Meg O’Neill says the energy major is working to reduce its emissions but warns it’s not going to be easy or cheap.
Copper is shaping up as a star for the mining giant,as it edges closer to making a final call on its nickel business in West Australia.
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.
Shipments of its key commodity iron ore fell over the past three months as bad weather disrupted Rio’s ports,the mining giant said.
Two former Fortescue executives want to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of iron ore,Australia’s most lucrative export industry. It’ll cost at least $3 billion.
Coal mines in the Illawarra struggled with last weekend’s deluge,sending coal deposits into residential areas and the Royal National Park where the platypus live.
A mining company backed by billionaire philanthropists Paul Little and Jane Hansen has lost a legal challenge against Australia’s strict sanctions regime.
Chalice Mining could have 500 local workers producing numerous metals needed for the energy transition,under plans currently with the EPA.
The mining giant is part of a consortium building a huge new mining province in Guinea,where there are fears for the survival of a species of chimpanzee.
The Australian Conservation Foundation and Mackay Conservation Group seek to convince the Queensland Land Court that Whitehaven Coal’s proposed mine would be a reckless contributor to climate change.
Rio Tinto will take over rehabilitating the former Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory following years of delays and budget blowouts.