China, via a state-run enterprise, has reportedly banned its steel manufacturers from buying iron ore from the Australian mining giant BHP, amid a strategic bid by Beijing to reduce prices […]
Read MoreAlbanese hopes China’s reported BHP iron ore ban ‘very much short-term’ as ASX dips
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will meet with the boss of BHP amid a shock report that the world’s largest mining company faces a Chinese blockade on its iron ore shipments. […]
Read MoreQueensland coalmines marked for closure ‘uneconomic’, analysis shows, despite sector blaming royalties scheme
Coalmines recently marked for closure in Queensland were previously shuttered due to being uneconomic, new analysis shows, undermining claims from the resources companies that they are being forced to close […]
Read MoreBHP blames ‘coal tax’ for job layoffs. But there’s obvious reasons coalmines aren’t as profitable anymore
Australia’s big miners are not averse to a political fight. Consider the biggest miner of them all: BHP. In 2010, it fought fiercely against the super profits tax and helped […]
Read MoreCost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds
Five of Australia’s biggest fossil fuel producers could be on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars in damages after a US research team developed a method to link […]
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