Australian billionaires Rinehart and Forrest put Atlas Iron in spotlight with share deals

AusBN - Gina Rinehart’s Redstone Corporation has reportedly purchased a significant stake in junior miner Atlas Iron, following in the footsteps of Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), which made a similar move last week.

Australian GDP growth rate hits two year high on increasing mining exports

AusBN - Australia’s GDP growth rate has reached a two year high of 3.1%, as a result of increasing exports from the resurgent mining industry.

Fortescue to construct $1.7 billion mine as WA approaches fresh mining boom

AusBN - Fortescue Metals Group has confirmed it will build a new large-scale iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, as part of its plans to increase the average grade of its iron ore output.

CWP joins with Partners Group to deliver 1.3GW of Australian renewables projects

AusBN - Australian clean energy developer CWP Renewables has joined with Swiss investment manager Partners Group to deliver over 1.3GW of solar, wind and battery projects across New South Wales.