Mark Wembridge

6 days ago | afr.com | Mark Wembridge

Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statementIn an early episode of The Simpsons, a character named Jimmy dreams of a world without zinc. Telephones, cars and handguns containing the metal all fail to operate in Jimmy’s zinc-free nightmare, a satirical take on consumers’ lack of knowledge about what goes into everyday items. Jimmy’s vision could just as well be applied to salt.

1 week ago | afr.com | Mark Di Stefano |Mark Wembridge

Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statementFor a man who had spent decades socialising with the Kardashians and other members of the Hollywood A-list, celebrity photographer Russell James could have been forgiven for being underwhelmed by the company at the Perth dinner he had found himself. It was 2021, and James, sporting long blond hair, had returned from the United States and found himself working for Chris Ellison.

1 week ago | afr.com | Mark Wembridge

Heavily indebted Mineral Resources will pump $150 million into its struggling Mt Marion Lithium operation to keep it afloat through the commodity’s extended downturn, according to a filing by its Chinese partner. Ganfeng Lithium will also help bail out the West Australian project with a $150 million collateral-free loan to be matched by joint venture partner MinRes, according to a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Loading... Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Mark Wembridge |Primrose Riordan

Jun 10, 2025 – 9.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fortescue Metals Group has confirmed that the head of its hydrogen division was among those to lose their jobs in a recent round of cuts, the latest in a string of high-profile green energy departures from Andrew Forrest’s mining giant.

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Mark Wembridge

Jun 6, 2025 – 12.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The Pilbara resources giants might be steeling themselves for industrial action in iron ore’s heartland, but their fly in, fly out workers have something else playing on their minds – getting a good night’s sleep.