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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (left) is seen at the Premiers annual 100 plus club luncheon at Queensland Parliament House during the Queensland Election campaign on Friday, November 3, 2017. Premier Palaszczuk is campaigning in Brisbane after spending the first six days of the campaign touring North and Central Queensland.(AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVINGSARAH ELKS, SEAN PARNELL

Annastacia Palaszczuk may have torpedoed the Adani mine but her shock veto move raises more questions than it answers.

    Fortescue faces 70pc value hit

    An excavator loads ore into an autonomous dump truck at Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.'s Solomon Hub mining operations in the Pilbara region, Australia, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Shares in Fortescue, the world's No. 4 iron ore exporter, have almost trebled in 2016 as iron ore recovered, and the company cut costs and repaid debt. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/BloombergPAUL GARVEY

    Fortescue could be worth 70pc less if the current deep discounts for its ore persist, Credit Suisse says.

      Mustang investors take a hit

      Mustang Resources' rubies from its Montepuez mine in MozambiquePAUL GARVEY

      The Australian Securities Exchange says it will not reverse recent trades in Mustang Resources.

        Rinehart freezes $570m dividends

        Gine Rinehart ships the first load of iron ore from $10 billion Roy HillMatt Chambers

        Gina Rinehart has frozen more than $570m of dividends from her company Hancock Prospecting.

          Electric car to ‘lift copper demand’

          The electric car recharging sign, as a new TX Cab London taxi is parked at a charging station during a media opportunity at a Shell petrol station on Holloway road, in London, Wednesday Oct. 18, 2017, 2017. Only days after Shell agreed to buy electric vehicle charging firm NewMotion, Shell are opening three charging stations Wednesday with more expected by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)Matt Chambers

          BHP Billiton says electric car production could boost global copper demand by half in the next 18 years,.

            Clean energy fund spending big

            FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo the morning sky is colorful illuminated behind wind turbines near Jacobsdorf, Germany. An U.N.’s environment report Tuesday Oct. 31, 2017 says countries and industries need to do more to meet targets to trim emissions of greenhouse gases that experts say are contributing to global warming. In its latest “Emissions Gap” report issued ahead of an important climate conference in Germany next week, UNEP takes aim at coal-fired electricity plants being built in developing economies and says investment in renewable energies will pay for itself _ and even make money _ over the long term. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP, file)ANDREW WHITE

            The federal government’s green investment fund almost doubled its investments in 2016-17.

              Row halts $570m dividend

              PIC SPREAD: Opening of new rowing training centreMatt Chambers

              Iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart has frozen more than $570m of dividends from her company Hancock Prospecting.

                Guarantee may curb power price

                FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, a wind turbine overlooks the coal-fired power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. A U.N.’s environment report Tuesday Oct. 31, 2017 says countries and industries need to do more to meet targets to trim emissions of greenhouse gases that experts say are contributing to global warming. In its latest “Emissions Gap” report issued ahead of an important climate conference in Germany next week, UNEP takes aim at coal-fired electricity plants being built in developing economies and says investment in renewable energies will pay for itself _ and even make money _ over the long term. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)ANDREW WHITE

                Pressure on retailers to meet the National Energy Guarantee should help lower electricity prices, says KPMG.

                  Cars to fuel copper boom: BHP

                  Molten copper is poured into molds at the Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co. Ltd. smelter in Tongling, China, on Saturday, March 29, 2008. BHP Billiton Ltd. is considering partnering with Chinese miners to seek and invest in mineral ore mines overseas to meet increasing demand for raw materials. Photographer: Natalie Behring/Bloomberg NewsMatt Chambers

                  BHP has said that electric car production could boost global demand for copper by half in the next 18 years.

                    Kidman chairman to retire

                    Operations at the Talison Lithium MineSamantha Woodhill

                    Brad Evans has been appointed interim chairman as the company hunts for a replacement.

                      Chinese see ore price holding

                      Iron ore being loaded at a port in east China's Shandong province in 2015. PHOTO: STR/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGESMatt Chambers

                      Iron ore’s slide on the back of Chinese pollution controls has not worsened the price view of China’s miners.

                        Oil Search moves into Alaska

                        Peter BottenPAUL GARVEY

                        Oil Search chief executive Peter Botten believes the company will offer a growth profile unmatched by its peers.

                          Nuke ban at UN riles miners

                          This general view shows the chimmneys of the nuclear power plant at Cattenom in eastern France on October 17, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGENPAUL GARVEY

                          The Minerals Council of Australia has slammed the UN for blocking the nuclear ­industry from a clean energy forum.

                            Oil Search in big Alaska oil buy

                            Supplied Editorial Fwd: Peter Botten picsRobb M. Stewart

                            Oil Search has struck a deal to spend $US400m on interests in what may be one of the largest US oil finds in decades.

