Twiggy Forrest wants more; miners up ante on Gillard
The Financial Review is full of quotes from Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest today: Labor powerbrokers removed then prime minister Kevin Rudd just 24 hours before he was to make a significant policy shift on the resource super profits tax, mining magnate [...]
Stern Hu open thread
The obvious point to be made in the case of Stern Hu, the Rio Tinto executive detained in China for alleged bribery and espionage, is that it’s unacceptable for Australian citizens (or anyone else, for that matter) to be locked [...]
"It's not like we're battling it" Part I – EITEs
So Woodside, Rio and Boral have responded to the Australian Conservation Foundation and Australian Climate Justice Program complaint to the ACCC about the yawning gap between the shrillness of public emoting and disclosures to the investment community, which increased even [...]
So we won't have to say "BHP Billiton Rio Tinto" then…
BHP Billiton has decided to abandon its plans to buy Rio Tinto. Aside from the antitrust concerns of customers and regulators around the world, a major reason for BHP’s decision involves another acquisition: A big factor in the decision was [...]
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