Chemical and fertiliser producer Incitec Pivot says the future of its Gibson Island plant – and the 1500 jobs it provides – could hinge on it securing a reasonable price for the gas deal it put to
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Abbott compares climate action to trying to ‘appease volcano gods’
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has expressed his scepticism for climate change action, saying policies to tackle climate change could do more harm than climate change itself.
The Federal Member for
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China ETS could rattle coal sector
China will launch a national emissions trading scheme later this year, with measures expected to be roughly double those currently implemented in Europe, according to the Australian Financial Review.
According
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Dow boss Liveris joins lithium junior
Dow Chemical Company chief executive officer Andrew Liveris will take a board position at ASX-listed lithium-ion battery materials company Novonix, and will invest half a million dollars into the junior
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Joyce blames BHP for Pearson’s Minerals Council departure
Australian Minerals Council chief executive Brendan Pearson has stepped down, in a move federal resources minister Barnaby Joyce has blamed on BHP, for reconsidering its role at the peak body over policy
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BHP’s Balhuizen: Copper ‘metal of the future’
BHP’s commercial operations boss has said 2017 could be the “tipping point” for electric cars, and the copper sector with them, in an interview with Reuters this week.
BHP chief commercial
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Liddell in sad state as AGL plans replacement program
Energy business AGL has taken journalists on a tour of its aging Liddell power plant in New South Wales, in an effort to win over support for its plan to shut the plant down in 2022, against the Turnbull
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BHP at odds with Minerals Council over climate change
Mining giant BHP is said to be reconsidering its membership with the Minerals Council of Australia, after the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility pointed out the MCA and BHP have very different
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Trash trains investigation opens to submissions
The independent investigation into the cross-border transportation of waste into Queensland via road and rail has been opened for public submissions.
Former Supreme Court judge Peter Lyons will lead the
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AEMO turns up heat on Canberra over energy crisis
The Australian Energy Market Operator has warned power bills could skyrocket, and blackouts could occur as soon as this summer, if major flaws in the National Electricity Market are not addressed.
The
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