                              Alinta set for Loy Yang B victory

                              Loy Yang A and B coal powered, steam driven, power stations in the Latrobe Valley, Gippsland, Victoria.Bridget Carter

                              Speculation is mounting that Alinta Energy has ousted China Resources in the competition for the power station.

                                New Vintage eyes Galilee gas

                                Beach AGMMatt Chambers

                                Beach Energy alumni Reg Nelson and Neil Gibbins’s Vintage Energy has inked a $8.5m deal to tap into Galilee Basin gas.

                                  BP earnings rise on cost cuts

                                  (FILES) A file picture taken on February 24, 2014 shows a section of the BP ETAP (Eastern Trough Area Project) oil platform in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland. British energy major BP on October 31, 2017 logged a modest increase in third-quarter net profit, energised by a recovery in the global price of oil. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Andy BUCHANAN

                                  BP’s third quarter net earnings rose as the energy company cut costs and increased production to adjust to lower oil prices.

                                    Gupta powers on with expansion

                                    Sanjeev GuptaMatt Chambers

                                    Sanjeev Gupta says Australia has the highest electricity costs in the world, but sees that as ‘an opportunity’.

                                      FMG taps into electric car boom

                                      Sanjeev GuptaMatt Chambers

                                      Fortescue says it will drill for lithium, as the demand for the battery mineral rises to run electric cars.

                                        Roy Hill plans driverless trucks

                                        An undated handout photo released by Rio Tinto on August 20, 2009 shows a line of Komatsu 930E driverless trucks parked up on the Rio Tinto West Angelas mine in West Australia's eastern Pilbara. Rio Tinto is due to release its half-year results in a webcast on August 20. AFP PHOTO / RIO TINTOMatt Chambers

                                        Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine in WA plans to start using driverless mining trucks in the second half of next year.

                                          Wheatstone ships first LNG

                                          Supplied EditorialPaul Garvey

                                          The first shipment of liquefied natural gas has left the Chevron-led Wheatstone LNG project in WA bound for Japan.

                                            Robots for Rinehart’s Roy Hill

                                            Supplied pix. Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill mine in the Pilbara ships its first iron oreMatt Chambers

                                            Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill iron ore mine plans to role out driverless mining trucks in 2018, as it eyes upping capacity.

                                              Court extends Samarco deadline

                                              (FILES) This file photo taken on November 6, 2015 shows a general view where a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues near Mariana in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Shares in Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton plummeted seven percent in Sydney on May 4, 2016, after it revealed Brazil has filed a 43 billion USD lawsuit against it and co-owner Vale over the Samarco mine disaster. A dam at the mine they co-own broke on November 5 last year, spewing a deadly wall of mud and water that swamped a village, killed at least 17 and polluted a huge swath of river basin. / AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMONSamantha Woodhill

                                              A Brazilian court has extended the deadline for BHP Billiton and Vale to negotiate a settlement over the Samarco dam disaster.

                                                FMG to drill for WA lithium

                                                FortescueMatt Chambers

                                                In a change of tack for FMG, chief Nev Power says the miner is about to start drilling for big lithium deposits in WA.

                                                  Oil price boosts Beach revenue

                                                  Beach EnergySamantha Woodhill

                                                  Beach booked a jump in sales revenue in the September quarter, as oil prices surged.

                                                    Emeco buys Force Equipment

                                                    EMECO Holdings managing director Laurie Freedman 20 Jul 2006. p/Bridget Carter

                                                    The mining services provider will raise $69.8m to fund the purchase.

                                                      Oz has ‘highest power costs’

                                                      Sanjeev GuptaMatt Chambers

                                                      British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta warns ‘out of control’ energy prices are threatening industry.

                                                        APLNG ramp-up buoys Origin

                                                        Supplied undated image obtained Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 of Origin Energy's Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas facility at Curtis Island in north Queensland. Origin has shipped the first cargo from the second of its two production trains at the liquefied natural gas facility, having already exported 47 cargoes from Curtis Island since the first of the facility's 4.5 million tonnes per annum trains began in January. (AAP Image/Origin Energy) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLYRobb M. Stewart

                                                        Origin Energy’s first-quarter sales revenue jumped on a year earlier, as production from the APLNG project picked up.

                                                          UN energy forum shuns nuclear

                                                          Nuclear reactor. iStockphotoPAUL GARVEY

                                                          The UN has blocked the nuclear industry from participating in an international forum on clean energy.

                                                            WA puts GST caveat on pipeline

                                                            WYATTPAUL GARVEY

                                                            Western Australia is considering using a proposed gas pipeline to the east as leverage for greater GST share.

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