Gladstone company taking centre stage in AI revolution, providing a critical mineral to cool computer chips
Gladstone is one of Queensland’s industrial hubs, but now it is also playing a key role in the…
Rio Tinto in merger talks with Glencore, takeover could create world’s biggest miner
Mining giant Rio Tinto is in talks to take over Swiss group Glencore, in a move that could…
Pilbara mining towns left out of government’s battery rebate schemes
Western Australia’s Pilbara region is the sunniest in Australia, with an annual average of 10 hours of sunlight…
Tomago a sweet deal for Norway and China. But taxpayers?
Does the Albanese government actually have any backbone when it comes to spending discipline? It has flagged spending…
Hitchhiking Pilbara mechanic Kevin Guiness recounts a lifetime on the road
Western Australia’s north is never short of a good yarn — if one knows where to look. Aboriginal…
Critically endangered night parrot captured by Martu rangers in east Pilbara
Rare footage of the critically endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) has been captured by Martu rangers in the…
Rio Tinto pauses plans for $3.7b lithium mine but Serbians remain concerned
Rio Tinto may have mothballed its proposed $3.6 billion lithium project in Serbia’s Jadar Valley, but opponents have…
Rio Tinto scraps $215m research centre and BioIron product after decade of development
Rio Tinto has scrapped a $215 million research centre touted last year as a key staging ground for…
Why first Simandou iron ore shipment to China marks a global milestone
The event on Tuesday at Guinea’s Morebaya port, attended by Chinese and regional African leaders, saw the departure…
Labor is frustrated with Rio Tinto as ‘all options’ on table for Tomago
The government can’t hide its frustration with Rio Tinto, majority owner of the Tomago aluminium smelter, which is…
BHP vs China Inc: What the iron ore dispute says about Australia’s present and future
On the face of it, it might sound like an obscure commercial dispute. But the negotiations between Australian…
‘No understanding’: The extreme cost of living crisis affecting Australia’s most remote communities
It’s just before dusk and a warm breeze is blowing off the Gulf of Carpentaria, carrying the voices…