WA drives Alcoa $US4.1b buy of South32 aluminium business
The US company will have a monopoly over WA bauxite mining and alumina refining, which it plans to operate for 40 years.
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Australia's oil and gas industry will create a $76B clean-up bill
It will cost $76 billion to clean up after Australia's oil and gas industry, with a good chunk to be borne by taxpayers, and no one is in a hurry to start the work.
Time is running out for hydrogen from gas in Australia
In a decade hydrogen made with renewable power may be cheaper than making it from gas and offsetting the emissions according to an independent expert analysis but Woodside thinks gas has 30 years left.
Woodside's Scarborough LNG uneconomic before price crash: Woodmac
If Scarborough, considered the most economic of Woodside's two projects, was uncompetitive before LNG prices crashed then plans will have to change on the Burrup Peninsula.
Pilbara too expensive for green steel future: report
Green steel made with renewable hydrogen could produce 25,000 Australian jobs but the Pilbara's iron ore would be shipped east to avoid high labour costs.
Failed oiler Northern Endeavour owes $165M
A debt of $165 million and unpaid employees can be added to a massive decommissioning liability as the cost of Northern Endeavour's short life after Woodside.
BP begins chase for giant green ammonia plant in Geraldton
BP has joined Yara in looking at huge projects to unlock WA's vast solar and wind resources to replace gas in the production of ammonia.
Standalone power system provider bought out as Western Power increases rollout
Pacific Energy has bought into the standalone power systems market that is growing as Western Power shrinks its transmission network to save cost and increase reliability.
Cheap renewables mean no new coal or gas power for WA's South West
The WA Government expects no new coal or gas-fired power generation in the South-West will ever be built but those looking for clues to the future of Collie’s existing coal-fired power stations will have to wait for a plan to be released later this year.
$22B Pilbara wind and solar farm gets environmental tick
A $22B wind and solar project to power the Pilbara and Indonesia that will take 3000 workers a decade to build was approved by the WA environmental regulator today.
Woodside finds it's not easy being green
Woodside is struggling to portray itself as both green and gassy with mixed messages about carbon emissions, the threat from renewables and why all the way with LNG is a sound long term strategy.
Shell’s 2050 zero carbon net has a hole: a very large loophole
Shell has excluded a vast amount of the oil and gas it sells from its new aim to have net-zero emissions from the manufacture of its products by 2050.
Carbon emissions hurdle for WA projects finalised by EPA
New WA projects will need to publish plans for net-zero emissions by 2050 as the WA Environmental Protection Authority ends a year-long battle with LNG industry.