Resources nationalism is threatening China’s push to secure critical minerals
Opinion
Lithium

Resources nationalism is threatening China’s push to secure critical minerals

Partial nationalisation of a vast lithium project in Chile is the latest move by developed and developing countries to prevent China from locking up the mineral supply critical to its dominance of the world’s battery industry.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Treasurer orders Chinese funds to reduce stakes in Australian rare earths miner
Foreign investment

Treasurer orders Chinese funds to reduce stakes in Australian rare earths miner

Jim Chalmers said the decision was made in order to “protect our national interest” as the government sharpens its focus on supply chain security.

  • bySimon Johanson
Australia’s $22.7 billion bet on the $US1.4 trillion fight with China
Analysis
Federal budget

Australia’s $22.7 billion bet on the $US1.4 trillion fight with China

A Future Made in Australia is really about a global battle,led by the United States,against a rising China and a destabilising Russia.

  • byShane Wright
Resources tax breaks opens rift between WA and federal Liberals
Federal budget

Resources tax breaks opens rift between WA and federal Liberals

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor lashed $14 billion worth of incentives for green hydrogen and critical minerals companies,claiming it amounted to “handing out billions to billionaires”.

  • byHamish Hastie
Made in Australia:The $22.7 billion punt to rival China’s dominance
Federal budget

Made in Australia:The $22.7 billion punt to rival China’s dominance

The government is betting big on green technologies and industry to grow local manufacturing.

  • byMike Foley
In the rare earths Game of Thrones,Gina Rinehart grabs the crown
Opinion
Rare earths

In the rare earths Game of Thrones,Gina Rinehart grabs the crown

The federal government declared “the road to net zero runs through Australia’s resources sector”,and Rinehart will be hoping for a decent spoonful from the profit pot at the end of that road.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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Rio Tinto says global economy resilient,inflation easing despite patchy China
Mining

Rio Tinto says global economy resilient,inflation easing despite patchy China

Shipments of its key commodity iron ore fell over the past three months as bad weather disrupted Rio’s ports,the mining giant said.

  • bySimon Johanson
Australian mining ‘under assault’ from China,US ambassador says
Perth

Australian mining ‘under assault’ from China,US ambassador says

America’s national security and the health of the planet depended on commodities managed by Australia,Caroline Kennedy told Paydirt Battery Minerals Conference in Perth.

  • byMarion Rae
‘New Competition’? It’s protectionism with an industry policy veneer
Opinion
Trade

‘New Competition’? It’s protectionism with an industry policy veneer

Australia is about to join the protectionist wave sweeping through major economies with its “Future Made in Australia” scheme. History suggests we shouldn’t.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Warning made-in-Australia ‘manufacturing fetishism’ will make Australia poorer
Manufacturing

Warning made-in-Australia ‘manufacturing fetishism’ will make Australia poorer

While companies welcomed the budget boost promised to keep green tech in Australia,economist Saul Eslake says it will weaken the economy.

  • byMike Foley andShane Wright
Syrah riding the wave of global critical minerals race
Energy storage

Syrah riding the wave of global critical minerals race

Australia’s only integrated producer and refiner of natural graphite says it will avoid the meltdown roiling the nickel and lithium sector.

  • bySimon Johanson