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Andrew Forrest digs up additional Fortescue shares
Andrew Forrest has raked in 22 million shares from Fortescue Metals Group, upping his stake in the company to 35.3 per cent.
March 2, 2020 0 comment
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Andrew Forrest pledges $70m for Australian bushfires
Fortescue Metals Group and Minderoo Foundation chairman Andrew Forrest has pledged $70 million for the Australian bushfire crisis.
January 10, 2020 0 comment
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Fortescue rates diversity as the key to success
Fortescue Metals Group is attributing its record-breaking financial year to the diversity of the company’s leadership.
October 30, 2019 0 comment
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Fortescue joins initiative to end modern slavery
Fortescue Metals Group is one of 10 Western Australian mining, energy and resource companies joining an initiative to eliminate modern slavery risks within its supply chain.
October 17, 2019 0 comment
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Andrew Forrest leads $442m war on plastic
Global philanthropic organisation chaired by Andrew Forrest, Minderoo Foundation has committed $US300 million ($442 million) to help end plastic waste worldwide.
September 26, 2019 0 comment
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Image of Andrew Forrest used for $670k scam
A fake investment scheme that used the image of Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest has scammed a Western Australian woman out of $670,000.
September 19, 2019 0 comment
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Fortescue applauds Chinese demand following profit hike
Fortescue Metals Group has achieved a record $US3.2 billion net profit after tax in the 2019 financial year, a 195 per cent increase on the previous period as Chinese appetite grew.
August 26, 2019 0 comment
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Rinehart trails Pratt at top of Aussie rich list
Gina Rinehart, with a net worth of $13.81 billion, is placed second in the Australian Financial Review’s rich list this year.
May 31, 2019 0 comment
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Fortescue declares another $1bn in dividends before election
Fortescue Metals Group is distributing over $1 billion worth of dividends to shareholders ahead of Labor’s plan to crack down on franking credits should it win Saturday’s federal election.
May 15, 2019 0 comment
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Mining moguls make their mark in Australia’s wealthiest 250
Seventeen of Australia’s richest 250 built their wealth upon the mining sector, with Hancock Prospecting’s Gina Rinehart leading the cohort with $13.12 billion.
April 1, 2019 0 comment
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Rinehart keeps top spot on Aussie rich list
Hancock Prospecting chair Gina Rinehart remains Australia’s richest person despite the fall in iron ore prices during 2018.
January 18, 2019 0 comment
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Fortescue keeps focus on core iron ore business
Fortescue Metals Group, in celebrating its achievements in the past 2018 financial year, has reinforced its focus on building sustainable mines of the future.
November 16, 2018 0 comment
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Gender pay gap improves in mining
The Australian mining industry has closed the pay discrepancy gap between genders, according to a federal government report.
November 15, 2018 0 comment
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Fortescue signs eight agreements with Chinese steel mills
Fortescue has secured eight memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with major Chinese steel mills during the inaugural China International Import Expo (CIIE).
November 8, 2018 0 comment
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Andrew Forrest purchases $15m in Fortescue shares
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest has increased his holding in the company from 32.46 per cent to 33.87 per cent with the purchase of $US10.6 million ($15 million) of stock.
November 5, 2018 0 comment
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Andrew Forrest’s lifetime of achievement
For the past 15 years the success of Fortescue Metals Group and growth of the Pilbara iron ore industry has been guided by one man – Andrew Forrest, winner of the Prospect Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.
October 25, 2018 0 comment
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Fortescue’s seventh ore carrier arrives in Port Hedland
FMG Amanda, the second iron ore carrier to join Fortescue Metals Group’s fleet this year, has arrived in Port Hedland, Western Australia.
June 26, 2018 0 comment
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Fortescue celebrates 10 years of exports from the Pilbara
Fortescue Metals Group has hit the 10-year milestone since it first exported iron ore from the Pilbara in Western Australia.
May 16, 2018 0 comment
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Gina Rinehart holds firm on Forbes rich list with $US17.4bn
Hancock Prospecting chair Gina Rinehart has been joined by her children on the 2018 Forbes rich list.
March 7, 2018 0 comment
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Fortescue’s latest ore carrier arrives in Port Hedland
Fortescue Metals Group has welcomed the newest addition to its iron ore carrier fleet — FMG David.
February 27, 2018 0 comment