Mining & Energy
Dividend from mysterious duo
12:00AMPAUL GARVEYOne of the country’s most unusual and mysterious corporate plays will finally part with some of its cash hoard.
AMP piles on pressure at BHP
12:00AMMatt ChambersAMP Capital has called for an independent review of Elliott Management’s plan to dissolve BHP’s dual-listed structure.
We shouldn’t need Finkel plan
12:00AMAlan Kohler‘We need a plan,’ says the Finkel Review. Good idea — but it really shouldn’t have been needed at all.
Gold minnows’ turmoil on ETF changes
12:00AMPAUL GARVEYIt has been called the greatest wealth destruction event in index history and a ‘scandal of the highest order’.
Norway’s Statoil goes it alone
12:00AMMatt ChambersNorway’s national oil company plans to use its reputation as a safe driller in rough seas to succeed where BP did not.
We need sanity in energy mix
TONY SHEPHERD, NICK CATERIt is time to restore sanity to the energy market.
Finkel review ‘a game changer’
ANDREW WHITE, MATT CHAMBERSBusiness has backed the Finkel report, calling it “the last best hope” for a cleaner, secure, reliable energy future.
Powering up, a battery at a time
ANDREW WHITEGeoff Perkins is not in a panic about the next power outage or blackout in South Australia.
Libs promise power bill relief
DAVID CROWEHouseholds stand to gain “hundreds of dollars” in lower energy bills from a dramatic shift to a new scheme.
Finkel sounds alarm on power
DAVID URENVictoria and South Australia are at risk of blackouts because of the closure of the Hazelwood power station.
No light in sight for customers
SID MAHERIt will get worse before it gets better for electricity consumers who face more sharp price hikes despite a review.
Who dares wins on CET’s stare
DAVID CROWEConsumers are being promised a wonderful gift from a new clean energy target, but it comes at a heavy political cost.
Households win in energy review
David CroweAlan Finkel recommends a Clean Energy Target and calls on the government to launch the scheme to spur new power investment.
Bight drilling plans revived
Matt ChambersNorway’s Statoil has revived BP’s controversial, abandoned plans to seek oil in the Great Australian Bight.
True renewables cost to shock
Robert GottliebsenAlan Finkel will force Australia to calculate the real cost of renewables and the nation will learn it has been misled.
Surfers riding next renewables
PAIGE TAYLORSurfers in south-western Australia are watching their community take the next step in renewable energy.
Give Adani cash, but fund WA too
Paul GarveyThe WA government has broken ranks with its Queensland counterpart over taxpayer funding for the Adani coal mine.
Woodside battle to operate field
Matt ChambersFAR Ltd has objected to moves by Woodside Petroleum to operate an offshore field in Senegal it bought into last year.
More too poor to pay power bill
Matt ChambersEnergyAustralia has boosted relief funding for customers unable to pay their power bills.
Prices ignite gas export powers
Matt ChambersCanberra’s controversial east coast gas export restrictions will be triggered if domestic gas prices rise too high.
Qld may face LNG shortfall
Matt ChambersConcerns are growing over whether Queensland’s coal seam gas fields can supply 20-year LNG export contracts.
Coal clash a threat to Turnbull
DAVID CROWEA clash over coal power threatens to wreck Malcolm Turnbull’s energy reforms.
Critic seeks BHP board overhaul
Robb M StewartAn activist investor backing sweeping changes at BHP is sounding out candidates for a board shake-up.
Woodside fears Senegal delays
Robb M StewartWoodside warns a dispute with a partner in a Senegal joint venture could delay a start to oilfield production.
Santos target of gas crackdown
Matt ChambersThe Gladstone LNG project remains in the sights of federal plans to curb gas exports to protect domestic supplies.
How BHP shareholders could lose
Robert GottliebsenElliott’s plan for BHP seems to aim at taking value away from Australians and giving it to overseas shareholders.
Steel giant backs energy plan
SIMON BENSONSteel giant BlueScope has controversially backed a clean energy target for the electricity sector.
Thai firm’s oil plan rejected
PAUL GARVEYThe federal regulator has rejected plans for a new well at Montara, the site of one of Australia’s worst oil disasters.
New tax bill for Chevron
Matt ChambersUS oil major Chevron has been hit with a new tax bill over tax-deductible interest on inter-company loans.
Bar higher for wind, solar farms
DAVID CROWEWind and solar farms will be forced to meet tougher standards to guarantee reliable energy.
