The State Government has upended years of concern that WA will need a dramatic expansion of the power grid by 2030 in order to switch off coal.
Matt Mckenzie
Mining giant BHP has blamed a State Government’s high taxes on coal sales for its decision to axe 750 jobs.
Tom Richardson
BHP’s bid to stay same job, same pay orders at coal mines in Queensland has been rejected by the Federal Court in a decision that will see some workers win pay rises of up to $30,000 a year.
Simone Grogan
Getting rid of its nickel pain plus record iron ore and copper output has boosted BHP’s profit to $US9 billion ($13.9b), yet shareholder dividends have shrunk to their lowest in eight years.
Adrian Rauso
BHP will be allowed to mine its Mt Arthur coal pits in New South Wales right up until its closure in 2030, and has started studies to potentially build a pumped hydropower project at the disused site.
Good news in the west but bad news in the east for the Big Australian has marked the latest leg of an escalating war with the unions.
Glencore posted a slide in full-year profit as the commodity giant battles slumping prices for key materials and suggested that it’s prepared to cut output to support prices in some markets.
Thomas Biesheuvel
Anglo American’s surging value since fending off a BHP takeover assault is reportedly stopping the Big Australian from having a fourth bite of the cherry.
The deal will apply to about 150 contract workers.
Jessica Page
The head of mining giant BHP has warned Queensland's steep coal royalties are a short-term "sugar hit" that discourages investment in the Sunshine State.
Savannah Meacham
Autonomous technology and virtual reality are gearing up to take over when Collie’s coal-fired power stations power down, with stage two of the WesTrac Technology Training Centre expansion almost complete.
Jailed high-flyer Peter Landau’s swindle set for sequel as Citation receivers chase $2.2 million from insurers.
Neale Prior
The expansion of three coal mine has sparked criticism against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s administration and its effort to check emissions.
Stephen Stapczynski
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited Collie where he has criticised Peter Dutton’s nuclear power proposal, saying it is ‘too late, too expensive and doesn’t provide enough energy for what WA needs’.
Oliver Lane and Katina Curtis
Collie is no longer known as the place to go to dump dead bodies. Even the dirty old mining town tag no longer fits the historic home of the State’s coal industry.
John Flint
Glencore has abandoned plans to spin off its coal unit just nine months after saying it would exit the profitable but polluting business, following discussions with its shareholders.
BHP could be hit with orders to lift the pay packets of 1700 labour hire workers at three of its coal mines by up to $40,000.
Daniel Newell
Griffin Coal’s lead receiver Matthew Donnelly will transition out of the busy role after stepping down from Deloitte.
Sean Smith
A WA Liberal Government would shelve plans to shut down Western Australia’s state-owned coal power stations by 2030, while also building a new 300 megawatt gas generator within five years of winning power.
Joe Spagnolo
Macmahon has offloaded a chunk of its fleet at a coal mine in Queensland, which the mining services contractor flagged is part of its strategy to do more with less.
More than two years after climate negotiators first attempted to consign coal to history, the dirtiest fossil fuel is having a moment.
Bloomberg
Coal contracts are raining down on NRW Holdings in the Sunshine State, as the Jules Pemberton-led mining services business adds $270 million to its orderbook.
South32 is set to book $2.5 billion when it offloads its Illawarra metallurgical coal business in NSW to a joint venture with existing links to Australian coal interests.
A WA Liberal government would consider replacing Collie’s coal-fired power stations with nuclear reactors — but only ‘if the economics stack up’.
Josh Zimmerman
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