Peter Ker

Every female employee of BHP and Rio Tinto of the past 20 years will be invited to join class actions alleging sexual harassment, after Brisbane law firm JGA Saddler started legal proceedings on Wednesday.

Spending on mineral exploration has slumped to the lowest level in three years as the most represented sector on the ASX goes into cash preservation

More than $370 million of loans have helped keep the miner afloat, but civil unrest in Mozambique has halted production there and triggered default clauses.

When a NSW mining project was halted to protect hotly disputed Indigenous heritage it showed a lot has changed since Juukan Gorge, even if the laws haven't.

A veteran of some of Australia’s most powerful boardrooms has announced plans to step down from his last major corporate directorship.

Government and industry spending on embryonic low-carbon metal trials in Western Australia will soon exceed $300 million after BHP, Rio Tinto and

Grange Resources, which is developing the mine near Burnie, said it could not fund the expansion at current and forecast prices for the commodity.

Idemitsu has taken majority control of Vecco Group as it tries to move towards investments in critical minerals and energy storage.

One of Australia’s most powerful families have pushed their Chinese partners in the Stawell gold mine into receivership.

Rio Tinto is a step closer to completing a $US6.7 billion ($10.7 billion) takeover of Arcadium Lithium after shareholders in the target voted to accept the cash offer.