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Lynas 'match fit' despite profit slide, rising costs

Lynas 'match fit' despite profit slide, rising costs

The biggest producer of rare earths outside China says it's ready to meet increasing demand despite a profit plunge and cost blowout.

Mining lease to thwart protests, environmentalists say

Mining lease to thwart protests, environmentalists say

Mining lease to thwart protests, environmentalists say

Mining lease to thwart protests, environmentalists say

An appeal over an "anti-protester" lease granted to a Chinese-owned mining company in Tasmania has been heard in court.

Latest Fortescue CEO backs 'crazy vision', dividend cut

Latest Fortescue CEO backs 'crazy vision', dividend cut

Latest Fortescue CEO backs 'crazy vision', dividend cut

Latest Fortescue CEO backs 'crazy vision', dividend cut

Fortescue Metals Group has booked a lower full-year profit after a writedown, slashed the final dividend and shocked investors with another new CEO.

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Industry cost pressures 'subdue' demand for mining tech

Industry cost pressures 'subdue' demand for mining tech

Imdex says while short-term conditions are subdued the tech firm continues positioning for stronger battery minerals demand requiring miners to dig deeper.

Albanese visits Pilbara ahead of Perth cabinet meeting

Albanese visits Pilbara ahead of Perth cabinet meeting

Cabinet will meet in Western Australia as the prime minister looks to the state's booming resource sector and pushes ahead with his referendum campaign.

Two worlds collide in bitter native title legal fight

Two worlds collide in bitter native title legal fight

A high-stakes legal battle between billionaire Andrew Forrest's mining company and the Yindjibarndi people has divided families and left unhealed wounds.

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Australian companies face mandatory climate reporting as consumers and investors demand information they can trust and action to prevent even higher costs.

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Family loses Mount Isa mine lead-poisoning claim

Family loses Mount Isa mine lead-poisoning claim

Family loses Mount Isa mine lead-poisoning claim

Family loses Mount Isa mine lead-poisoning claim

A Queensland court has ruled against a family claiming $5 million from Mount Isa Mines alleging a teenager suffers brain damage as a result of lead poisoning.

Lithium leader Pilbara posts electrifying $2.4b profit

Lithium leader Pilbara posts electrifying $2.4b profit

Lithium leader Pilbara posts electrifying $2.4b profit

Lithium leader Pilbara posts electrifying $2.4b profit

Pilbara Minerals reports a 326 per cent surge in net profit to $2.4 billion as the world rapidly electrifies and demands a secure supply of sustainable lithium.

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

A battery materials demonstration plant opened in Western Australian industrial heartland is another milestone to being a global hub, the premier says.

Iluka Resources to pause production after profit slump

Iluka Resources to pause production after profit slump

Iluka Resources to pause production after profit slump

Iluka Resources to pause production after profit slump

Iluka Resources has reported a slump in first-half profit and will shutter a major kiln as global economic uncertainty depresses demand for some commodities.

BHP warns on tax, productivity after plunge in profits

BHP warns on tax, productivity after plunge in profits

BHP warns on tax, productivity after plunge in profits

BHP warns on tax, productivity after plunge in profits

Profits and dividends are down at BHP on lower commodity prices, but the mining giant says it is managing inflationary pressures better than its rivals.

'Use it or lose it': Qld treasurer warns BHP on leases

'Use it or lose it': Qld treasurer warns BHP on leases

'Use it or lose it': Qld treasurer warns BHP on leases

'Use it or lose it': Qld treasurer warns BHP on leases

BHP has been warned to "use or lose" its Queensland mining leases as the treasurer continues his stoush with miners over the government's royalties regime.

Lithium mega-trend drives Allkem to record $525m profit

Lithium mega-trend drives Allkem to record $525m profit

Lithium mega-trend drives Allkem to record $525m profit

Lithium mega-trend drives Allkem to record $525m profit

Lithium producer Allkem credits hard-rock production in Australia and brine ponds in Argentina for an "outstanding" FY23 result as the world races for supplies.

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Japan's industrial giants lead charge for Aussie nickel

A nickel explorer has industrial giants from Japan queuing for future supplies from under the red dirt out west as the battery minerals race accelerates.

Legal challenge to Woodside's offshore seismic testing

Traditional owners have mounted legal action against Woodside, claiming it failed to consult before beginning seismic testing for its Scarborough gas project.

Rinehart's row with son: 'throw him under the bus'

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has been accused of making threats, intimidation and lying during a bitter family dispute over Lang Hancock's legacy.

Alleged Rinehart plan to boost wealth at kids' expense

Gina Rinehart allegedly tasked the forerunner to PricewaterhouseCoopers with a "special project" to undo her father's legacy at the expense of her children.

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Push for green tariffs ushers in 'proxy carbon price'

Commodity-rich Australia is pushing the world closer to a 'proxy carbon price' as it moves to level the playing field for big emitters and keep jobs onshore.

Dad's letter to Rinehart: 'please leave me in peace'

Gina Rinehart's father, mining pioneer Lang Hancock, wrote to his daughter in a bid to sever their ties amid a bitter dispute in the years before he died.

Rinehart accuses media of ignoring truth about family

Gina Rinehart says she and her father were close before he died as a court hears the pair had a "major rift" over racial slurs about his wife Rose Porteous.

Gina Rinehart defrauded her children, lawyer alleges

Billionaire Gina Rinehart committed fraud with iron ore mining tenements now worth billions of dollars, a lawyer for her two eldest children has told a court.

Rinehart backs plan for wealth to return to regions

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart says economic gains from regional communities should be returned to the area from which they were generated.

Early days for lithium as colts vie for talent, ports

Australia is urged to be bold in the race for high-purity lithium for electric cars and clean energy, as veterans and newcomers jostle for capital and ports.

Oz Minerals fined but dodges prosecution over bribes

BHP-owned Oz Minerals has agreed to pay $9.3 million in fines after self-reporting employees bribed foreign officials to obtain mining rights in Cambodia.

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