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Legal challenge to Woodside's offshore seismic testing

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'

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

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

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

Alleged Rinehart plan to boost wealth at kids' expense

Alleged Rinehart plan to boost wealth at kids' expense

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'

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'

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

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

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.

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Rinehart backs plan for wealth to return to regions

Rinehart backs plan for wealth to return to regions

Rinehart backs plan for wealth to return to regions

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

Early days for lithium as colts vie for talent, ports

Early days for lithium as colts vie for talent, ports

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

Oz Minerals fined but dodges prosecution over bribes

Oz Minerals fined but dodges prosecution over bribes

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.

Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

Newcrest Mining will pay its biggest-ever dividends in fiscal 2023, in what is likely to be the big goldminer's last months as an Australian company.

Rinehart's rift with dad over his lover heard at trial

Rinehart's rift with dad over his lover heard at trial

Rinehart's rift with dad over his lover heard at trial

Rinehart's rift with dad over his lover heard at trial

Gina Rinehart's lawyers have argued Lang Hancock's corporate breaches before he died extinguish a competing mining dynasty's claim for a stake in her riches.

Yindjibarndi entitled but questions remain over compo

Yindjibarndi entitled but questions remain over compo

Yindjibarndi entitled but questions remain over compo

Yindjibarndi entitled but questions remain over compo

The Fortescue Metals Group says the native title holders of land it's mining in WA's Pilbara are entitled to compensation, but questions how and how much.

Miner rejects traditional owners' dust, noise claims

Miner rejects traditional owners' dust, noise claims

Miner rejects traditional owners' dust, noise claims

Miner rejects traditional owners' dust, noise claims

Claims of dust and noise emissions have sparked a complaint about Queensland's Carmichael coalmine, but the allegations are denied.

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Mines minister fronts industry after backflip on law

Trust has not been broken between Western Australians and the government on heritage laws, nor is the Perth Mint a money launderer, the mining minister insists.

Vanadium could be the next lithium for big battery tech

Australia holds a third of the world's vanadium, an element that's key to a kind of battery that may be the answer to the long-term storage of energy.

Miners at odds with farmers on cultural heritage laws

A key mining figure has urged the industry to embrace the voice, at a forum where there was also surprise at WA's scrapping of cultural heritage laws.

First mover or fast follower, mining in a race to adapt

Australian battery minerals and base metals producers are determined to move up the value chain, whether on team US or for China and its mega-factories.

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Yindjibarndi compo claim is misconceived, court told

The Federal Court has been told a claim for compensation from the Yindjibarndi for mining on their land has been misconceived.

Lynas in the pink with best rare earths outside China

Lynas Rare Earths CEO Amanda Lacaze chuckles when Western governments get indignant about China's dominance in the sector, because its goal was never a secret.

Rhodes' mining riches claim has fatal flaw, court told

Billionaire Gina Rinehart's lawyers have started their defence against claims by two prospectors for billion-dollar stakes in a lucrative iron ore project.

Miners dig in for latest bonanza amid global change

Change can be daunting and mining bosses are facing it on all fronts as thousands gather in Australia's largest outback city for an industry forum.

Yindjibarndi tell of mine's 'devastation' to country

The native title owners of the site of a large iron ore mine in the WA Pilbara have outlined their case for compensation for spiritual and economic loss.

Pilbara Minerals upgrades to million-plus tonnes a year

Lithium producer Pilbara Minerals has wowed peers with a resource upgrade but urges the sector to reduce carbon and waste as the clean energy race accelerates.

Gina Rinehart's son's fight for mining riches revealed

Emails and letters about Gina Rinehart's alleged fraud and John Hancock's bid to expose it have been aired during a high-stakes court case over mining riches.

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