Alcoa flags 'pretty aggressive' cost cuts at alumina refineries
Alcoa chief executive Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the US aluminium specialist could take strong action to boost profits from alumina, most of which it refines in Western Australia.
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Is Woodside the next South32?
Speculation is mounting of a big Woodside-BHP deal next week. There may be lessons from South32, another destination for BHP's unwanted assets.
BP’s Geraldton green hydrogen dream needs help
Green hydrogen has long term promise for WA but needs help to scale and escape the trap of being an expensive product with a limited market.
Unless we act now, a hotter, drier, more dangerous future for Australia awaits: IPCC
The latest science is clear: "Every fraction of a degree of global warming increases the likelihood and severity of many extremes...every effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions matters."
Equipment failure injures two workers on Woodside's Ngujima-Yin oil vessel
Two Woodside offshore workers were injured when a 500kg load fell after a lifting appliance with unapproved modifications failed but Woodside reported only one injury to the safety regulator.
Woodside limits Scarborough cost bump but is silent on risk
Woodside is now chasing investors in its $US12B Scarborough to Pluto LNG project, but they need to look beyond the headline number.
Out of control lift of Santos platform off WA could have killed
Terrifying video shows an offshore lift that went badly wrong off the WA coast in early July endangering workers hanging off a platform and those on the vessel.
Another job cull at Woodside
Employees across Woodside lost their jobs today, with many more expected to follow, as chief executive Meg O'Neill chases a 30 per cent cut in operating costs.
Woodside + BHP Aussie oil & gas: inspiration or desperation?
Buying BHP’s Australian oil and gas assets could allow Woodside to escape its lost decade, but its shareholders and Australian taxpayers should count their fingers after the handshake.
Ichthys flaring casts doubt on carbon-neutral LNG cargo
TotalEnergies shipped a carbon-neutral LNG cargo from Ichthys in late 2020 when the Inpex-operated project had massive flaring of gas but will not confirm if the above normal emissions were offset.
Japan plans to almost halve LNG for power by 2030
Crunch time for Australian LNG: True Paris-aligned emissions targets kill demand and ammonia hopes are too small, too late and probably green.
Time’s up on Gorgon’s five years of carbon storage failure
On July 18 Chevron will be millions of tonnes short of required CO2 injection at Gorgon LNG. If the WA Government stands firm the carbon credit bill could approach $100 million.
Solar growth, EV inevitability and emissions drive WA energy transformation
WA energy policy in Labor's second term may have to tackle tough issues avoided so far, including tariffs, Collie's future, the role of gas, and a path to net-zero by 2050.