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...Morrison said there was a “conga line of people” looking to take a chunk out of Rinehart’s empire, adding: “The company nearly went under. She had to fight it out of a hole....
...Lithium projects, given the mining and processing skills required, do suit partnerships. Albemarle has one at Wodgina, a larger local lithium project....
...True, mining spodumene could use the logistics expertise that direct shipping iron ore can bring....
...The moves by Rinehart come after Chris Ellison, managing director of mining group Mineral Resources and a collaborator with the Australian mining mogul on previous deals, restructured a joint venture with...
...Analysts said the company could try to buy mining assets in Australia, Canada or Brazil....
...The company is in talks with state-owned copper mining group Codelco about renegotiating its agreement for the world’s best lithium resources in the Salar de Atacama, which is set to expire in 2030....
...In the 1960s, asbestos companies were aware of the hazards of their products. At the time, it was not illegal to mine or process asbestos without proper protection. By the 1980s, the mood had changed....
...New Hope Group, a coal company, said the consequences of finance companies withdrawing from the sector would be “dire”....
...“Sunrun is a phenomenal company, and they’ve done tremendous work to help develop the solar market....
...Hesta, a A$52bn pension fund that invests in Rio, said it had also conveyed its disappointment to the mining group....
...Analysts expressed surprise that the company had not disclosed the exact nature of the problem earlier, even as local media outlets had flagged that it was connected to asbestos contamination....
...Sirius Minerals, the company developing a $4.2bn potash mine on the North York Moors, has moved to plug a funding gap by revising its deal with Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart London-listed...
...The largest increase in staff who were not lawyers were legal analysts for data mining, project management and investigations, says Mr Glidden....
...Johnson and Johnson shares tumbled more than 10 per cent after reports that the company had known for years that its baby powder contained asbestos....
...He is the great great grandson of the original joint founder of the former mighty British Belting and Asbestos, once the largest Yorkshire-based company, which at its peak employed 26,000 worldwide....
...Water scarcity, said Mr Chaussade, would be a challenge to industries such as chemicals, drugs, mining and energy....
...BBVA said it would not finance any new coal mines and coal-fired power stations or extensions to existing ones and would exclude companies relying on coal for more than 40 per cent of their mining or power...
...But it also has a coal business that handles around 30m tonnes of the fuel a year mainly through long-term supply mining companies in the US, Canada, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa and Russia....
...Gina Rinehart has faced down larger rivals, bureaucrats and even family to build Hancock Prospecting into a mining force....
...The UK company seeking to build a $2.9bn fertiliser mine in Yorkshire has struck a financing deal with Australia’s richest woman....
...The Australian government has approved the sale of a massive cattle station to a consortium of investors led by billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart....
...The company seeking to build a $2.9bn fertiliser mine in Yorkshire has struck a financing deal with Australia’s richest woman....
...A group of wealthy cattle ranching families has withdrawn its offer to buy S Kidman & Co, leaving a consortium led by mining magnate Gina Rinehart in pole position to acquire the cattle company, which has...
...From 2018, shareholders will receive a fixed payment of $1bn, funded by Glencore’s muscular trading arm, supplemented with at least a quarter of the cash generated by its industrial or mining operations....
...Mid-sized and non-mining companies are expected to drive mergers and acquisitions in Australia this year, although overall activity could be dampened by the upcoming federal election....
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