BHP drives the next big shift in Australian coal
Two weeks ago BHP rolled a dump truck driving simulator into a recruitment office and sparked a new round of change in the coal sector.
Two weeks ago BHP rolled a dump truck driving simulator into a recruitment office and sparked a new round of change in the coal sector.
Measured against every other electricity source, high efficiency coal power plants are cheap, reliable and will cut emissions
Advocacy from the PM of technologies that capture and store carbon dioxide emissions were both surprising and welcome for Grant Page.
The Australian Energy Market Operator doesn't expect any new coal plant to be built here.
The politics of energy in Japan means ultra-supercritical coal-fired plants will have little problem attracting finance.
A judge has rejected that Nathan Tinkler is a "flight risk" but warned if he fails to return to Australia he will "almost certainly" be subject to an arrest warrant.
Rio Tinto Group has received approaches for its Queensland mines, including a potential sale.
The power industry lobby said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was barking up the wrong tree with his "clean coal" push
Energy companies gave Malcolm Turnbull's call for Australia to embrace new clean coal power plants the cold shoulder, and experts said the Prime Minister was "tilting at windmills".
Demand for oil and coal is set to peak potentially as early as 2020, leaving some big resources companies with stranded assets.
Australia is in for a slew of energy megadeals in 2017 after a record year for energy market mergers and acquisitions in 2016.
Major coal companies have succeeded in removing the industry's unlimited entitlement to redundancy benefits.
The on-again, off-again sale of Anglo American's Queensland coal mines looks all but over – and there's not going to be a deal.
Thermal coal is expected to trade in a roughly $US70-80 a tonne range this year, analysts and traders say.
The fact Rio Tinto shareholders need to formally approve the Yancoal sale highlights the complexity of the deal.
Barnaby Joyce has given conditional backing to Rio Tinto's decision to sell coal mining assets to Chinese controlled miner Yancoal.
Rio Tinto's long and surprisingly remunerative retirement from the thermal coal sector is all but complete.
Analyst expectations for a strong first half dividend from South32 are mounting after robust prices balanced patchy production in the December quarter.
Wesfarmers will decide within months whether to sell its $2 billion resources business after upgrading first-half profit guidance.
Coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle hit a record in December, underlining the resilience of the oldest fossil fuel.
The Fair Work Commission has reaffirmed Anglo's right to pursue aggressive redundancy plans at German Creek in Queensland.
In an effort to limit air pollution and halt wasteful construction, China has suspended construction of 85 coal-fired power stations
Auditors for the CFMEU's Qld coal division are worried about over $720,000 in credit card spending. They should be.
Peabody Energy announced that a group of banks, including Macquarie affiliates, has pledged a combined $2b in loans to help it exit bankruptcy.
Chief Scientist Alan Finkel is looking at caps on the take-up of intermittent wind and solar power in the states.
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