Energy & Natural Resources

Whitehaven Coal has won a court's imprimatur for leases to mine coal at its Winchester South site, despite the court's finding that emissions from the project near Moranbah, Queensland would be "extraordinary".

Liquidators for the Tahmoor coal mine in NSW have told a judge they fear confidential information could be misused if law firm Norton Rose Fulbright continues to act for two companies linked to steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta. 

The government will not appeal a ruling that 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 chemical engineer who helped develop patented technology to prevent pollution from fracking operations has failed in his bid to be bought out by the company for $1.43 million, with a judge rejecting his claims of shareholder oppression.

Generation Steel has signed a power purchase agreement with BHP to power its proposed new steel mill in Collie, Western Australia.

Potentia Capital has failed in defence of its trade mark against a challenge by an Enel Green Power subsidiary, which has won a bid to restrict the brand name to Potentia's private equity business.

The former administrators of Callide Power Station are locked in a dispute with IG Power over their remuneration, with a court hearing that only very minor concessions had been made to close a $1.5 million gap between them.

AkzoNobel is back in court after trial concluded in proceedings over the protective coating used on the Ichthys LNG project, claiming Japanese oil company Inpex's bid to have a double discount issues determined by the court could increase any damages owed by $1 billion. 

Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison has lost his bid to strike out an unfair dismissal claim by a former in-house lawyer for the company, who told the court Ellison said “just get rid of her” in a 2024 meeting.

Renewables developer Octopus Australia has reportedly agreed to put down $2 billion to acquire the Golden Plains wind farm near Geelong, one of the southern hemisphere’s largest wind projects.