Energy & Natural Resources

GFG unit Whyalla Ports has won its bid to rub out some expert evidence put forward by OneSteel about the costs of dismantling and removing assets from the site in their dispute over control of the assets at the South Australian port.

Port of Newcastle has failed in its bid for declarations following its defeat of of Glencore Coal's case over wharfage fees, despite arguing further disputes could be avoided. 

On the first day of trial, a court has heard a class action over alleged negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system is a “world away” from a climate change class action that recently failed at trial. 

Gold exploration company Zuleika Gold has to produce a draft technical report to Vango Mining as it seeks "significant damages' over a repudiated joint venture agreement, with a judge finding an affidavit from its solicitor put the report squarely in issue. 

Energy giant Santos has won a dispute over its Gladstone LNG project, described by a court as "litigation on a monumental scale", securing a $692 million judgment against engineering firm Fluor with the help of four silks.

The administrators of the Dartbrook coal mine in the New South Wales' Hunter Valley have won six more months before holding a second creditors meeting, with a judge convinced a pending approval to extend the mine’s life until 2033 could make or break a sale.

A construction company working on accommodation for Rio Tinto FIFO workers has won its bid to set aside a $1 million creditor’s demand by a subcontractor, with a judge finding the demand was an abuse of process. 

The federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund has taken a $50 million stake in Gina Rinehart-backed lithium miner Liontown Resources.

Acciona's bid to acquire the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy project in Western Australia is facing more uncertainty after the ACCC said it had paused its review of the proposal. 

The High Court has upheld a decision that found Helensburgh Coal should have tried to redeploy 22 workers it dismissed as redundant and replaced with contractors.