Energy & Natural Resources

Chevron Australia and its joint venture partners behind the Gorgon LNG project off the northwest coast of Western Australia have made a final investment decision to begin the third stage of development.

A judge has approved a $110 million settlement in a class action against BHP over the collapse of a tailings dam, and has OK'd fees and commission reducing the sum by 50 per cent, despite concerns the costs were excessive.

The High Court is set to weigh in on whether climate impacts were a mandatory consideration in a decision to allow the expansion of Mach Energy's Mount Pleasant coal mine.

Delta Power & Energy, the owner of the Vales Point coal-fired power station in NSW, will defend ASIC proceedings accusing it of manipulating the market for electricity futures contracts by arguing that it acted honestly. 

Grand Ridge Plantations has lost an appeal seeking to halve the official valuation of its Gippsland timber forest, with a court finding that the trees on the land must be included in its assessed value.

Energy infrastructure firm APA Group has signed an agreement with CS Energy to jointly develop a 400 megawatt gas power station in southern Queensland.

Renewable energy company Ampyr has signed a $300 million battery storage deal with Denmark-based energy trading company InCommodities.

The operator of the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme has secured new partnerships with a South Australian wind farm and a Victorian battery storage facility.

Landmark federal environmental law reforms that will up penalties for environmental breaches and fast-track approvals for renewable energy projects are set to pass the Senate.

An appeals court has confirmed that mining companies AngloGold and IGO Limited did not need to renegotiate native title approvals when they consolidated 31 existing mining leases into a single lease.