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Fuel bonus as WA posts eighth straight budget surplus

More than $1 billion in cost-of-living relief will be shared in Western Australia as the state capitalises on an iron ore uplift to bank another budget surplus.

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'A joke': Fortescue founder takes on diesel tax credit

A campaign to wind back the diesel tax credit for big mining giants has been given fresh legs by Andrew Forrest, chair and founder of iron ore giant Fortescue.

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Can Australia green its heavy industry? It’s hard – but necessary

Australia is rich in minerals, metals, sun and wind. Iron ore, copper and critical minerals are all mined here and largely exported overseas to be turned into products such as steel, fertiliser, fuel and infrastructure. Mining and heavy industries create jobs and wealth. But their emissions are some of the…

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Competition puts Australia's green iron edge at risk

Australia's renewable energy and rich iron ore deposits make it a potential leader in green iron and steel but other nations may be closing the gap.

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Rinehart could be ordered to give documents to rivals

Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, might have to open her company books for two rival mining dynasties after a bitter legal feud over iron ore riches.

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'Limited visibility': iron ore miner eyes Middle East

One of Australia's biggest corporate tax payers is keeping a close eye on the Middle East conflict, on concerns it may impact the latter half of 2026.

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Iron will: Australia’s richest person counts the cost as court orders she share mining millions with rival family

Gina Rinehart, who’s been called Australia’s ‘female Donald Trump’, has long fought claims from the family of her father’s business partner – as well as her own children

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Australia’s richest person ordered to share mining royalties after decade-long dispute

Gina Rinehart told to pay descendants of her late father’s business partner

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Afternoon Update: Rinehart rivals to receive royalty windfall; Victoria’s political donation laws ruled unconstitutional; and Nicole Kidman’s next role

Ruling finds Wright Prospecting successfully made out its contractual claim to 50% of past and future royalties from Hope Downs iron ore project

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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to pay hundreds of millions’ worth of royalties to rival family in ‘half loss half win’

Landmark ruling finds Wright Prospecting successfully made out its contractual claim to 50% of past and future royalties from Hope Downs iron ore project

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Rinehart saves Hancock crown jewels, but rivals cash in

Billionaire Gina Rinehart will be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to two rival mining dynasties after a bitter legal feud over iron ore riches.

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Gina Rinehart and rival heirs brace for court verdict on claim to billion-dollar fortune

Judgment will rule on whether spoils of some of Hancock Prospecting’s iron ore projects must be shared with family of her father’s business partner

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Magnetic attraction to lift Aussie green iron prospects

A process that uses magnets rather than water to extract high-quality iron ore will be tested at an Australian mine to boost the nation's export potential.

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How to mine iron ore for Rhett's Request in Crimson Desert

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'Look at the divvy': iron ore miner's bumper payout

Iron ore miner Fortescue has raised its interim profit and will pay out 65 per cent of earnings to shareholders, as it continues to decarbonise its business.

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Forget Chips, Buy Wires: BHP Hits Highs as Copper Overtakes Iron

Smart money is rotating into the mining sector as the artificial intelligence boom creates a massive supply shock for essential physical infrastructure.

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Friday essay: Australia’s ‘quarry noir’ mines our anxiety about our biggest industry

A geologist is bludgeoned to death with his own hammer. An opal prospector is murdered, his body found crucified down a mine shaft. An entire family disappears, apparently dragged down into the mined-out spaces below an abandoned gold rush town. These are just some of the crimes in a growing…

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'Watch this space': Fortescue bullish on climate target

Battery-powered trains are part of Fortescue's plan to eliminate fossil fuels from its Pilbara iron ore operations as it aims to beat a decarbonisation target.

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‘We need to accept the cost’: future of British Steel unclear as bills for government build up

Propping up operations at Scunthorpe site, still legally owned by Jingye, now costs over £1.2m a day – so what are the options?

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Fortescue breaks iron ore output record, but costs drag

One of Australia's biggest miners has broken a production record, but operating costs and one project's underperformance has underwhelmed investors.

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Hytale Iron Ore Locations & Farming Spots Guide

Not sure where to find Iron Ore in Hytale? If you’re a survival-crafting veteran, you know the loop: gather materials, craft basic gear, hunt down rarer

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Gold, iron ore and population swell big state's coffers

Australia's richest state has unveiled a modest mid-year budget windfall due to strong commodity prices and a growing population.

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Will the Australian dollar keep rising in 2026? 3 factors to watch in the new year

After several years of steadily declining, the Australian dollar staged a meaningful recovery in 2025, culminating in a two-cent rally over the past month.

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‘River will suffer’: Inside Keonjhar’s farm resistance against ESSAR’s iron ore project

Residents of Tikarpada, Kadagada and nearby villages in Odisha’s Keonjhar district are protesting ESSAR’s proposed iron ore beneficiation project, saying it endangers their farms, water sources and way of life.

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Iron Ore Stability Faces Long-Term Headwinds, Study

Iron ore is moving toward 2026 on a positive momentum, although analysts warn about a constrained upside potential. A new study from BMI shows elevated prices, yet a gradually loosening market owing to Simandou development in Guinea and a slower steel cycle in China.

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