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BHP worries about class action rewriting case after misinterpreting report
Class Actions 2025-07-25 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

BHP has pushed back on reply submissions in a shareholder class action which the energy company says mistakenly interpret an internal report as putting the risk of collapse of BHP’s wastewater dam in Brazil at 25 to 50 per cent. 

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Quintis class action says disclosure-linked share price drop ‘common sense’
Appeals 2025-07-25 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The judge who tossed a class action by Quintis’ shareholders should have found a restatement of assets would have materially affected the sandalwood company’s share price “as a matter of common sense”, a court has been told.

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BP set to exit Australian Renewable Energy Hub
Construction 2025-07-24 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

BP is reportedly set to exit one of the world’s largest renewable energy projects, located in the Pilbara, as part of a shift in strategy.

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Activists win challenge to MACH’s Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion
Environment 2025-07-24 11:52 pm By Andy Sidler

The NSW Independent Planning Commission failed to consider the local impact of climate change when approving the expansion and extension of MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine, an appeals court has ruled.

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ARENA pledges $44.9M for Calix green steel plant
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-24 11:49 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has committed $44.9 million to support Calix’s development of a green steel demonstration plant using its Zero Emissions Steel Technology.

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In fight over $1B gold mine, Aboriginal group worries Regis could ‘police’ conduct
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-23 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An Aboriginal corporation joined to Regis Resources’ fight against a decision related to its McPhillamys gold mine wants a costs capping order, concerned the mining company could otherwise “police” its conduct in the case.

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Appeal challenges WA EPA approval for Hemi gold project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-23 11:45 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Northern Star’s $1.3 billion Hemi gold project in the Pilbara is facing a challenge to the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority’s decision to green light the project.

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Court stays exec’s $8.5M suit against collapsed WA solar farm
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-23 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has permanently stayed a case by a founding director of solar developer Sun Bred, saying that if the company was forced to defend the suit, there would be less than $71,000 left to meet the exec’s $8.5 million claim. 

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DP Energy to develop wind farm in north-western Qld
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-22 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Irish renewable energy developer DP Energy has announced plans to develop a 1,400 WM wind farm in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, citing the project site’s “optimal wind speeds” and distance from dwellings.

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Sanjeev Gupta companies ordered to lodge missing annual reports
ASIC 2025-07-21 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Companies in the steel empire of billionaire Sanjeev Gupta have been ordered to lodge outstanding annual financial reports after the corporate regulator brought court action.

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