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- Chanticleer CEO poll
CEOs warn red tape, higher rates holding back investment
The country’s top energy and resources leaders say stresses from higher financing costs are being compounded by activism and unfriendly government policies.
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
Blowouts hit taxpayer-backed rare earths refinery
Taxpayers may have to lend more than the $1.25b already pledged towards the WA refinery that aims to break China’s stranglehold on the supply of rare earths
- Peter Ker
Rinehart calls for tax cuts, criticises renewables and ‘eyesore’ solar panels
Gina Rinehart, named The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, demanded a cut to taxes, while Boris Johnson spoke in defence of Donald Trump.
- Edmund Tadros and Maxim Shanahan
Gina Rinehart looks to life beyond the rivers of cash from iron ore
The mining magnate, crowned The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, is recognised for the role she has played in shaping Australia’s economy.
- Brad Thompson
The Australian Financial Review names its Business Person of the Year
Gina Rinehart has capped an extraordinary year of deal-making across the mining, energy, agribusiness and retail sectors by taking out the top honour.
- James Thomson
Lynas CEO snatches victory from the jaws of defeat
Never-say-die Lynas Rare Earths chief executive Amanda Lacaze says doing right is the best defence when opponents seek to cause mischief.
- Brad Thompson
Hedge funds ‘pretty brave’ to short Pilbara Minerals, says CEO
The chief executive of the market’s most shorted stock says hedge funds could get caught out by a swift reversal in the lithium price.
- Jonathan Shapiro
November
US miner plotting Australian rare earths plant
New York-listed Tronox wants to build a rare earths separation plant in Australia at a time when Western nations are scrambling to break China’s stranglehold.
- Peter Ker
Gina Rinehart handholds Peter Dutton at her neon bush doof
The opposition leader was the star guest alongside Australia’s richest woman at Vegas in the Pilbara.
- Mark Di Stefano
Rare earths boss targeted by Chinese-linked shareholder
Chinese interests accused of a covert attempt to gain control of the strategically important rare earths player Northern Minerals are gunning for executive chairman Nick Curtis.
- Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
APEC shows why business diplomacy matters in fragmented world
The private sector will need to play an oversized role to enable the growth of the region and propel it at scale and speed.
- Georgie Skipper
October
Malaysian government gives Lynas Rare Earths green light on refinery
The Malaysian government’s reprieve comes as the US and its allies seek to break China’s grip on strategic materials.
- Elouise Fowler
Lynas to temporarily shut and upgrade Malaysia operations
The world’s biggest supplier of rare earths outside of China is set to conduct planned shutdown of Malaysia operations, as it awaits court decision.
- Elouise Fowler
Hancock, Lynas claim labour hire laws a risk to mine projects
The CEOs of key WA miners told a Senate inquiry the government’s labour hire laws will threaten billions of dollars in investment, but later admitted the laws do not apply to them.
- David Marin-Guzman
Labor accused of handing unprecedented power to transport union
The Minerals Council claims new laws aimed at improving safety in the road transport industry go well beyond what is suggested and could allow the TWU to influence conditions up and down supply chains.
- Ronald Mizen
September
EVs to robots: Hastings rare earths boss eyes lithium’s ascent
Former Mineral Resources lithium boss Paul Brown will take charge at Wyloo-backed Hastings Technology Metals with one eye on the rise of robotics.
- Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Lacaze’s green mine warning
Even a government so bent on restoring the power of its union paymasters has to sit up and take notice of this.
- The AFR View
Lynas boss lashes Labor’s industrial relations snow job
Amanda Lacaze says businesses will not be fooled again by the Albanese government’s industrial relations agenda.
- Updated
- Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- Mining
Why Australia could lose the race on critical minerals
The rhetoric on the potential of critical minerals has yet to match reality. Tesla chairman Robyn Denholm has an answer, but will the government listen?
- Jennifer Hewett
August
Lynas hit with cost blowout on rare earths plant
Rare earths producer Lynas says a blowout won’t derail its plans to secure new mines and build downstream capacity in Texas in partnership with the Pentagon.
- Brad Thompson
