Energy & Natural Resources

Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have filed a class action to force the removal of dumped asbestos waste, some 60 years after the Wittenoom asbestos mines closed and the town was struck from the map.

Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have filed a class action to force the removal of dumped asbestos waste, some 60 years after the Wittenoom asbestos mines closed and the town was struck from the map.

A judge has ordered oil company Lighthouse to pay further security for costs in its $600 million case against the government of East Timor, a "hard fought contest" he said was unlikely to resolve ahead of trial.

A court has ruled that Canadian investor Franco-Nevada is entitled to mining royalty payments agreed to with a unit of mining company Arrium before its collapse, despite the company's failure to lodge a proof of debt. 

A judge has thrown out a class action led by the father of famed mining investor Nathan Tinkler over claims ASX-listed Whitehaven Coal failed to fulfil an implied term of a $150 million share subscription. 

Alcoa has been hit with a $55 million fine for clearing land in Western Australia's Northern Jarrah Forest without seeking approval, but environmental groups say the penalty is a slap on the wrist for the US mining giant.

A judge has found that an ICC arbitration brought by Downer against Squadron Energy and a fellow contractor on the Murra Warra wind farm in Victoria was not validly commenced, upholding a hybrid arbitration clause in their agreement.

Corporates, regulators and lawyers alike will be poring over the Federal Court's reasons on Monday for dismissing a pivotal greenwashing case against gas giant Santos, but experts say the 250-page judgment is unlikely to deter further litigation.

IG Energy’s former subsidiary has made a claim on a $3.5 million surplus from the administration of IG’s interest in the Callide Power Station in Queensland. 

A judge has given the administrator for billionaire Sanjeev Gupta's Tahmoor Coal two more weeks to prove that creditors would be better off under a sale process than a liquidation.