Mining
Alcoa’s junior partner backs environmental record in WA forests
The Melbourne-based company that owns 40 per cent of Alcoa’s WA operation has defended its mining against claims it threatens Perth’s water supply and the jarrah forest.
- by Peter Milne
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Monster movers: BHP tests electric trucks the size of two-storey house
Australia’s largest miner is about to test heavy-haul trucks with motors charged by renewable power in a bid to slash fossil fuel use.
- by Simon Johanson
Three years on, Rio Tinto says Juukan disaster remains a ‘deep stain’
Rio Tinto chairman Dominic Barton has described the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters three years ago as a stain on the miner’s history.
- by Nick Toscano
Wall Street ‘worried’ about Alcoa’s operations in WA
US bauxite miner Alcoa is having to reassure US investors that its crucial WA operations are not imperilled by concerns its land clearing threatens Perth’s water supply.
- by Peter Milne
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Perth
Banned carcinogenic chemicals considered for use in WA fracking, draft report reveals
Documents have revealed low levels of the chemicals were being considered for use, despite the Department of Health ruling they be banned in any quantity.
- by Holly Thompson
Soaring gas prices send explosives maker out of east coast gas market
Incitec Pivot has stitched up a gas supply deal that will allow it to opt out of the volatile east coast gas market.
- by Simon Johanson
Push for BHP boss to give evidence in Brazil dam disaster
A law firm wants BHP’s high command to take the stand in the English courts over the Samarco disaster in Brazil.
- by Simon Johanson
Newcrest backs Newmont’s $29b takeover bid to form global gold giant
In a deal that would be the largest in gold mining history, Newcrest has agreed to back a takeover offer that values the company at nearly $29 billion.
- by Nick Toscano
Orica seizes on $2b green hydrogen push to accelerate key production plants
But the explosives maker believes the incentives are not big enough to counter America’s $US369 billion effort to supercharge its clean energy economy.
- by Simon Johanson
Rare earth reprieve: Last-minute extension for Lynas in Malaysia
Critical minerals miner Lynas Rare Earths has gained a six-month reprieve to continue operating its billion-dollar processing plant in Malaysia.
- by Simon Johanson
Is the wild ride over? Outlook brightens for lithium as EV sales surge
Investors have witnessed a meteoric rise, and equally sharp slump, in the material’s value over the past year.
- by Simon Johanson