Peter Ker

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Jun 6, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? BHP is considering re-entering the nickel industry with a $1 billion ($1.5 billion) mine in Tanzania that promises to be a lower cost producer than the world-beating Indonesian nickel industry. The ASX-listed resources giant pulled out of nickel mining last year when it suspended its West Australian operations.

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May 31, 2025 – 10.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The Australian Taxation Office has conceded defeat in its $1 billion-plus tax dispute with Alcoa following a six-year battle with the US aluminium giant. The ATO has declined to appeal a tribunal ruling against it, effectively ending the case, and will now be required to pay Alcoa $107 million in tax refunds.

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May 30, 2025 – 4.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? One of the year’s most anticipated gold mine sales has been called off after bidders for Queensland’s Ravenswood mine failed to meet the price expectations of its owners despite soaring bullion prices.

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May 30, 2025 – 3.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Brokers say Glencore’s decision to quietly shift $30 billion in coal mines and other unattractive assets into an Australian subsidiary opens the way for a local listing and a mega-merger with one of the resource giant’s rivals.

1 week ago | afr.com | Peter Ker

May 29, 2025 – 8.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Glencore has shifted more than $30 billion in foreign assets into an Australian subsidiary in a huge restructure designed to make it easier to strike a future mega-merger with a rival commodities giant.