Insiders at Australia’s biggest private company – Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting – have lifted the veil on what they describe as a “bizarre” culture within the organisation that includes annual […]
Read MoreMinerals, mobile phones and militias: how war unfolded in DRC
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, after three months of fighting, a peace agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the works. I spoke […]
Read More‘It’s like putting a whale in a blender’: the rise of deadly ship collisions in Chile
The memory of a blue whale gliding past his small boat haunts Patricio Ortiz. A deep wound disfigured the cetacean’s giant body – a big chunk had been ripped from […]
Read MoreCompany supplying critical EV metal ‘did not disclose’ Erin Brockovich pollutant in drinking water
One of Indonesia’s largest nickel-mining companies, which supplies a mineral critical to the global electric car industry, did not tell the public that local drinking water was polluted, according to […]
Read MoreMeet the man who keeps the world’s busiest railways running from a shed in Melbourne
When a train on Hong Kong’s metro is speeding along its route slightly bumpier than usual, Ravi Ravitharan’s phone buzzes in Melbourne – at all hours of the day. “My […]
Read MoreInside the bitter billion-dollar feud tearing Gina Rinehart’s family apart
The last positive memory John Hancock has of his mother, Gina Rinehart, is a meal they shared together almost 20 years ago. It was at the Perth office of Hancock […]
Read MoreGina: The first-born son – episode 4 – podcast
Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it’s the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how […]
Read MoreChina trade war poses threat to US arms firms’ rare earths supply, analysts warn
America’s advanced weapons manufacturers are likely to face a critical shortfall of key rare-earth minerals that they import from China as a consequence of Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with […]
Read MoreTrump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab
Some of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign donors and investors, who collectively have hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties to the US president, are positioned to potentially profit from […]
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