An F-35 fighter jet.

How China is controlling Australia’s – and the world’s – rare earths trade

China is threatening to land a knockout blow in its trade war with Donald Trump,targeting a vulnerability in the United States’ most crucial military infrastructure with a strike that was decades in the making.

  • Simon Johanson andColin Kruger

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One thing that has kept Australia in Trump’s good books has been the fact we have a trade deficit with the US.

Trump wants them. China needs them. So Albanese has a $1b scheme to stockpile them

Labor has pledged to create a stockpile for critical minerals,which are coveted by US president Donald Trump while supply is controlled by China.

  • Mike Foley andNick Toscano
US President Donald Trump.

The two Australian giants winning from Trump’s fast track

President Donald Trump’s administration is speeding up approvals for critical mineral projects in its trade war with China.

  • Simon Johanson andPaul-Alain Hunt
WA Senator Michaelia Cash and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor in Perth.

Mia Davies on her own in supporting Labor’s mining tax sweetener:Cash

When asked whether any federal WA Liberal MPs supported the Labor policy Cash said:“No.”

  • Hamish Hastie
For years iron ore exports have delivered huge profits to BHP,Rio Tinto,Fortescue and other miners,making it the nation’s most lucrative export.

BHP boss says China holds key to the world avoiding recession

The Chinese demand driving resource giant BHP’s output of Australia’s largest commodity export,iron ore,will fade as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce global growth.

  • Simon Johanson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigned in Western Australia on Friday.

Labor vowed to take on miners over Indigenous heritage. Now Albanese is their guest

The prime minister’s tour of northern Australia came with no moves to rekindle memories of the Indigenous Voice referendum.

  • Mike Foley
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The Resolution Copper mine in Arizona.

Trump could unlock a copper bonanza for Rio Tinto

Resources giant Rio Tinto has held discussions with US President Donald Trump’s administration as it seeks to push ahead with a massive copper project in the US.

  • Simon Johanson
Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison.

MinRes,Ellison served with class action as tax scandal fallout continues

Embattled miner Mineral Resources and its managing director Chris Ellison have vowed to vigorously defend a class action over an offshore tax scandal that is now the subject of a probe by the corporate watchdog.

  • Jesinta Burton
Excavators mining rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil in February 2025.

‘Never seen anything like it’:How Trump plans to make Ukraine a ‘province’ of US industry

Europe and Britain will have to foot the bill for rebuilding what remains of the besieged nation,while the US scoops up its chief means of economic recovery.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Gumatj elders Balupalu Yunupingu and Djawa Yunupingu.

Landmark High Court case paves the way for $700 million native title claim

The court’s ruling on Wednesday exposes the federal government to compensation claims over land in the Northern Territory.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos