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Fortescue ordered to pay Yindjibarndi traditional owners $150m in record native title payout

Federal court found miner’s Solomon Hub iron ore mine caused cultural and social harm, including the destruction of 140 heritage sites

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Fortescue and WA government say traditional owners’ $1.8bn compensation claim is worth $8m

Yindjibarndi people allege mining giant did not get permission from native title holders, while company says community ‘disharmony’ is not its fault

The Guardian - AU

Mine giant denies it's to blame for community division

Native title holders are seeking $1.8 billion in compensation from an iron ore miner as a long-running legal dispute over a Pilbara mine draws to an end.

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Value of minerals irrelevant to compensation, says FMG

Valuers are giving evidence in a court case that will decide how much compensation Yindjibarndi people should receive for FMG mining on their land.

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FMG 'like kicking a dog when it's down', court hears

Expert witnesses are giving evidence in the Federal Court case that will determine whether FMG should compensate Yindjibarndi people for mining on their land.

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FMG mine 'damaged' Yindjibarndi traditions, court hears

A long-running dispute between native title holders, the Yindjibarndi people, and Fortescue Metals Group is hearing from expert witnesses.

AAP

Mining giant charges dropped over harassment documents

Fortescue Metal Group will spend $1.4 million combating sexual harassment in the mining industry after a workplace safety regulator dropped charges against it.

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Sun Cable: Why Australia's two richest men are battling to control an unbuilt solar farm

Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest used to be lead investment partners on the $30 billion Sun Cable project. Now, they're bidding against each other to control it in a closed-door process close to resolution.

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Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group set to buy Australia's biggest sheep station at Rawlinna, WA

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group is set to acquire Australia's biggest sheep station, the million-hectare Rawlinna Station on the Nullarbor.

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Surge in medicinal cannabis use creates growing problem for WA's mining industry

Tom has been prescribed cannabis to help him sleep, but the FIFO worker's former mining employer said he could not use it and keep working on their sites. He's not alone.

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Aboriginal elders give federal court evidence on FMG Pilbara dispute

The Federal Court has heard evidence as part of a long-running dispute between traditional owners and Andrew Forrest's resources company.

ABC News

Plan for derelict East Perth power station falls through after Andrew Forrest, Kerry Stokes pull out

The transformation of the East Perth power station site, described as a derelict eyesore, has been put on ice, following two years of negotiations between the WA government and billionaires Kerry Stokes and Andrew Forrest.

ABC News

Bulk of Hawkes Bay fruit growers’ crops uninsured

Orchardists are picking up the pieces from Gabrielle and keen on all the support they can get.

Newsroom.co.nz

Bitter brawl between billionaires Andrew Forrest and Kerry Stokes boils over, with communications minister asked to intervene

A bitter scrap between two of Australia's richest men spills over, after mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest accused fellow WA billionaire Kerry Stokes of abusing his media power to pursue his commercial mining interests.

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Fortescue founder claims signing Yindjibarndi royalty agreement risks creating 'alcohol disasters'

Fortescue Metals executive chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest defends the failure to sign a mining compensation agreement with Yindjibarndi traditional owners in WA's north.

ABC News

Fortescue Metals Group agrees to hand over sexual harassment documents to WorkSafe but will redact names

The mining giant says it will hand over documents that detail allegations of sexual harassment to WorkSafe, but will remove the names of the employees involved.

Newsroom.co.nz

A Fiord-less National Park

Fiordland National Park is the crowning jewel of our national parks and arguably our greatest tourist magnet. But conservationists warn that marine life has been put at risk because the park’s waters are unprotected. Heidi Bendikson’s investigation shows they are right.

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Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group named new major sponsor of West Coast Fever

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group takes over sponsorship of the WA netball team over the next four years just weeks after Gina Rinehart withdrew her company's deal with the club.

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China's demand for Australian iron ore stalls, sending the price for our biggest earner spiralling

WA's iron ore miners are ramping up production with new mines, but with the commodity price falling, is it worth it?

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Yindjibarndi people ask for landmark Fortescue Metals case to be heard on-country in remote WA

The compensation claim is linked to a long-running and bitter dispute between traditional owners and Australia's richest man.

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Nyamal elder blasts mining royalty system at FMG conference hosted by Andrew Forrest

Doris Mitchell-Eaton told a conference hosted by the mining magnate that her people were "dying" as a result of the royalties system and that it was time for them to be involved in the industry as players.

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FMG worker Rory Stevenson acquitted of indecent assault as accuser unable to be found

A Perth magistrate acquits a 24-year-old man accused of a Pilbara mine site attack after the woman bringing the charges travels overseas and is unable to be contacted.

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Outgoing Fortescue Metals boss Elizabeth Gaines says China will want Australian iron ore 'for a long time to come'

Australia's iron lady, Elizabeth Gaines, says she doesn't expect global tensions to impact iron ore demand as she prepares for her final days running Fortescue Metals Group.

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Yindjibarndi people say they're unsure if burial grounds, sacred sites at FMG's Solomon Hub are safe

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation say it's being kept in the dark about whether any of the 5,000 sacred sites in Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon Hub mine have been damaged.

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Fortescue Metals could face paying traditional owners millions of dollars in native title compensation claim

The Yindjibarndi traditional owners won a landmark native title case in the Pilbara in 2020 in a David-and-Goliath battle with mining giant Fortescue Metals Group, however, negotiations over royalties for mining iron ore on their land fell through. Now they are launching legal action against FMG for compensation.

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