‘Nobble Palmer or we go belly-up’
A bill aimed at killing off Clive Palmer’s $30bn legal claim has support from both sides of West Australian politics.
Mining Energy
Gas export revenue plunges
Australia’s gas export revenue plunged by more than half in July from a year earlier.
Whitehaven wins planning approval for Vickery expansion
Whitehaven still needs to win federal environmental approvals for the $700m development.
Downer urges govt on infrastructure
Downer EDI has urged the federal government to accelerate its infrastructure pipeline, after slumping to an annual loss.
Gupta eyes renewable expansion, float
British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta will develop a giant pipeline of renewables projects to feed the Whyalla plant.
Bid to block Palmer’s $30bn lawsuit
WA has introduced unprecedented legislation to protect the state from a $30bn-plus legal claim by Clive Palmer.
Santos hopes price will seal gas project
Santos has produced new economic modelling to sell the merits of its controversial $3.6bn Narrabri gas project.
Big fines loom after Narrabri breach
Whitehaven Coal faces big fines after being charged with clearing ground for exploration drilling at Narrabri without permission.
Don’t duplicate laws, Rio inquiry urged
Rio Tinto’s biggest iron ore rivals have argued against the unnecessary duplication of federal and state regulations.
Juukan Gorge will haunt mining sector for a decade
The action taken by Rio Tinto has opened the entire industry to regulatory constraints and industrial blackmail.
Aurizon warns of coal freight slump
Aurizon lifted annual profit and will pursue a $300m share buyback, but expects a hefty fall in 2021 earnings.
Iron ore price may confound predictions
Many analysts still expect an iron ore price crash this year, but the case for it staying stronger for longer is building.
Narrabri gas cops flack
The NSW Department of Planning has been accused of uncritically repeating ‘misleading claims’ about the controversial $3.6bn Narrabri gas project.
Rio ‘didn’t follow old systems’
It goes without saying that the man who ran Rio Tinto from 1997 to 2000 wants the company to apologise to local landowners.
More mining M&A on horizon
The Australian mining sector is set for a fresh wave of mergers and acquisitions over the next few years.
Miner mediates devil of a problem
Mining in Tasmania’s Tarkine is back on the agenda, with a reactivating iron ore mine seeking to axe protections for the Tasmanian devil.
BP’s woke boss leaps into the unknown
BP Chief Bernard Looney’s bold pivot has confounded critics with the scale of reinvention plans to turn the oil giant green.
Rio in Pilbara royalties scandal
Rio Tinto in dispute with second group of native title owners over Pilbara iron ore mine.
Mines inspectorate ‘cutting union out’
The relationship between a government mines inspectorate and union safety inspectors has broken down in an investigation of a series of fatalities in the resources sector.
Cracks may force output cut at Chevron LNG plant
The state regulator has told the energy major to inspect its remaining two processing trains after major cracks were discovered.
Slow demand to halt Glencore coal mines
Mining giant Glencore will temporarily shut its NSW and Queensland coal mines due to tepid demand and a slump in prices.
Rio eyed $135m in ore as caves destroyed
Rio’s decision to destroy the ancient Juukan Gorge caves allowed it to access iron ore worth $U135m, its chief executive says.
Why investors have a shine for gold
There are good reasons investors are buying up gold … and as a result, the ‘ultimate insurance policy’ is about to set records.
Gas giant called in to advise on oil ship clean-up
Woodside Petroleum has been drafted in as an expert adviser on the decommissioning and remediation of an offshore oil production ship in the Timor Sea.
‘Stars aligning’ for Narrabri gas
EnergyAustralia says the “stars are aligning” on Santos’s $3.6bn Narrabri gas project where it holds a 20 per cent stake.
Mine death probe unit ‘two years away’
In the past two years, eight men have died and five have been badly burned in Queensland’s coal mines and quarries.
Rio ‘holds all cards’ in Indigenous dealings
An Indigenous group says more than 700 of its heritage sites in the Pilbara have been destroyed or impacted by mining.
Inpex takes writedown on Australian LNG projects
The nation’s gas industry took another hammer blow after a giant ¥140bn ($1.84bn) writedown.
Gloves need to come off in gas price fight
Rather than paying over the odds, gas users need to set Marquess of Queensbury aside and start brawling.
Yallourn emissions will decide plant’s future
High renewable targets and looming changes to emission rules add to pressure that could force the ageing Yallourn plant to close early.
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