Rio paid $9.5b in Australian taxes for 2025

By Samantha Bawden

Friday, 27 March 2026

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Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) paid $14.3b globally in taxes and royalties during 2025 according to its most recent Taxes and Royalties Paid Report.

The MOU supports Metallium’s plan to develop a national network of e-waste processing facilities, strategically located near major e-waste collection hubs, rapidly expanding U.S. data centre industrial parks and regional industrial corridors with strong logistics and waste generation.

‘Liberation Day’ now a multi-billion-dollar liability

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‘Liberation Day’ now a multi-billion-dollar liability

Today marks one year since US President Donald Trump sent shockwaves across global economies with the imposition of the US Government’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.

Court rules for safer conditions for Queensland mines

Court rules for safer conditions for Queensland mines

Court rules for safer conditions for Queensland mines The Queensland Industrial Court has ruled in favour of the state's resources regulator to limit operations at Queensland open cut mines during severe lightning storms. Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) has issued a safety alert following the outcome, which confirmed it was not safe for mine workers to operate heavy mobile equipment (HME) such as bulldozers and dump trucks, during nearby lightning storms. The court cases arose after RSHQ coal mines chief inspector Jacques le Roux first issued a directive...

Anglo American uses ‘nature’s fingerprint’ at rehabilitated mine sites

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Anglo American uses ‘nature’s fingerprint’ at rehabilitated mine sites

Anglo American is harnessing cutting-edge DNA technology for use in ecological monitoring and mine rehabilitation across the Bowen Basin in Queensland.

China’s energy industries thrive under pressure

China’s energy industries thrive under pressure

China’s energy industries thrive under pressure Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that China’s stringent environmental regulations could potentially be enhancing productivity in the new energy sector. A report released in collaboration between ECU and Harbin University of Science and Technology, Environmental regulation and firm productivity: evidence from China’s new energy industry, investigated the new energy industry, a strategic industry for China, and the mechanisms through which environmental policies could affect productivity at a firm level. According to the report, China has seen unprecedented economic development since the launch...