Fortescue ups dividend,profits jump despite lower iron ore shipments

Fortescue ups dividend,profits jump despite lower iron ore shipments

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has reported a boost in earnings and profits despite shipments and production of iron ore from its key Pilbara operations falling.

  • bySimon Johanson

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Mining giants BHP,Rio and Fortescue to watch China as they post results

Mining giants BHP,Rio and Fortescue to watch China as they post results

The health of China’s economy will be a key focus for investors when big miners BHP,Rio Tinto and Fortescue report their results this week.

  • byColin Kruger
Qantas pilots strike to clip FIFO wings on Thursday

Qantas pilots strike to clip FIFO wings on Thursday

Network Aviation will cancel about 35 flights carrying workers to WA’s north on Thursday as pilots strike after 18 months of negotiation for improved pay and conditions.

  • byPeter Milne
For some billionaires,limitless funds promote extreme behaviour – and that’s a risk

For some billionaires,limitless funds promote extreme behaviour – and that’s a risk

The wealth of the three richest Australians,Gina Rinehart,Andrew Forrest and Harry Triguboff,has more than doubled since 2020,at a rate of $1.5 million an hour.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest steps up fight against big oil and gas

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest steps up fight against big oil and gas

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has escalated his war against oil and gas producers,and Woodside in particular,taking to a helicopter off the remote WA coast to lambast its $18 billion Scarborough gas export project as a “carbon dioxide bomb”.

  • byPeter Milne
The WA companies that boomed and bombed in 2023

The WA companies that boomed and bombed in 2023

Normally,the saying is you need money to make money,but in WA it seems you need ore to make more – and keep a close watch on China,costs and the energy transition.

  • byPeter Milne
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Mining giant charges dropped over harassment documents

Mining giant charges dropped over harassment documents

A workplace safety watchdog has ended its prosecution of Fortescue Metals Group for failing to supply documents relating to alleged sexual harassment at mine sites.

  • byAaron Bunch
Forrest lashes energy majors as Fortescue cops first strike

Forrest lashes energy majors as Fortescue cops first strike

Billionaire Andrew Forrest has given oil and gas giant Woodside a serve,describing it and other fossil fuel producers as deceptive.

  • bySimon Johanson
Inside Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s urgent global climate campaign

Inside Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s urgent global climate campaign

Iron ore billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has ramped up his climate evangelism,barnstorming the world’s top universities with a lecture on the risk of lethal heat.

  • byNick O'Malley
Clock ticks on Forrest’s green dream as Fortescue nears due dates

Clock ticks on Forrest’s green dream as Fortescue nears due dates

The deadline to launch five green hydrogen projects this year is closing,but the miner’s results reveal the commitment may not be as definitive as it appeared.

  • byPeter Milne
Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest battle it out in green energy race

Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest battle it out in green energy race

Which iron ore magnate has more money invested in advancing the energy transition? Green evangelist Andrew Forrest or culture warrior Gina Rinehart? Believe it or not,at this point it’s neck and neck.

  • byDavid Fickling