Mining
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Roger Cook
WA seeks bigger voice in Canberra with new ‘embassy’
The office would work like the state’s overseas trade missions and would provide a permanent base for government officials and advocacy groups on “team WA” to “disrupt the thinking in Canberra that holds us back”.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Courts
Lang Hancock accused Gina Rinehart of trying to have Rose Porteous deported, court told
Mining pioneer Lang Hancock threatened to remove his daughter from the empire for “disloyalty” over her alleged behaviour towards his new wife, the court heard.
- by Jesinta Burton
Analysis
Alcoa investigation
Six months investigating Alcoa: Water supply at risk, toxic pipeline and a glimmer of transparency
Digging into Alcoa’s mining in WA’s jarrah forests long-shielded by government-endorsed secrecy has revealed an environmental mess.
- by Peter Milne
Opinion
MyCareer
High stakes when occupations become extinct
More than jobs are lost when society chooses to abandon an occupation.
- by Jim Bright
‘I’m just a guy who got lucky’: Rise of the lithium kings
An anaesthetist turned outback motorcycle enthusiast who purchased a sizeable chunk of lithium stocks five years ago at 11¢ a share has set up his retirement.
- by Simon Johanson
Memo shows Wrights knew they had no right over Hope Downs, court told
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has attempted to deliver a fatal blow in the battle to guard its iron ore riches, unearthing a 34-year-old memo showing a rival mining dynasty knew it had no right to its royalties.
- by Jesinta Burton
Diggers and Dealers: Vanadium could be the next lithium for big battery tech
The silvery-grey metal is the latest “pit to grid” sensation for electricity system operators, although most people have never heard of it.
- by Marion Rae
Australian miner’s exit from Myanmar feared fuelling rogue junta
After the brutal 2021 military coup, the company decided to exit the troubled country and change its name, offloading its majority share in the mine.
- by Chris Barrett
Yindjibarndi seek $500m compensation from Fortescue for mining their land
The Yindjibarndi people of WA’s Pilbara region are seeking $500 million from Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue for mining the land they have exclusive native title over without their agreement, the Federal Court has heard.
- by Peter Milne
Alcoa’s mining in WA one step closer to detailed independent review
WA’s environmental watchdog has invited public comment on whether it should undertake a detailed independent review of Alcoa’s mining in WA’s jarrah forests.
- by Peter Milne
Pay-up time looms for Fortescue in native title fight
Fifteen years since negotiations started, the final stage of the Yindjibarndi People’s fight with Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue begins in the small Pilbara town of Roebourne on Monday.
- by Peter Milne