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Legal expert warns WA will be next after ‘nanny state’ High Court decision over scope-three emissions
9+ hour, 27+ min ago (485+ words) ‘Nanny state’ warning over High Court’s emissions decision The West Australian...
ASX Runners of the Week: Alvo, Pioneer Minerals & Dalaroo
10+ hour, 57+ min ago (1290+ words) And that is precisely the problem. Australia is already making life difficult for our last industry in which it holds a genuine global competitive advantage, despite its enormous contribution to export earnings, investment, regional jobs and government royalties. The stupidity…...
Hot Chili hits more shallow copper-gold paydirt in Chile
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (242+ words) Hot Chili has continued to expand its La Verde copper-gold porphyry discovery in coastal Chile, with a fresh batch of drill results confirming broad zones of shallow mineralisation just 30 kilometres south of its planned processing hub at the giant Costa…...
Angus Taylor urges Anthony Albanese to intervene over Hunter Valley mine ruling
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (393+ words) Anthony Albanese is being urged to intervene after the High Court found NSW authorities had failed to account for the overseas impact of a mine expansion. Anthony Albanese is being urged to introduce âoverriding legislationâ after a High Court…...
Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen refuses to be drawn on landmark scope three emissions ruling
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (350+ words) Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has refused to be drawn on the ramifications of a landmark court ruling that has ignited fears about the future of new fossil fuel projects in Australia. Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has refused to…...
Talks on iron ore price with China Mineral Resources Group hit sales at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (320+ words) Fortescue’s ongoing talks with an increasingly powerful state-backed buyer of iron ore in China are cutting into the Andrew Forrest-controlled miner’s sales. Fortescueâs ongoing talks with an increasingly powerful state-backed buyer of iron ore in China are cutting into…...
Heavy rain hasn’t dampened gold plant conversion work at Maritana Minerals’ Black Swan project
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (396+ words) Heavy rain has created a pond where the CIL tanks need to go but that’s all part of the challenge as Maritana Minerals charges on with converting the Black Swan nickel plant into a gold processing facility Heavy rain has…...
Gold Fields’ Northern Star bid will need to be topped up to be successful, says former boss Raleigh Finlayson
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (329+ words) Miner’s former boss says Northern Star’s South African suitor will need to stump up more cash if it’s any chance of successfully taking over the besieged goldie. Raleigh Finlayson, a former managing director of Northern Star, reckons South Africaâs…...
Rich Côte d’Ivoire gold strike sends Dalaroo soaring
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (652+ words) Dalaroo Metals has come out punching in West Africa, jagging what looks to be a spectacular new gold discovery with only the second hole of its maiden drilling campaign at the Bondoukou Gold Ridge project in Côte d’Ivoire. The standout…...
MACH Energy loses High Court bid over Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion in NSW after landmark climate challenge
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (306+ words) Australia’s highest court has upheld a first-of-its-kind climate change challenge in a landmark ruling that could have far-reaching consequences for future fossil fuel projects around the country. The High Court’s decision on Wednesday found planning authorities are required to take…...