Boiling Cold

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.

21/08/2025

The US giant pretends Labor's policies are thwarting the expansion of its Gorgon and Wheatstone gas plants, which it does not plan to do anyway, to gain leverage with governments.

19/08/2025

Alcoa’s mining has 21 high risk pathways that can contaminate Perth’s water supply, according to an independent expert study done for the US miner.

Exclusive: GHD identified 22 pathways for Alcoa’s mining to contaminate dams inland of Perth

19/08/2025

The US miner has held back findings that it drilled near cockatoo nesting trees and has had its plans for protecting Perth's water supply rejected twice.

12/08/2025

Luck has run out for WA's coral reefs, with most under twice the level of heat stress that can kill coral. Climate change is the cause.

10/08/2025

Australia's most gas-dependent state has flipped from promising cheap abundance to facing expensive shortages in just six years: investors beware.

EnergyQuest sees a scenario where WA's miners, mineral processors and the South West power grid all need more gas at the same time. "That may be a difficult equation for WA to balance."

06/08/2025

Extraction of the critical mineral found in the waste from making alumina from bauxite could curb China's 98 per cent share of global production.