Hancock Prospecting’s recent acquisition of the Lockyer/North Erregulla gas project and itsformation of new exploration ventures marks a signifi cant shift in Western Australia’sonshore energy sector.
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RINEHART’S IRON ORE WINDFALL
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has snared a $2.8bn payday in the latest bumper dividend from her flagship iron ore operations as she warns Australia is at risk of falling behind other mining jurisdictions due to poor policy settings.
Read moreCOOK MUST ADVOCATE FOR WA AGAINST JOB-WRECKING IR REFORM
Grinding conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East show no signs of ending. China’s growth — for so long the driver of WA’s economic success — has slowed. Despite those challenges, the global energy transition continues at pace.
Read moreResources jobs at record high despite battery metals carnage and gold reclaims lithium’s crown
The State Government has touted another year of strong jobs growth in the mining sector, despite the State’s lifeblood industry copping a $16 billion fall in overall mineral and petroleum sales for the year.
Read moreNuclear Incentive Plan OK: O’Brien
Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien says business leader Ryan Stokes is right in suggesting communities earmarked to host nuclear power plants must be offered lucrative incentives.
Read more‘McPhillamys mess can never be repeated’
The boss of a $10 billion gold major has demanded legislative changes to stop a repeat of the now infamous McPhillamys mine snub, or risk tarnishing Australia as a mining destination.
Read moreAtlas Iron defers Ridley investment call as ‘onerous’ approvals slow Gina Rinehart’s foray into magnetite
Hancock Prospecting has deferred part of its plans to tap into the WA magnetite market and delayed a final investment decision on its proposed Ridley mine, pinning the move on approvals uncertainty and water supply.
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Read morePrivate sector funds care economy
Reforms of IR, tax, energy and red and green tape would lift growth.
Read moreSecret business is for the bees
Earlier this week Ms Plibersek cited a mural on a post office in Bathurst as proof of the existence of the blue-banded bee Dreaming story, one of the central reasons she killed the Blayney goldmine proposal, despite evidence from the local land council that the story is not Wiradjuri tradition.
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