A Brazilian court has granted BHP and Vale additional time to negotiate the settlement of a pair of multi-billion-dollar public claims following a deadly tailings dam collapse in 2015.
The joint venture
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Industry leaders urge Govs to push on with NEG
Manufacturing and energy leaders say state and federal governments should get on with the job of designing and delivering the National Energy Guarantee, saying it offers a unique opportunity to solve issues
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AMMA calls for end to award system
The Australian Mines and Metals Association says Australia should ditch its industry-specific award system which sets minimums for pay and conditions, and instead adopt a national standard.
AMMA chief
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Metro starts mining at Bauxite Hills, readies for first shipment
Far North Queensland’s Metro Mining has commenced operations at its Bauxite Hills mine in Weipa, and expects to soon send its first shipment of roughly 60,000 tonnes to China’s Xinfa Group.
Metro told
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“Adversarial approach” no good for big infrastructure: Aecom risk boss
Aecom’s global chief risk officer feels the NSW and Victorian governments have grown too fond of lumping their private sector partners with the bulk of the risk in major infrastructure projects, and
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Rio to cut ties with Russian-controlled Rusal
Rio Tinto says it is declaring force majeure on several of its agreements with Russian-controlled aluminium group Rusal, due to the severe sanctions imposed by the United States.
The United States Treasury
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Atlas, MinRes to join forces, combat iron ore squeeze
Iron ore juniors Mineral Resources and Atlas Iron have announced a merger deal, as a wider discount on lower-grade iron ores continues to hurt each miner’s bottom line.
The board of Atlas on April 9
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Miners slam Aurizon, call for transparency
Miners have called for measures to ensure capacity is maximised on the Central Queensland Coal Network, after operator Aurizon said new restraints imposed by the competition authority would force 20 million
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Matured mining sector to pay dividends: Chief Economist
The nation’s chief economist has projected Australia’s “remarkable” resource export growth phase to finally end in 2020, but this growth has set the table for mining to provide a significant boost
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A new Constable on the MCA beat?
Carbon capture and storage leader Tania Constable has been tabbed as the favourite to next lead the Minerals Council of Australia, with a formal announcement expected in the next couple of weeks.
The MCA
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