2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (442+ words) The NSW government has declared it will no longer consider new "greenfield" coal mines in a new policy that leaves the door open for the expansion of the Metropolitan mine near Helensburgh. The new Coal Industry 2026-2050 statement aims to deliver…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (534+ words) Australia needs to adopt more business-friendly policies if it wants to compete for global investment capital, according to the incoming boss of the world's biggest miner. Brandon Craig, who was named on Wednesday as Mike Henry's replacement as chief executive…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago  (854+ words) Ava Ferguson-Leighton and Sarah Pawson are journalism students from UOW who wrote this story as part of their feature writing class. On the edge of Port Kembla, a maze of steel pipes and blast furnaces rise against the skyline. For…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (537+ words) One of Australia's biggest iron-ore players has turned its interim earnings into a dividend machine for investors after hitting a speed bump in its plan to become a global green hydrogen force. But Fortescue still has its eyes on cutting…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (315+ words) The pay packets of two Illawarra and South Coast council CEOs are bigger than that of NSW Premier Chris Minns, according to annual reports that detail local government spending. Wollongong City Council CEO Greg Doyle was paid $510,239 in the last…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (284+ words) BlueScope will pocket $76 million from the sale of land it owns at West Dapto. And the steelmaker is likely to make even more money from the provision of building materials to construct the homes The steelmaker has sold 33 hectares of…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (540+ words) Australia has a unique opportunity to trade its dirty coal and gas industry for cleaner green iron market and make four times the revenue from its export by 2060, a study suggests. But there are hurdles to producing green iron in…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago  (753+ words) The owner of the Helensburgh mine must pay fines and costs of more than $500,000 for polluting waterways flowing into the Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area. Justice John Robson handed down fines totalling $196,560 in the Land and Environment…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago  (328+ words) The company behind the Helensburgh coal mine has locked miners out for more than a week as an industrial dispute escalates. This week, Mining and Energy Union members at the Peabody Energy-owned Metropolitan Mine took one-hour shift stoppages in response…...