The boss of WA’s peak resources lobby group says the Albanese government needs to step up to prevent more job losses.
Already a subscriber?The resources industry is bracing for more job cuts amid concerns weaker iron ore prices could add to the woes in green hydrogen, nickel and lithium.
Diversified miners such as BHP and Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources have gone from hiring to trying to accommodate displaced workers. BHP is offering jobs in iron ore, copper and coal to workers displaced from its loss-making nickel operations in the west. In nickel, seven out of 10 operational mines in WA have moved into care and maintenance in the past nine months with just Glencore’s Murrin Murrin mine and IGO’s Nova and Forrestania mines still standing.Glencore warned last week that the future of Murrin Murrin, which employs about 1500 people, was dependent on keeping a lid on labour and energy costs and access to infrastructure.
“We know in the WA context that energy has gone up nearly 50 per cent in the last five years. That’s a really significant single input.
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