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Australian gold mining company pays $247m to free boss detained in Africa

The company’s CEO and two other employees have been held by Mali authorities for more than a week.

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A Perth mining company will pay $247 million to the Mali government to release detained employees. File image

Another 300 workers to lose their jobs as major mine shuts down

Mineral Resources head Chris Ellison says the decision was not made lightly.

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Mineral Resources has closed a lithium mining operation in WA, cutting 300 jobs.

MinRes board throws book at Ellison as he heads for the exit

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Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison, left, and company chairman James McClements.

Blood on the coal: Search for answers after fourth Queensland mining death

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Four people have died at Queensland mines in 2024.

One young man dead, another catastrophically injured in mine horror

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A man died at the Oaky Creek coal mine in central Queensland.

Horror as teen worker pinned under falling tyre at mine

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A tyre has fallen on a young worker at a Queensland coal mine. File image.