Boiling Cold

24/10/2025

The US miner under fire for its environmental performance in WA sees the gallium plant solidifying the importance of its Wagerup alumina refinery.

21/10/2025

The US Australia critical minerals deal has both governemnts backing an Alcoa gallium plant in WA that will need green tape shredded to start on schedue and long term jarrah forest mining to be viable.

An Alcoa plant to produce gallium in WA's South West will need green tape shredded to start on schedue and long term forest mining to be viable.

26/09/2025

The state-owned utility needs to replace the generation capacity it will lose by closing down all its coal-fired power stations over the next four years.

25/09/2025

After a big splash four years ago and little publicity since, Woodside has teamed up with Japanese partners to promote a smaller, later, and dirtier hydrogen plant.

22/09/2025

The operator of South West WA's power grid needs insolvent Griffin Coal to keep supplying a vital power station, but if the WA Government won't keep it going, who will?

19/09/2025

Woodside's Pluto project is delivering a tiny sliver of gas to WA compared to other exporters, but the Domgas Alliance wants to change that.

16/09/2025

NOPSEMA has ordered Jadestone to urgently address corrosion on its aged Montara Venture oil vessel in the Timor Sea, which "may pose significant safety and environmental risks."

04/09/2025

The US miner's extraction of bauxite near Perth is facing significant public scrutiny for the first time, and many are resisting what is happening to their beloved jarrah forest.

03/09/2025

Andrew Forrest's miner is back to the drawing board to find a new solution that does not disrupt production and can be delivered by 2030.

01/09/2025

The Ad Standards decision has demolished a key plank of the US miner's expensive campaign to win public support for expanded mining in WA.

27/08/2025

Alcoa chief executive Bill Oplinger will look to shore up state government support for his vital WA mining that is facing public scrutiny for the first time.

26/08/2025

No room for the timid: The 2035 emissions target must signal strong ambition on climate action, to drive policy and investment and avoid being seen as unrealistic or too costly.