Climate, energy and resources

Ex-Rio Tinto executive Leigh Staines is developing new technology to unlock copper reserves and meet soaring demand for the metal.

The "verbal agreement" at the centre of Trump's latest trade controversy does not appear to have been documented and was not widely reported at the time it was secured.

Charlie McGill used to work in senior management at Austal, Wesfarmers and Incitec Pivot. Now he’s tinkering in a lab at Monash University.