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Australia needs to 'step up' critical minerals supply

Australia needs to 'step up' critical minerals supply

Australian firms need to sharpen their focus on critical minerals to power the world's green energy transition, an international relations conference has heard.

Mining heartland backs environment watchdog with teeth

Mining heartland backs environment watchdog with teeth

Mining heartland backs environment watchdog with teeth

Mining heartland backs environment watchdog with teeth

Voters living in one of the nation's mining strongholds support the protection of nature and a role in emissions reduction despite intense lobbying by industry.

Sceptics question BHP pursuit of 'risky' carbon capture

Sceptics question BHP pursuit of 'risky' carbon capture

Sceptics question BHP pursuit of 'risky' carbon capture

Sceptics question BHP pursuit of 'risky' carbon capture

BHP says it is "unapologetically" looking at carbon capture and storage as sceptics question the mining giant's pursuit of the technology over other solutions.

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Big coal miner stares down protests, shareholder vote

Big coal miner stares down protests, shareholder vote

Shareholders voting at Whitehaven Coal's annual general meeting have supported the company's executive remuneration plan, defeating moves to spill the board.

BHP digs in over coal royalties and labour hire stance

BHP digs in over coal royalties and labour hire stance

Multinational BHP says it will continue to work with the Queensland government over coal royalties after protesters demonstrated outside their AGM.

Clean energy talk cheap, flight upgrades pricey for PM

Clean energy talk cheap, flight upgrades pricey for PM

Anthony Albanese has made a whistlestop tour as he ratchets up election campaign efforts, but one expert says he must do more to change public opinion.

Political dogfight erupts over PM's plane promotions

Political dogfight erupts over PM's plane promotions

Australia's major party leaders are embroiled in an increasingly personal stoush after revelations the prime minister accepted a stack of flight upgrades.

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Australia to test drive a battery electric dual-cab ute

Australia to test drive a battery electric dual-cab ute

Australia to test drive a battery electric dual-cab ute

Australia to test drive a battery electric dual-cab ute

An electric ute prototype from Toyota will be put the test in Australia during the next year but there is no word on when it might be released for sale.

Australian investment eyed for Peruvian mining pipeline

Australian investment eyed for Peruvian mining pipeline

Australian investment eyed for Peruvian mining pipeline

Australian investment eyed for Peruvian mining pipeline

Some 50 Peruvian mining projects with a combined potential of tens of billions of dollars are being spruiked to Australian investors amid Chinese dominance.

More trust in mining sector as clean energy needs grow

More trust in mining sector as clean energy needs grow

More trust in mining sector as clean energy needs grow

More trust in mining sector as clean energy needs grow

Once associated with coal and pollution, the mining industry has cleaned up its image as more Australians recognise its importance in the net-zero transition.

Santos rejects attack on 'speculative' net-zero roadmap

Santos rejects attack on 'speculative' net-zero roadmap

Santos rejects attack on 'speculative' net-zero roadmap

Santos rejects attack on 'speculative' net-zero roadmap

Santos says public statements it could reach net-zero emissions by 2040 were not misleading because its roadmap contained targets and not promises.

Brazil seals compensation deal with BHP over dam

Brazil seals compensation deal with BHP over dam

Brazil seals compensation deal with BHP over dam

Brazil seals compensation deal with BHP over dam

Brazil has reached a compensation settlement with BHP and others over a 2015 dam collapse which caused a giant mudslide killing 19 people.

US approves Australian Ioneer's Nevada lithium mine

US approves Australian Ioneer's Nevada lithium mine

US approves Australian Ioneer's Nevada lithium mine

US approves Australian Ioneer's Nevada lithium mine

The Biden administration has given the nod to an Australian lithium mine in Nevada despite concerns for a rare flower at the site.

UAE cash for minerals, but China dominance sparks angst

UAE cash for minerals, but China dominance sparks angst

UAE cash for minerals, but China dominance sparks angst

UAE cash for minerals, but China dominance sparks angst

A free trade deal between Australia and the United Arab Emirates provides a pathway for significant investment in critical minerals and mining.

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Grey area: questions over Sunshine State's green future

Queensland could revert to coal central as calls grow for a power plan from the energised LNP, days out from voters heading to the polls in the Sunshine State.

Miner destroys more than a hundred Aboriginal sites

An Indigenous group suing Fortescue says new evidence shows the iron ore giant destroyed half of the Aboriginal sites on a Pilbara mine.

Rio Tinto 'breaks ranks', keeps climate trigger alive

The federal government has been urged to strike an urgent deal on environmental laws as Rio Tinto joins those calling for reforms that tackle climate change.

'Climate action pays': call to rev up clean investment

There can be winners in the clean energy race, a group of super funds says, rolling out a campaign to quell community fears and accelerate development.

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Coal giants seek delay of ruling on 'monster' extension

More than a billion tonnes of emissions are in the balance, critics say, as coal giants sidestep a legal stoush and push ahead with a mine extension to 2050.

'Get on with it': renewables rollout too slow out west

The renewables rollout is not happening quickly enough in WA, a summit has been warned, with leading proponents of clean energy exports calling for targets.

Coal town to battery base: firm keen to make power move

Renewable energy companies are eyeing opportunities in traditional coal-mining towns as part of Australia's electricity transition.

Miner breached environmental laws in 'almighty' blast

Maules Creek Coal has been found guilty of failing to comply with environmental protections over a blast that shook locals and sent two workers to hospital.

Miner's ex-staff defend disputed tech after court loss

Former Fortescue researchers being sued for intellectual property theft maintain searches of their homes and businesses were "massive over-reach" by the miner.

Australia may miss billions in green Chinese investment

Chinese investment in Australia has fallen, despite the nation's growing budget for renewable energy projects in the transition to net zero emissions by 2050.

China stimulus a 'very good development for Australia'

After iron ore prices plunged by more than a third since the start of the year, Chinese stimulus measures spell good news for the Australian budget.

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