Energy & Natural Resources

A judge has refused to make an injunction sought by ASIC against Ryzon Materials, finding the regulator is not entitled to constrain a "hypothetical" transaction while it awaits judgment in its case over the company's battery plant representations. 

Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have sought to declass a group proceeding over waste from the Wittenoom asbestos mines, after the WA government argued claims predating the Federal Court’s class action regime were barred.

In reasons for siding with a Regis Resources unit, a judge has found former environment minister Tanya Plibersek lacked authority to declare part of the McPhillamys gold mine heritage protected after she received new information about a "central and material" Dreaming story. 

A judge has refused an activist group’s bid for documents that it says were constructively before the former Western Australia environment minister when he approved a 40-year extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf. 

Chevron has defended the offshore petroleum regulator's approval of activities related to its Gorgon gas development, saying its environmental plan contained an "extensive" assessment of greenhouse gas emissions. 

Fortescue and its joint venture partners on the Iron Bridge iron ore project in Western Australia have sued two companies that allegedly supplied defective pipeline for the project.

In the first greenwashing class action filed in Australia, gas giant AGL is accused of misleading customers who paid more for products spruiked as 'carbon neutral'.

A judge has held that the former environment minister's finding that part of the McPhillamy's gold mine was heritage protected was invalid. 

After building data centres in Canada and the US, Australian developer IREN has unveiled plans to build a data centre near Wagga Wagga. 

The state of Western Australia has awarded Spanish infrastructure company Acciona a contract to build a new transmission terminal south of Darkan, which will connect new renewable energy developments to existing power grids.