Visitors to the BHP (formerly known as BHP Billiton) booth speak with representatives during the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 4, Continue Reading
More than half of Australia’s 25 million population is under lockdown after a third state-imposed movement restriction on Tuesday to contain the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant. Continue Reading
SYDNEY, July 16 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and state premiers were under increasing public pressure on Friday to get on top of a fast-growing Delta variant COVID-19 Continue Reading
Australian authorities extended a lockdown in Sydney on Wednesday by at least 14 days, after three weeks of initial restrictions failed to stamp out the biggest outbreak of COVID-19 this Continue Reading
Highlights Project to produce 3.5 million mt/year green hydrogen Partners in project are CWP, Mirning Green Energy InterContinental Energy plans to build a 50 GW Western Australia renewable energy hub Continue Reading
The prospect of an extended lockdown in Sydney loomed on Monday as Australian health officials reported yet another record daily rise in COVID-19 cases for the year, fuelled by the Continue Reading
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state on Thursday reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 this year as officials struggle to stamp out a growing cluster Continue Reading
A key mining region in Australia, the world’s top exporter of metallurgical coal used in steelmaking, is producing vastly more methane emissions than global competitors, according to new analysis. For Continue Reading
Chevron Corp (CVX.N) and its partners in the Gorgon LNG project off Western Australia have agreed to go ahead with a $4 billion project to improve gas recovery from offshore Continue Reading
Australia’s oil industry lobby group on Tuesday slammed as “extreme” the amount the government has proposed as a levy on all of the country’s offshore oil producers to cover the Continue Reading
Australia’s largest city of Sydney re-introduced “soft touch” COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday to contain a widening outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant, mandating masks in offices while neighbouring states Continue Reading
Highlights Decision hinders 26 GW solar, wind project Still targets ammonia exports from 2027 Consortium targets financial close by 2025 The Australian government has rejected an application to build what Continue Reading
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Electric cars giant Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) said it expects to soon begin buying more than $1 billion a year of Australian lithium, nickel and other critical minerals for its batteries Continue Reading
The world’s largest developer of renewable hydrogen projects, InterContinental Energy, is targeting ammonia exports on a massive scale from its pioneer project in Western Australia, the company’s chief strategy officer, Continue Reading
The relationship between Australia and China has been going through a difficult period lately. Altercations surrounding the origins of COVID-19 rage on, all the while China has found ways to Continue Reading
It is very hard to give up on one’s own resource bounty and Australia knows it only too well. Endowed with the world’s third-largest coal reserves coupled with ample hydrocarbon Continue Reading
For more than 200 years, workers at the Port of Newcastle have loaded ships with coal dug out of nearby mines for transport to Asia and beyond. But with global Continue Reading
The U.S. has called out Australia’s lack of climate ambition ahead of President Joe Biden’s summit of global leaders. “Our colleagues in Australia recognize that there’s going to have to be Continue Reading
China has slammed Australia’s decision to cancel agreements between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Victoria state government, signaling a worsening of ties between the nations. The Australian federal government Continue Reading
Australia has abandoned a goal to vaccinate nearly all of its 26 million population by the end of 2021 following advice that people under the age of 50 take Pfizer’s Continue Reading
There’s growing alarm in Canberra over what’s expected to be Australia’s inevitable increased dependence on foreign petroleum amid a major influx of cheaper refined oil products from China. It comes Continue Reading
Floods in eastern Australia, affecting the states of New South Wales and Queensland, have impacted operations at coal mines in the region, stalled railway transportation, affected port schedules and disrupted Continue Reading
Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney’s west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain Continue Reading
Australia’s east coast was smashed by heavy rains on Saturday, sparking dangerous flash flooding that forced the evacuation of multiple regions as the fast-moving waters unmoored houses, engulfed roads, stranded Continue Reading
