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Macmahon pays $6.7M to settle shareholder class action
Class Actions 2018-10-04 4:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Macmahon Holdings has agreed to pay $6.7 million to settle a shareholder class action alleging the mining company failed to provide adequate disclosures about the impact delays on a project for Rio Tinto in the Pilbara would have on its profitability.

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One Key Workforce liquidators vie for unpaid wages in union spat
Employment 2018-10-04 3:13 pm By Miklos Bolza

Liquidators for failed labour hire business One Key Workforce are disputing a claim by the CFMMEU for wages owed to employees, saying the money should be given to them while they wind up the company.

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BHP reaches deal with Brazilian prosecutors over mine disaster
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-10-03 10:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP and Vale SA have reportedly reached an agreement with Brazilian prosecutors to compensate victims of the Fundao dam collapse at the companies’ Samarco mine three years ago.  

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Fortescue unit can eyeball Squire Patton Boggs emails in power contract dispute
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-10-03 3:51 pm By Miklos Bolza

A unit of Fortescue Metals Group has won its bid for emails between Squire Patton Boggs  and a unit of electricity provider TransAlta Energy relating to a disputed power purchase agreement, saying privilege was waived when the emails were forwarded to a third party.

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Globex to face claims over Great Barrier Reef oil spill
Environment 2018-10-02 11:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has convinced a Federal Court judge that 90 tonnes of oil spilled near the Great Barrier Reef in 2015 came from a vessel operated by international shipping company Globex.

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Showdown looms as BHP faces 3rd class action over Brazil mine disaster
Class Actions 2018-09-25 10:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP Billiton has been hit with a third class action in Australia over the 2015 dam failure at its Samarco mine in Brazil, and the lead applicant in the latest case — one of the biggest pension funds in the US — has a lot at stake.

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Herbert Smith Freehills wins costs against United for ‘meritless’ IPO case
Securities 2018-09-25 9:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Herbert Smith Freehills has won a ruling that puts United Petroleum on the hook for the costs — on an indemnity basis — of the law firm’s defence against a case that was, according to a judge Tuesday, “devoid of merit”.

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Rio Tinto unit can keep $86M owed to Forge Group in set-off win
Restructuring & Insolvency 2018-09-24 4:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

A unit of Rio Tinto has won an appeal allowing it to avoid an $86 million payment owed to failed mining services company Forge Group Power.

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Director booted from board for missed meetings loses court challenge
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-09-24 1:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A director of an energy company who was kicked off the board of directors for missing too many meetings has lost a Federal Court challenge to his dismissal.

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WorkPac, other labour hire cos. face class actions by casual miners
Employment 2018-09-21 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Four labour hire companies are the new targets of class actions by thousands of casual miners who claim they were entitled to accrued leave in the wake of a landmark court ruling.

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