Archived News for Energy Sector Professionals
Reports say the first shipment of Australian uranium will arrive in India next year.
Macdonald named in mining trial
Former NSW mining minister Ian Macdonald has failed to keep criminal charges against him secret.
QLD to probe coal conditions
The Queensland Government will launch a parliamentary review into the resurgence of black lung, or coal worker’s pneumoconiosis (CWP).
EPA waits for spill to fix itself
A large oil spill in Darwin Harbour has authorities scrambling to respond.
Footprint smashing slightly less
Humans appear to have slowed down the rate at which they are destroying the planet.
Union pins asbestos arrival on Border Force
More asbestos-tainted products have turned up on an Australian worksite.
Adani leaps over legal hurdle
Adani has defeated the latest legal challenge to its planned Carmichael coal mine.
New record for concentrated Sun
Australian researchers have set a new record for solar power generation.
SA's energy slug slammed
Activists claim the ‘Big Three’ energy retailers are massively over-charging South Australian customers.
More hints of fifth physical force
Physicists may have found new evidence of a fifth force of nature.
Green light on new uranium
WA’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended approval for a new uranium mine...
Reports reveal latent black lung
Records suggest cases of ‘black lung’ were known about before its official ‘re-emergence’.
Closer eye on contractor funds
The WA Government is trying to ensure contractors get paid when they work on big projects.
Farmers' fight continues post-Caroona
The NSW Government has decided to buy back the Caroona coal mine licence from BHP, but says the nearby Shenhua mine is going ahead.
FIRB has fears for other power deals
The Federal Government's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has shifted its gaze to a new Chinese energy deal.
Power play motives questioned
Treasurer Scott Morrison is under fire for blocking the sale of NSW electricity assets to China.
Farmers fight spill response
Indonesian seaweed farmers are fighting for more than $200 million in compensation after a 2009 oil spill in the Timor Sea.
Asbestos arrivals reviewed
Federal authorities have reviewed the ways that asbestos-laden products make it into Australia.