Olivia Markham is the Perth kid who went on to manage the world’s biggest mining funds in London. She says miners need more scale to be relevant.

Olivia Markham is the Perth kid who went on to manage the world’s biggest mining funds in London. She says miners need more scale to be relevant.

BlackRock’s guru says the world’s biggest resource companies need to get bigger to attract more investors. But Australia won’t be at the heart of any megadeals.

BlackRock supports more large-scale mining mergers to attract generalist investors and meet rising commodity demand driven by AI, electrification, and defense.