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Indonesian aluminium production will rise six-fold by 2030, but Rio Tinto thinks its Australian smelters will be preferred by carbon-conscious customers.
InfraBuild, Sanjeev Gupta’s last remaining Australian business, remains under GFG Alliance control as a dispute with Greensill administrators ends.
Helping the “everyday wellness consumer” replenish essential minerals has put a rocket under the drinks business’ growth.
The White House is squeezing the shipbuilder out of the US in favour of South Korea’s Hanwha. So why isn’t Canberra putting up a fight?
Wall Street’s drunk-with-debt problem child First Brand’s bankruptcy asset sales have a hiccup in Australia: asbestos liabilities that suitors can’t digest.
The one-time billionaire and so-called saviour of steel has left creditors owed about $6 billion. Now he faces losing his personal fortune, mansions and all.
The Australian group owns the fifth-largest steel plant in the US and is a winner from Donald Trump’s trade policies.
The gold retailer became a national phenomenon at the peak of the boom as staggering queues formed outside its flagship store in Sydney’s Martin Place.
The $40 billion Widjaja family’s GEAR group would take a minority stake in Whyalla if Latimore’s bid is successful, after sealing a coal mine deal in NSW.
The technology has become a significant growth driver for Ryco.
The government has accused Beijing of giving its smelters an unfair advantage at the same time as taxpayers give $4.7 billion to local operators.
In a letter to the board, Sandon Capital said it intended to vote against remuneration plans and incentives, setting up the possibility of a second strike.
The mining giant has received a third bailout, after $2.5b for the Tomago aluminium smelter bailout in NSW and $2b to save the Boyne smelter in Queensland.
The CEO of the company, now worth $11 billion, says advances in technology have enabled it to win new customers in the United States and Europe.
Insolvency group KordaMentha has been running the business since February 2025, earning about $3 million a month in fees, while a permanent buyer is sought.
Reliance generates about 55pc of its sales in the US, where its pioneering SharkBite push-to-connect plumbing fittings have made inroads.
KordaMentha, which has run the plant since the South Australian government seized it from British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, is working to find a new owner.
The failed foreign businessman successfully got a trial adjournment for “cardiac issues”. His case was again presented by his politician barrister.
Suresh Vadnagra will be under pressure from investors to prove he can turn around the performance of Australia’s biggest gold producer.
Wildcat Equity Partners says liquidity is the key to running a shipyard as it taps a former foreign minister for help with its $1.9 billion bid.
The offer from Wildcat Equity Partners could create a roadblock for an earlier suitor, South Korean conglomerate Hanwha, which has long coveted the business.
The nation’s biggest shipbuilder says it held preliminary discussions with Miami Beach-based Wildcat Infrastructure, potentially topping Hanwha’s approach.
The country’s largest steelmaker detailed more than 300 risks at the ageing South Australian plant, where up to 500 workers face the axe under new owners.
Australia has 70,000 welders and steel fabricators and the industry is saying they are under siege from cheap imports from Asia.
Alf Ianniello says he learnt discipline and teamwork on the field, which has helped him lead Codan to a tenfold jump in its share price.
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