Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has dismissed allegations from Canberra that state-owned power generators are using their big market share to drive up energy prices, saying instead the flawed
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Nepean buys Sandvik conveyor businesses
Australian conveyor OEM Nepean Conveyors will acquire Sandvik’s International Conveyor Components businesses and Sandvik’s Specialist Conveyor Systems business in Hollola, Finland, for an undisclosed
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GST makes royalties pointless, Minerals Council says
The Minerals Council of Australia has suggested Western Australia would be better off not charging royalties to iron ore miners, in a stinging submission to the Productivity Commission’s review into
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Arrium buyer plans energy independence for Whyalla plant
The firm acquiring failed steel business Arrium for $700 million plans to increase production at the Whyalla steelworks, and burn excess gas to help make the plant energy self-sufficient, according to
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Appin to remain closed after gas issue
Shares in BHP spinoff South32 dipped earlier this week, after the miner announced operations at its Appin colliery in the Illawarra would remain suspended due to elevated gas concentrations in the underground
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Aussie steel to be exempt from Trump’s tariffs
A successful negotiation between Malcolm Turnbull, US President Donald Trump, and their respective finance ministers, means Australian steel and aluminium exports are set to be exempt from Trump’s import
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Energy spending slowdown puts supply at risk: Report
The International Energy Agency has warned a lack of energy investment over the past three years could lead to electricity and oil shortages, after spending dropped for the second-consecutive year in 2016.
The
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Minerals Council pushes for HELE investment
A new 1,000MW high-efficiency, low emissions coal-fired power plant would cost just $2.2 billion in government funding, and would produce cheaper power than alternatives, a report commissioned by the mining
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Boral, union deadlocked over EA
Roughly 100 workers could be axed by construction material firm Boral over an ongoing bargaining dispute between the company and the CFMEU.
A deadlock has been reached between Boral and the union over
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Paladin Energy appoints administrators
Uranium miner Paladin Energy has appointed administrators, after it was given a week to pay $361 million to a key French customer.
Paladin told the ASX on Monday it had appointed administrators Matthew
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