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.
Environmental groups, frustrated by what they see as inadequate action from governments and regulators, are increasingly turning to the courts to battle oil and companies, who deride the practice as "green lawfare."
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.
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