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Yara’s Pilbara ammonia plant consumed eight per cent of WA’s gas supply.

Fortescue, Yara Pilbara highlight hurdles to renewable energy hub in WA

Two companies have laid bare the hurdles that will have to be overcome if WA is to become a renewable energy hub, as a Labor MP aired frustrations with a lack of “meaningful action” on the energy transition.

  • Jesinta Burton

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Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest after driving a prototype hydrogen-powered electric haul truck called Europa – named after a moon of hydrogen-filled Jupiter.

Fortescue dividend delivers for Forrest despite modest profit jump

A month after shedding 700 workers, Fortescue has posted an annual profit of $8.4 billion supporting a $2.2 billion payout to the miner’s biggest shareholders Andrew and Nicola Forrest.

  • Peter Milne
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Andrew Forrest isn’t giving up on his green iron Pilbara dream

Weeks ago Fortescue dumped a target to be a major producer of green hydrogen by 2030, but Andrew Forrest still insists his native Pilbara can supply the globe with green iron.

  • Peter Milne
Robert Lancaster, founder of Lancasters Investigations.

New evidence in court case as Fortescue takes aim at smaller rival

Court documents reveal a development in the intellectual property case in which Fortescue hired private investigators.

  • Anne Hyland
Fortescue’s executive chairman and founder, Andrew Forrest.

Fortescue in-house lawyer issued spying orders, court documents reveal

Fortescue’s founder Andrew Forrest last month said he had no knowledge of the extensive spying conducted on ex-staff and their families, including children.

  • Anne Hyland
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Australia’s green steel future threatened by lack of speed

If the steel industry was a country it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after the United States and China.

  • Peter Milne
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Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, the chairman and biggest shareholder of iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, is embarking on a major push into clean energy.

Forrest’s Fortescue boosts spending to keep green hydrogen dream alive

Mining giant says it will lift spending on its green energy division this year despite setbacks tempering its ambitious green hydrogen targets.

  • Nick Toscano
Andrew Forrest speaking at the launch of Uungula Wind Farm, the largest wind farm being built in New South Wales.

‘A political mischief’: Forrest hits back at green hydrogen detractors

Mining executive Andrew Forrest has denied he is abandoning his ambitions for green hydrogen, saying the fuel is imperative for combating climate change.

  • Bianca Hall and Peter Milne
Fortescue’s executive chairman and founder, Andrew Forrest.

Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s green crusade cops a reality check

Fortescue is about to turn 21, and with age seemingly comes wisdom, as the company puts its enormously expensive green hydrogen plans on the backburner.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Billionaire Andrew Forrest.

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue slashes 700 jobs, tempers green hydrogen ambitions

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue will slash 700 jobs, as the company tempers its ambition to be a major producer of the clean fuel hydrogen.

  • Peter Milne

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