Mining groups lobbied PM to weaken environment reforms,documents show
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Mining groups lobbied PM to weaken environment reforms,documents show

Mining giants including Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto lobbied the Albanese government to weaken national environmental reforms,new documents show.

  • byBianca Hall andMike Foley

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Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue slashes 700 jobs,tempers green hydrogen ambitions
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Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue slashes 700 jobs,tempers green hydrogen ambitions

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue will slash 700 jobs,as the company tempers its ambition to be a major producer of the clean fuel hydrogen.

  • byPeter Milne
Rio ready to pull trigger on mega iron mine in sensitive rainforest

Rio ready to pull trigger on mega iron mine in sensitive rainforest

The mining giant is a step closer to digging up 1.5 billion tonnes of iron ore over the next 26 years in Guinea’s Simandou mountains,a sensitive habitat for endangered chimpanzees.

  • bySimon Johanson
Big miners,energy sector drag ASX to a loss

Big miners,energy sector drag ASX to a loss

The Australian sharemarket slid on Tuesday,reflecting a mixed trading session on Wall Street after a US manufacturing report suggested its economy is slowing.

  • byJessica Yun andMillie Muroi
Rio Tinto unveils $215m ‘green steel’ Rockingham research plant

Rio Tinto unveils $215m ‘green steel’ Rockingham research plant

Australia’s biggest iron ore producer has 16,000 employees,17 mines,four port terminals and 2000 kilometres of rail in the Pilbara. Now it plans to transform their impact.

  • byJesinta Burton
Lawyers mull class action over Rio Tinto sexual harassment claims

Lawyers mull class action over Rio Tinto sexual harassment claims

Two years after a damning report into sexual discrimination,assault and bullying at Rio Tinto was released,an investigation into the claims could lead to a lawsuit.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
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In the remote Pilbara FIFO villages are all about employee experience

In the remote Pilbara FIFO villages are all about employee experience

If the food disappoints,rooms are not cleaned well or flights are late,management will hear about it – a remote workforce,like an army,marches on its stomach.

  • byPeter Milne
As it happened:WA news on Monday,May 20

As it happened:WA news on Monday,May 20

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BHP’s $60b bid forces Anglo American to confront its own shortcomings

BHP’s $60b bid forces Anglo American to confront its own shortcomings

Whether successful or not,the Australian mining giant’s offer puts pressure on Anglo’s board and management to consider significant changes to its business.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook

Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook

Copper is shaping up as a star for the mining giant,as it edges closer to making a final call on its nickel business in West Australia.

  • bySimon Johanson
Rio Tinto says global economy resilient,inflation easing despite patchy China

Rio Tinto says global economy resilient,inflation easing despite patchy China

Shipments of its key commodity iron ore fell over the past three months as bad weather disrupted Rio’s ports,the mining giant said.

  • bySimon Johanson