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Fortescue Metal Group’s Solomon Hub Project.

WA government cleared of any liability in landmark native title case

The court also ruled that the WA government will be able to retain the full benefit of the mining royalties collected from the Solomon Hub Project.

  • Michael Philipps

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Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie (right) has taken Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue to court to recoup a $66 million grant.

Fortescue claims paying back $66m for failed hydrogen project ‘overreach’

Lawyers for the mining giant owned by the billionaire Andrew Forrest have filed their defence, arguing they too spent money on the nixed project.

  • Julius Dennis
Barnkwirnanha, a traditional navigation marker between Yindjibarndi and Eastern Guruma, close to the Fortescue mine.

Yindjibarndi awarded $150m for cultural loss in Solomon mine legal stoush with Fortescue

The figure falls well short of the $1 billion in cultural and economic losses the Yindjibarndi people were seeking.

  • Michael Philipps
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie (right) has taken Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Fortescue to court to recoup a $66 million grant.

‘Vanity project’: Queensland sues Twiggy Forrest to recoup $66m grant

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie is taking the mining giant to court to recover taxpayer funds after its Gladstone hydrogen ambitions collapsed.

  • Cameron Atfield
Fortescue is electrifying its operations and wants the government to scrap diesel tax credits, which it labels unfair.

Fortescue launches ad campaign against billion-dollar diesel tax ‘handouts’ to miners

Fortescue is pushing for reform of the country’s diesel tax credits, which it says are an unnecessary “handout” to the mining industry worth billions of dollars.

  • Simon Johanson
Australian iron ore giant Fortescue is fast-tracking the rollout of solar panels, wind turbines and batteries to power its mines in the Pilbara.

Mining giant speeds up plan to eliminate diesel use amid global crunch

Fortescue has cited the war in the Middle East as a major driver for the industry to end its reliance on volatile fossil fuels.

  • Nick Toscano
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Andrew Forrest at Sydney airport in January 2021 boarding the Fortescue Metals private jet to fly back to Perth.

Twiggy Forrest takes his updated private jet for a blast to Africa

The Australian climate change messiah used his Fortescue private jet for a recent trip to Africa after getting the aircraft fitted with a new engine.

  • John Buckley and Fiona Byrne
Andrew Forrest and Fortescue’s Gladstone hydrogen project.

‘Dud project’: How Andrew Forrest’s green dreams cost taxpayers $80m

It vowed it would create a new export industry for Australia, but documents reveal Fortescue’s failed green hydrogen factory cost taxpayers millions while the company spruiked its “successes” overseas.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Nick Toscano
Green hydrogen and green steel: Australia’s richest man Andrew Forrest wants to net-zero proof his iron ore business.

An Australian powerhouse tried to kill a start-up. It failed

A dirty David and Goliath fight over clean steel is over, with billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue abandoning a fight that could have been avoided.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Fortescue’s Green Pioneer arrived in New York on Friday, where it will act as a billboard for “real zero” during Climate Week.

‘Gobsmackingly illogical’: Twiggy lashes Trump on climate as Aussies hit New York

As Anthony Albanese and other high-profile Australians arrive for the United Nations summit, the mining billionaire lashed out at the US president over his administration’s opposition to a “carbon tax” for the shipping industry.

  • Michael Koziol