This Month
Australian coal in the frontline of China's supply glut
China's coal supply glut, politics and a switch to cleaner energy paint a grim picture for Australian miners, an industry conference in Shanghai has been told.
- Michael Smith
Australia cannot take China's LNG demand for granted
Australia has a lot riding on China's transition from a coal-powered economy to a greater reliance on gas.
- Michael Smith
Wholesale power prices hit record in March quarter
Average wholesale prices in Victorian and South Australia hit record levels in the March quarter thanks to extreme heat.
- Ben Potter
The biggest Saudi Oil field is fading faster than anyone guessed
Now the market finally knows: Ghawar in Saudi Arabia, the world's largest conventional oil field, can produce a lot less than almost anyone believed.
- Javier Blas
Woodside chief says no threat to LNG projects from trade war, Labor
Woodside is upbeat on its West Australian investment plans, saying it can work with either side of politics and navigate trade tensions.
- Michael Smith
Shell criticised for sticking with Australian industry groups
The oil giant announced it would withdraw from oil lobby group American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers citing its support for the Paris climate accord.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Saudi Aramco is world’s most profitable company, beating Apple by far
The earnings of Saudi Arabia's giant oil company have long been a mystery, kept under wraps by the country's government. Not any more.
- Stanley Reed
Labor takes small target path to reach carbon reduction goal
After a decade of policy failure, Australia might have to settle for a reworking of a less than perfect policy to become the centrepiece of climate action.
- Mark Ludlow
Labor's emissions trading scheme
Industry's 250 heaviest polluters will face penalties for breaching emissions caps and 50pc of new cars will be electric by 2030, under Labor's ambitious climate change policy.
- Phillip Coorey
March
Expanded pollution caps to hit 100 more big polluters
The policy puts the next 100 largest emitters in the firing line, and analysis indicates those companies include Qantas and Toll.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
Manufacturers urged to back gas projects to address energy cost
As energy costs continue to squeeze, manufacturers should proactively support new gas supply by collectively backing gas projects at an early stage, says Blue Energy managing director John Phillips.
- Luke Housego
Peter Bond faces more charges
Linc Energy's former underground coal gasification facility in Chinchilla has contaminated soil and groundwater, which could take decades to fix.
- Mark Ludlow
Mining magnates on power plant shortlist
Interests linked with billionaires Andrew Forrest, Sanjeev Gupta and mining magnate Trevor St Baker have been named on a shortlist for government underwriting of new power plants.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
PM concedes to Nats, pledges to consider new coal plant in Qld
Scott Morrison has conceded to Queensland Nationals by agreeing to at least consider coal fired power in the state
- Phillip Coorey
Solar farms need to be 'cyclone proof', insurer warns
Queensland faces up to five cyclones every summer, but the state's large-scale commercial solar farms are not cyclone-proof, according to insurer FM Global.
- Mark Ludlow
How much oil is displaced by electric vehicles? Not much, so far
More than three-quarters of the displacement so far has come from electric buses, according to a new report.
Business wants more detail on Labor's emissions reduction policy
Labor needs to show how it's going to reduce Australia's carbon emissions by 45 per cent by 2030, according to business groups.
- Mark Ludlow
OPEC builds case for keeping supply cuts
In a monthly report, OPEC said 2019 demand for its crude would average 30.46 million barrels per day, less than forecast last month and below current output.