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Santos wins final approval for $5.6B Barossa gas project
Article 2025-04-22 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Santos has secured final approval from the offshore energy regulator for its undersea Barossa gas field, dubbed by an environmental group as a “climate bomb”.

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BHP, ACCIONA Energía to explore pumped hydro facility at Mt Arthur site
BHP 2025-04-22 1:29 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Mining giant BHP and ACCIONA Energía will investigate if the site of NSW’s largest thermal mine is capable of conversion into a pumped hydro energy storage facility.

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ASIC takes Wiluna Mining to court over $57M capital raising announcement
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-14 11:52 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The corporate regulator has brought enforcement action against Wiluna Mining, accusing the gold mining operation of misleading conduct over a capital raising a month before it went under.

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Court’s finding that EnergyAustralia ‘in the construction industry’ could affect energy, rail, telco
Construction 2025-04-15 11:14 pm By Andy Sidler

A court’s finding that EnergyAustralia is on the hook for portable long service leave for maintenance workers at its Yallourn power station because its “significant’ maintenance activities mean it’s ‘in the construction industry’ could affect energy, rail and telecommunications firms.

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Cobalt Blue, Iwatani sign deal for Australia’s first cobalt refinery
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-11 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Cobalt Blue and Japanese conglomerate Iwatani have signed a deal to develop Australia’s first cobalt refinery to help meet a supply shortage of the critical mineral, used in lithium ion batteries, caused by the growing demand for electric cars.

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Queensland to review renewable energy targets
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-09 11:27 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Queensland government has vowed to review legislation that set out the state’s renewable energy targets and has pledged to keep coal power plants running beyond 2035.

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KordaMentha sues to wrest control of Whyalla port from Sanjeev Gupta
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-04-08 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

KordaMentha has filed a lawsuit to force Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance to turn over the port at OneSteel’s Whyalla plant in South Australia, arguing the court should doubt a GFG unit’s claims to a lease for the port.

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AkzoNobel waived privilege over document audit log in suit over Ichthys LNG: court
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-08 3:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Paint maker AkzoNobel must produce a document history log that includes embedded comments from its lawyers at Clayton Utz, in a dispute over alleged defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.

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Aspen Group pays $32M for Albemarle site in Australind, WA
Construction 2025-04-08 4:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Affordable housing developer Aspen Group has entered into a conditional contract with lithium giant Albemarle Corporation to buy a 18 hectare accommodation complex in Australind, Western Australia.

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HopgoodGanim bolsters energy transition offering with new partner
Business of Law 2025-04-08 11:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

HopgoodGanim has snagged a partner from HFW with in-depth experience in renewables to support the firm’s clients in the transition to net zero.

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