Trump critical minerals deal could lock in jarrah forest mining for decades
An Alcoa plant to produce gallium in WA's South West will need green tape shredded to start on schedue and long term forest mining to be viable.
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Alcoa and Japan investigate if WA can break China's gallium stranglehold
Extraction of the critical mineral found in the waste from making alumina from bauxite could curb China's 98 per cent share of global production.
Green legal push for Santos decommissioning guarantee
A Federal Court win could mean all offshore oil and gas producers would need to prove they can afford their share of a $62 billion cleanup.
Woodside slammed for preventable offshore decommissioning incidents
Regulator NOPSEMA has directed Woodside to properly plan its work after a series of preventable safety incidents off the WA and Victorian coasts.
Gas is escaping at 13 spots near Santos wells offshore Varanus Island
The company is monitoring the leaks that add to its problems at the ageing facilities.
BP pulls out of $55b mega-scale Pilbara hydrogen project
Troubled UK oil and gas major BP has exited its third WA alternative fuel project in six months, walking away from the Australian Renewable Energy Hub after just two years.
Governments set to refund Chevron $500m for Barrow Island oil field clean-up
The $2.3 billion-plus decommissioning on a WA nature reserve will be part-funded by the Federal and WA governments returning about half the royalties they received over six decades.
Alcoa ceo repeats misleading spin about its jarrah forest rehabilitation
Bill Oplinger reassured investors that a 15-month delay would not affect operating rates at its Pinjarra alumina refinery but misled them about Alcoa's record of rehabilitating the jarrah forest.
Gas seeping to surface from Chevron's Barrow Island oil operation
The WA environment regulator is investigating unknown amounts of hydrocarbons rising to the surface on the Class A nature reserve.
Westport bill may jump $1b to keep desalination plant working
Longer pipelines into Cockburn Sound must be built before port construction begins or 15 per cent of Perth's water supply will be lost.
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Alcoa's plans to mine WA's jarrah forest for 20 more years released
WA's environmental watchdog will consider the risk to Perth's water supply and whether the US miner can rehabilitate the forest it strip-mines.
Industry slams Woodside's 'bare minimum' supply of gas to WA from Pluto
Alcoa, Wesfarmers and other big gas users in WA want Woodside to deliver what it agreed with the state government.