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The Market Sold Alcoa After Earnings—But It May Be Missing the Real Story

Alcoa shares fell after Q2 2026 earnings missed estimates and guidance was cut, but the drop was driven more by its $4.7 billion South32 acquisition than weak results.

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Alcoa's $4.1 Billion South32 Deal: Opportunity Behind the 9% Drop

Alcoa agreed to acquire South32's bauxite, alumina, and aluminum assets for $4.1 billion, sending shares down 9% to $47.41 amid dilution and bridge financing concerns.

MarketBeat

Global Market: Australian shares start new financial year lower as banks drag; miners limit losses

Australian shares kicked off the new financial year on a downbeat note, with banks leading the decline following disappointing housing price data. While miners, particularly South32 on a significant asset sale, offered some support, the broader market felt the pinch of economic uncertainty. Investors are showing caution as the new…

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Banks and supermarkets drag Australian shares lower

The ASX200 suffered its seventh losing session in 10 days, with Coles and ANZ suffering their worst day in months.

AAP

Trump’s Metals Bet Sends Rare Earth Stocks Soaring—Is USAR Next?

The Trump administration just made its third investment in a metals company, sending shares up over 200%—Is USA Rare Earths next up?

MarketBeat

Nickel Downturn Prompts South32 Divestment, Veteran Investor Eyes Contrarian Opportunity

Australian miner South32 (NYSE:SOUHY) has agreed to sell its Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine in northern Colombia to an industrial conglomerate, CoreX Holding, in a deal valued at up to $100 million.

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Albanese dismisses criticism from Leonardo DiCaprio over native forest clearing – as it happened

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Aussie shares fall again, hit nearly three-week low

The ASX200 has again finished down and one analyst says if it drops much further, that would trigger a significant pullback.

AAP

Sustainability: a price Australia can afford to pay?

Australia's mining bosses have been challenged by a former trade negotiator on sustainability standards and the social impact of extracting resources.

AAP

‘We are the guinea pigs’: Arizona mining project sparks concerns for air and water

South32’s project was fast-tracked by the Biden administration, but residents are worried about its impact on a fragile ecosystem

The Guardian - US

South32 approves .16bn investment for Hermosa's Taylor deposit

South32, an Australian mining company, has given the green light for a .16 billion investment in the Hermosa project's Taylor deposit.

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NT government to consider independent air monitoring on Groote Eylandt amid manganese mine dust concerns

After years of community concern about dust levels from the world's biggest manganese mine on Groote Eylandt, the NT Environment Department says it is now willing to install a monitoring station.

ABC News

Western Australia's biggest emitters increase carbon output 5 per cent year on year

Analysis by the ABC of the past six financial years of reported emissions, under the national safeguard mechanism, shows a 15 per cent increase in carbon dioxide released by major WA projects, and up 5 per cent on last year's figure.

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This Australian island is constantly covered in a fine layer of dust. Now locals want answers

On Groote Eylandt, off the NT's Arnhem Land coast, a fine dust coats the houses and cars. Community members say it could be putting their health at risk.

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System operator predicts Bluewaters, Australia's newest coal-fired power plant will close by 2029

WA's only privately owned coal-fired power station to close "before 2030" under plans that would bring the curtain down on the fuel's use in the state's economy.

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Dev Sindhu is the mystery man at the centre of a deepening crisis threatening an Australian energy grid

A mysterious entrepreneur sits in the middle of an Australian energy crisis. Where he came from, who he is, and how he got involved has been an untold story until now.

ABC News

Indian owners of failed West Australian coal in $1 billion quest to salvage calamitous bet

The giant Indian bank behind a failed coal mine at the centre of WA's growing energy crisis is seeking almost $1 billion to walk away from its disastrous position.

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Indian firm with few assets and 'junk' credit rating in the middle of WA's growing energy crisis

At the centre of a deepening energy crisis in Western Australia sits an obscure Indian company with next to no assets and a credit rating deemed as junk by a ratings agency.

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Entire state's power system on the brink as Indian loan to Aussie miner Griffin Coal turns toxic

A giant Indian bank sits behind a slow-moving Australian energy disaster. It's a tale about billion-dollar bets gone terribly wrong, failed international ambitions and a clash of finance cultures.

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Woman injured servicing underground exhaust fan at South32 Dendrobium mine

A worker at an underground coal mine in the Illawarra has been taken to hospital after she was injured servicing an exhaust fan.

AAP

South32 cuts metallurgical coal guidance

South32 says it will produce five per cent less coking coal this year than forecast because of issues at its Appin Mine in NSW.

ABC News

Failed Griffin Coal mine owes close to $1.5 billion to creditors as WA electricity grid woes loom

The failed coal mine in Collie, 200km south of Perth, owes close to $1.5 billion to creditors, with the banks urged to "come clean" on their losses to avoid a potential disaster in WA’s biggest electricity grid.

ABC News

Growing WA coal crisis sparks warnings of possible power crunch as summer looms

There are fears a growing crisis in WA's coal heartlands could imperil the state's biggest electricity grid less than a year after the lights flickered out during an intense heatwave.

ABC News

Wollongong Resources eyes Russell Vale coal mine extension after South32 shelves Dendrobium plan

If approved an extension to the Russell Vale coal mine will see the company continue to build its workforce in the Illawarra region as production increases, chief executive says.

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Controversial $1bn Dendrobium coalmine expansion plan abandoned by mining company

South32 says expected financial returns on project do not justify investment as green groups welcome decision

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