Asian fuel exporters are hungrily eyeing Australia as the country’s shutdown of almost all its refineries creates a bright demand spot amid otherwise coronavirus crimped markets. China appears to be Continue Reading
The pandemic has accelerated refinery closures globally as refiners and oil majors acknowledge that some sites have become permanently uneconomical amid depressed refining margins, fierce regional competition, and expectations of Continue Reading
Australia’s fuel security is becoming an increasingly imminent challenge for the country as another refinery closes in Melbourne. With the country’s already high import bill climbing, experts are beginning to Continue Reading
Australia is planning another giant grid-scale battery as the global roll out of super-sized energy storage projects accelerates. The project in New South Wales-state, which will be three times larger than Continue Reading
Just days after residents of Perth, Australia’s fourth-largest city, were ordered to stay in because of the coronavirus, some were forced to flee their homes on Tuesday as a ferocious Continue Reading
A bushfire burning in the Adelaide Hills A heatwave sweeping south-east Australia has sent temperatures soaring in the nation’s biggest cities and escalated the threat of bushfires. A large blaze Continue Reading
Another big battery project has been announced in Australia, as energy storage developers rush to profit from the nation’s abundant sunshine and wind resources. Origin Energy Ltd. issued an expression of Continue Reading
For the past six months, Virendrasinh Bhosale, a seafarer from India, has been trapped on a hunk of metal floating off China’s eastern coast. He is desperate to see his Continue Reading
The world’s most ambitious renewable energy project to date is the proposed Australia–ASEAN Power Link . This project would combine the world’s largest solar farm, the largest battery, and the Continue Reading
A sharp worsening in relations between Australia and China could threaten a deal that would have seen Woodside Petroleum sell a stake in a natural gas field and in the Continue Reading
The desolate red sands of the Pilbara region in western Australia, home to most of the iron ore mines that account for a major chunk of the nation’s export income, Continue Reading
BHP said on Oct. 14 that it has been asked to defer some shipments of coking coal to China because of new restrictions imposed by the Chinese government on Australian Continue Reading
Tensions between the two countries have reached new heights in recent months . After Australia began seeking support from European leaders for an investigation into China’s response to the coronavirus Continue Reading
Australia risks missing out on at least A$43 billion ($31 billion) in investment over the next five years if it fails to set a target of net-zero emissions for 2050, Continue Reading
A drive to reduce emissions that is spreading faster than the coronavirus in the energy industry could see assets worth up to $17 billion put up for sale in Australia, Continue Reading
The New South Wales government approved the eastern Australian state’s first hydrogen gas facility on Aug. 12 that could potentially supply gas to greater Sydney by 2025. Receive daily email Continue Reading
Could Australia, one of the world’s biggest exporters of coal and natural gas, become a solar superpower? The island continent, distant from Asia’s megacities, plans to capture the plentiful Outback sun, Continue Reading
Australia has shipped vast quantities of coal and gas to fuel Asia’s rapid growth for decades. But amid global concerns over climate change, investors and a previously skeptical conservative government Continue Reading
A key battle over the future of fossil fuels and climate change will soon be decided in a sleepy corner of Australia. After a decade-long struggle pitting a mix of farmers, Continue Reading
Even the world’s top coal exporter is struggling to make money from burning the fuel. Australia’s coal power plants, which make up more than half of the nation’s generation mix, Continue Reading
To indigenous Australians Isabel and George Coe, the hills near a 280-foot-tall dam here are part of a sacred landscape that is dotted with burials and ceremonial sites. Now, new Continue Reading
China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beijing’s latest attempt to punish the country for advocating Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell ( RDSa.L ) is considering raising more than $2 billion from the sale of a stake in the common facilities at its Queensland Curtis LNG plant in Continue Reading
The early afternoon sun was pounding the parched soil, and Gus Whyte was pulling on his dust-caked cowboy boots to take me for a drive. We’d just finished lunch—cured ham, Continue Reading
As well as being a world-class LNG exporter , Australia may soon become a major exporter of renewable energy. Engineers are now looking to connect Singapore with Darwin, using a Continue Reading
