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

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Rio Tinto sues contractor as court case over 2018 mining death looms

Rio Tinto sues contractor as court case over 2018 mining death looms

Mining giant Rio Tinto has dragged a former contractor to court as it prepares to confront a damages claim levelled by the family of an employee who died at its iron ore mine near Paraburdoo.

  • byJesinta Burton
Australian ‘green’ steel a step closer as iron ore rivals BHP and Rio team up

Australian ‘green’ steel a step closer as iron ore rivals BHP and Rio team up

The world’s two biggest miners are teaming up in a bid to develop Australia’s first electric-smelting furnace.

  • byPaul-Alain Hunt
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
Cashed-up King River heads to elephant country for gold hunt
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Cashed-up King River heads to elephant country for gold hunt

King River Resources is hunting for high-grade gold in elephant country in the Top End,with a gaggle of lucrative-looking targets begging to see a drill bit.

  • byAndrew Duffy
Australian investors sent a China warning

Australian investors sent a China warning

China is Australia’s largest trading partner,accounting for nearly a third of international trade,and the industries most exposed to Beijing’s economic woes are resources and commodities.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
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Tragic end to search for mine worker missing in the Pilbara
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Tragic end to search for mine worker missing in the Pilbara

A mine worker missing in WA’s vast Pilbara has been found dead in his crashed car about 90 kilometres from Karratha.

  • byHeather McNeill
Rio Tinto workers killed as plane crashes in Canada’s north-west
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Rio Tinto workers killed as plane crashes in Canada’s north-west

Four passengers and two air crew members died when the small plane went down near Fort Smith during a flight to the company’s Diavik Diamond Mine.

  • byNia Williams
‘The new norm’:The working from home options Perth’s big businesses are offering staff

‘The new norm’:The working from home options Perth’s big businesses are offering staff

Work at home to save time and money,or travel to the office to socialise and learn? When mandating a full-time return to the office is not an option for employers what are they doing?

  • byPeter Milne
Rio Tinto delivers another bumper iron ore year

Rio Tinto delivers another bumper iron ore year

It was another steady year for Rio Tinto’s base business of selling Australian iron ore in 2023,but many investments elsewhere remain troublesome.

  • byPeter Milne
Santos win reveals the environmental movement’s damaging own-goal

Santos win reveals the environmental movement’s damaging own-goal

The clear message is that environmental groups need to pick their battles more wisely.

  • byElizabeth Knight