Donald Trump may want Australian critical minerals, but there’s seemingly no place in the US for a company from a long trusted ally to help expand its navy.
Sean Smith
Australia has lost out on a huge amount of investment thanks to “increasingly hostile” government policies that have forced the resources sector into decline, new research claims.
Rebecca Le May
The Federal Government has moved to block three China-linked shareholders of rare earths miner Northern Minerals from voting or exercising other rights after defying earlier orders to sell their stock.
Daniel Newell
Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott has warned Australia’s ‘less hospitable tax settings’ could force companies investing in the nation’s resources and oil and gas sectors offshore.
Cheyanne Enciso
The Albanese Government’s fourth intervention to purge Northern Minerals’ share register of mysterious Chinese entities has been defended by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Australia should be ‘unleashing’ its oil and gas sector instead of controlling it as Canada plots to snaffle our markets, Santos boss Kevin Gallagher says.
Northern Minerals is hoping the Federal Government’s fourth intervention to rid its register of mysterious Chinese entities will be the last as the miner welcomes orders for their stakes to be sold.
Australia has been told to ‘earnestly respect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors’ after the Albanese government forced the hand over several Beijing-linked companies.
Andrew Greene and Daniel Newell
Treasurer Chalmers continues to play whack-a-mole with mysterious Chinese investors in WA rare earths hopeful Northern Minerals.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
High demand in the economy is driving the high rental yields benefitting commercial property investors.
Kim Macdonald
The new investment lifts taxpayer support for the critical minerals play and its flagship Northern Territory project past $1.2 billion.
Jim Chalmers has now banned the Chinese-linked shareholders from voting their shares at the rare earth play’s next annual meeting.
Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake has told a gathering in Washington that Australia’s superannuation funds will soon be larger than the UK or Canada.
Amy Bainbridge and Enda Curran
A mysterious Chinese investor has abruptly aborted attempts to overthrow Northern Minerals’ leadership.
Adrian Rauso
WA has soared back up a list of the globe’s best mining spots but it has still been overshadowed by South Australia’s rapid rise.
Uncle Sam and Australia’s export bank are willing to tip nearly $1 billion into a proposed nickel-cobalt project 70 kilometres out from Kalgoorlie as part of a joint critical minerals resilience drive.
Simone Grogan
A Zijin Mining Group subsidiary has agreed to buy Allied Gold, which owns gold mines in Africa, for $C5.5 billion ($5.8b) in the latest step in the Chinese company’s rapid growth.
William Clowes
A pullback from Australian assets is accelerating as investors shift capital toward hot markets globally that promise returns far outpacing muted prospects at home.
Matthew Burgess and Carmeli Argana
Having made an unsuccessful takeover tilt at Austal last year, South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has applied to double its holding in the WA naval shipbuilder to 19.9 per cent.
Sean Smith and Andrew Greene
Soon-to-be US funded Northern Minerals is opposing a bid by an unknown accountant supported by mystery backers to become a director.
Investing in Australian renewable energy is only 'somewhat attractive' according to a study that identifies transmission and planning delays among concerns.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Corporate watchdog chairman Joe Longo has warned of potential risks to superannuation savings after finding evidence of “grubby behaviour” in the booming private credit sector.
Neale Prior
JACKSON HEWETT: Australia is in the box seat to receive a flood of capital seeking refuge from economic turbulence in the United States, according to some of the country’s largest investors.
Jackson Hewett
Company founder Matt Lamont blasts Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s gas reservation plan as ‘stupidity’, claiming governments of both political persuasions have done too much damage to lure back investment.
