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Fortescue, Element Zero come to blows over discovery again, raising judge’s ire
Intellectual Property 2025-09-10 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed frustration over the fourth discovery fight this year in Fortescue’s trade secrets case against Element Zero, as the green iron startup claims its bigger rival is trying to drag out the litigation.

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BHP settles shareholder class action over Brazil dam collapse for $110M
Securities 2025-09-09 10:49 am By Cindy Cameronne

A shareholder class action over BHP’s disclosures about a Brazilian dam that collapsed 10 years ago has settled for $110 million on the eve of trial, one of a handful of class actions to settle for over $100 million. 

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Mitsui sues Kipper gas field partners Esso, Woodside over $300M tax bill
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-08 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Japan-based Mitsui has sued Esso Australia and Woodside Energy, its partners in the Kipper gas field in the Bass Strait, disputing their claims that it owes $298 million in taxes and alleging it overpaid fees to the tune of $20.3 million. 

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High Court won’t hear wind farm’s $21M payments spat with GE, Elecnor
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-04 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected a South Australian wind farm’s special leave application seeking to overturn a ruling ordering it to make a $21 million progress payment to joint venture partners GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor.

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High Court won’t hear challenge to security interest over power plant
Construction 2025-09-04 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined collapsed gold mine owner Kirkalocka’s special leave bid seeking to challenge a finding that mining contractor Zenith had a security interest over a power plant in Western Australia 

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OneSteel’s administrators win case over Whyalla port infrastructure
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2025-09-03 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

A GFG subsidiary has lost its cross-claim in a battle with OneSteel’s administrators over infrastructure assets at South Australia’s Whyalla port, which is used to export the state’s iron ore.

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Government pledges $3.8B for Marinus Link project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-03 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

In its largest ever investment, the federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has pledged $2.8 billion for the Marinus Link project to build a second underwater cable between Victoria and Tasmania.

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NRW acquires Fredon Industries in $200M takeover deal
Construction 2025-09-02 11:28 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Perth-based construction and mining contractor NRW Holdings will acquire engineering company Fredon Industries in a $200 million takeover bid.

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Conditions for Ark Energy’s Tassie wind farm tweaked after activists’ challenge
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-02 11:21 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Tasmanian community group has lost its appeal against a decision by a local council to grant a permit for Ark Energy’s proposed St Patricks Plains Wind Farm, but a tribunal has ordered the wind farm to tweak its plans.

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Judge won’t transfer dispute over ‘defective’ mining equipment
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-02 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a “finely balanced” application to transfer a court fight between Waratah Engineering and Wollongong Resources over mining equipment contracts to New South Wales.

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