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‘Names out of a hat’: BHP faces class action over holiday rosters
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (92+ words) AFR BHP is facing a class action that could force it to pay out millions of dollars for not asking thousands of workers if they wished to work a public holiday, in a case that could serve as a warning…...
Fortescue suspends executive in sexual harassment probe
2+ week, 5+ day ago (69+ words) AFR Mining giant Fortescue has suspended an executive at the heart of a sexual harassment probe, days after defending its decision to allow the senior leader to keep working. The executive continued to work for the miner while law firm…...
‘A difficult time’: Inside Fortescue’s culture crisis
1+ week, 3+ day ago (99+ words) AFR Fortescue markets itself as the progressive face of Australian resources, but an internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations is just the latest setback. There was a telling line in the message from Fortescue’s top executives last week as they…...
Critical minerals could forge a new Australia-South Korea trade connection
1+ week, 4+ day ago (148+ words) afr.com A history of regulatory interventions has left major South Korean investors burnt. We cannot afford to create roadblocks for a key trading ally looking for new places to deploy its smart capital. Australia has a generational opportunity to…...
Canyon Resources to show its hand at bauxite project after low-ball bid
2+ week, 6+ day ago (123+ words) AFR It will be the moment of truth for ASX-listed bauxite hopeful Canyon Resources on Monday when the company is slated to exit a voluntary share suspension with an update on its flagship Minim Martap project in Africa’s Cameroon. Among…...
Giant Stokes-backed salt project hedges its bets with potash
1+ week, 3+ day ago (79+ words) AFR An industrial salt maker backed by West Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes is banking on turning its potash byproduct into a lucrative sideline, while also helping to bolster national food security amid recent disruptions to global fertiliser supply. BCI Minerals…...
King raises the heat on miners to keep green promises in Pilbara
1+ week, 3+ day ago (86+ words) AFR Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King says the big miners cannot allow war in the Middle East and Europe to derail the decarbonisation of the West Australian Pilbara, despite conceding global unrest has interrupted the sector’s green ambitions. King’s comments…...
WA warns miners over green transition delays
1+ week, 4+ day ago (82+ words) AFR Western Australia’s resources giants have been warned by the Cook government against retreating further on their decarbonisation commitments in the Pilbara as the state grapples with the complex green transition in the nation’s vast north-west. Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson…...
Australia has the minerals. So why isn’t anyone buying?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (92+ words) AFR Willing trading partners need viable projects to invest in and reliable supplies they can buy. Yet, Australia has too few projects that meet that test. Former resources minister Martin Ferguson argued yesterday in these pages that Australia needs to…...
Shareholders probe majority owner’s low-ball bid for Canyon Resources
1+ week, 6+ day ago (70+ words) AFR A low-ball bid for ASX-listed bauxite explorer Canyon Resources by its majority owner has prompted questions about the bidder, A2MP’s, ties to another major shareholder. Street Talk can reveal shareholders are raising concerns about A2MP’s potential connection to World…...