State royalties, company tax, the PRRT and the failed mining super profits tax – how Australia actually captures value from its resources, and why the new policy focus is downstream processing.
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Australia’s Lithium Companies: Inside the Spodumene Boom, Bust and Rebound
Australia mines most of the world’s spodumene. Inside PLS, IGO, Mineral Resources and Liontown – the brutal 2024-25 downturn, the 2026 rebound, and whether Australia can move downstream into refining.
Fortescue’s Story: From Andrew Forrest’s Gamble to the Green Iron Reset
Fortescue built its own railway to break into the Pilbara, reached record 198.4Mt shipments at some of the lowest costs in the world, then bet the company on green hydrogen – and reset in 2025.
Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Machine: How Automation Built the Lowest-Cost Iron Ore System
Rio Tinto runs 18 Pilbara mines, 2,000km of driverless railway and two ports from a control room in Perth. How automation became the cost strategy – and why its hardest problems were social, not technical.
BHP Company Story: How Broken Hill Built the World’s Biggest Miner
From an 1885 silver mine at Broken Hill to a US$26 billion EBITDA global miner: how BHP built its Pilbara iron ore machine, exited petroleum, and rotated its portfolio into copper and potash.
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