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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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.
Five reasons Australia's green hydrogen dream has foundered
Several big green hydrogen projects have been shelved. An expert explains why Australia’s sky-high ambition for the industry is struggling to reach fruition.
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.
🗡️ Who murdered the Murujuga rock art science?
Special Cluedo™️ edition 🔍 Was it Mr Cook or Prof Smith?
How the North West Shelf expansion risks Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art
An expert, independent of government and industry, explains how prolonged industrial activity on the Burrup Peninsula in WA endangers an Australian marvel.
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.
Green light for gas: North West Shelf gas plant cleared to run until 2070
Federal environment minister Murray Watt did not have to consider climate impacts when making his decision.
UN set to reject Murujuga World Heritage listing due to industrial pollution
The draft of a decision to be made in July tells the Australian Government to remove polluting industries - such as Woodside's North West Shelf plant - from the area.
Woodside spills 16,000 litres of oil into ocean north of Ningaloo
The company that thinks a damaging oil spill from its planned drilling near Scott Reef is "only a mere theoretical possibility" weeks ago accidentally released a cocktail of hydrocarbons, chemicals and water into the Indian Ocean.
Santos to shut Bayu Undan gas project: next steps are crucial
Whether the facility can be used for carbon storage or has to be decommissioned has billion-dollar implications for Santos and its partners.