Australia Top Stories

Australia’s Mineral Resources flags lower lithium sale price at WA project

Last month, Mineral Resources said its JV with Albemarle had decided to pause operations at the Wodgina Project.

Reuters | December 13, 2019 | 9:19 am

BHP’s transformation boss to leave as part of internal overhaul

Jonathan Price is the second major exit announced this week…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2019 | 3:43 am

The financial sustainability imperative

The perception of sustainability as a nice-to-have but costly luxury…

John O’Brien, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | December 12, 2019 | 12:16 pm

BHP puts four industry groups on notice after climate policy review

BHP is considering its membership of four industry associations due…

Reuters | December 12, 2019 | 9:30 am

Albemarle CEO says long-term lithium demand remains ‘robust’

The world's largest producer of the battery metal is betting…

Reuters | December 12, 2019 | 7:10 am

Fortescue misses expectations, vows to step up output to meet target

Australia's third biggest iron ore miner won’t give up on its full year export target of 127 million tonnes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2014 | 3:09 pm

Australia to begin exporting uranium to the Middle East

The deal, signed in 2012, could see Aussie miners exporting up to 800 tonnes of yellow cake a year to the Middle East by the end of the decade.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2014 | 1:25 pm

Brazil’s iron miners risk losing market share to Australian competitors

Brazil's mining sector is expected to see slower average growth rates through 2018 compared with previous years, a report by Business Monitor shows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2014 | 10:48 am

Rio Tinto iron ore output hit by bad weather in Australia, Canada

Production of the steel-making material, however, increased by 16%, which means the miner is on track to meet its full-year target.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2014 | 10:23 am

Two workers killed in wall collapse at Australian coal mine

The employees died following the incident at the Austar coal mine in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales state.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2014 | 9:55 am

BHP at full throttle

Operational update shows record production achieved for four commodities and at 10 operations.

Frik Els | April 15, 2014 | 11:36 pm

Rio Tinto iron ore output falls short

But copper production shoots up 17% in first quarter.

Frik Els | April 14, 2014 | 11:12 pm

The Ore Wars after the Flash Crash

The 8% one-day drop in the iron ore price in March was the result of a new dynamic in the market: panicked selling by traders using ore as loan collateral.

Frik Els | April 13, 2014 | 7:05 pm

BHP can’t do for coking coal prices what it did for iron ore

BHP is losing big money on its push for a coking coal spot market.

Frik Els | April 13, 2014 | 5:23 pm

First

Last