thrown down the gauntlet to Anglo American’s shareholders,after the London-based miner rejected the Australian giant’s latest takeover offer.

  • bySimon Johanson
Inquiry finds ‘unacceptable level of risk’ faced by Grosvenor miners

Inquiry finds ‘unacceptable level of risk’ faced by Grosvenor miners

A wide-ranging probe,established after five workers were seriously injured in a blast last year,has found gas drainage systems could not cope at the central Queensland mine.

  • byMatt Dennien
Queensland miner didn’t realise he was still on fire after mine explosion

Queensland miner didn’t realise he was still on fire after mine explosion

Wayne Sellars recounted to the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry the methane gas explosion at Grosvenor Coal Mine last year.

  • byToby Crockford andFelicity Caldwell
AGL and BHP sanctioned by Norwegian wealth fund over emissions

AGL and BHP sanctioned by Norwegian wealth fund over emissions

The world's largest sovereign wealth fund has dumped one Australian company and warned another over their records on climate change.

  • byNick O'Malley
Gina Rinehart-backed Sirius Minerals succumbs to Anglo American bid

Gina Rinehart-backed Sirius Minerals succumbs to Anglo American bid

The Australian billionaire has emerged as one of the only winners after embattled UK potash miner Sirius Minerals announced it was backing a low ball £405m offer from Anglo American.

  • byColin Kruger
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The war on coal is making the world's biggest miners a lot richer

The war on coal is making the world's biggest miners a lot richer

As the climate change debate intensifies,output of the planet's dirtiest fuel is dropping,pushing up coal prices and boosting miners'profits.

  • byThomas Biesheuvel&Thomas Wilson