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An iron ore train departs the BHP Billiton port facility

‘Economy held to ransom’: Warning as BHP workers vote to strike in Port Hedland

The action would be the first strike in the Pilbara in decades, and the alarms were sounding for those in the mining industry around pending industrial action as far back as March.

  • Hannah Murphy and Michael Philipps

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Most people under 40 prefer a text message to a phone call.

Silent generation is missing out on the joy of a good long natter

Conversations are a big part of what make us human, but they’re becoming a “waste of precious time” when communication can be reduced to the purely transactional.

A surge in iron ore and coal prices during the pandemic, and a big spike in oil and gas prices as the war in Ukraine started, distort the overall picture.

Capitalism trumps climate: Why BHP’s green ambitions turned to empty promises

Was then chief executive Andrew Mackenzie just virtue signalling when he declared in 2019 that the mining giant would lead the capitalist pack on greening the world?

  • Elizabeth Knight
Uncertainty over the Middle East ceasefire is hovering over markets.

ASX slumps on war uncertainty, Cochlear tanks; BHP gains on China breakthrough

The ASX has closed in the red as Middle East uncertainty hovers over markets, even after President Donald Trump agreed to extend a ceasefire.

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Iron ore has been BHP’s biggest earner for decades, but copper is close to taking over.

BHP has won the battle, but China’s $93b iron ore flex will continue

The stakes were huge in the brutal nine-month iron ore pricing stand-off between China and our largest miner - for the company, the industry and the Australian economy.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The proposed strike action has the potential to severely impact BHP’s operations in the Pilbara.

Electrical union threatens historic industrial action over BHP worker pay

Electrical Trade Union state secretary Adam Woodage said the strike threat is over wage discrepancies among the current workforce, and the union has taken the historic step of voting for protected industrial action.

  • Michael Philipps
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Geraldine Slattery and Vandita Pant.

BHP could’ve made corporate history. Sadly for women, it didn’t

Neither BHP’s local boss Geraldine Slattery nor chief financial officer Vandita Pant wore a hard hat strong enough to break the glass ceiling.

  • Elizabeth Knight
BHP’s new boss Brandon Craig (left) talks to the media with chair Ross McEwan (centre) and outgoing CEO Mike Henry.

BHP cushioned from geopolitical shocks, incoming boss says

BHP Americas chief Brandon Craig will succeed Henry as chief executive of Australia’s largest mining company in July.

  • Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli.

BHP’s latest salvo to Crisafulli government over coal royalties spat

The country’s largest company has issued another pointed message to the Queensland government over the tax-setting brawl.

  • James Hall
BHP chair Ross McEwan.

BHP freezes investment in Queensland as royalties battle turns toxic

The head of the world’s biggest miner has ramped up its attacks on Queensland, blasting the state’s tax settings for spoiling business.

  • James Hall