Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook

Russia sanctions put a rocket under BHP’s copper outlook

Copper is shaping up as a star for the mining giant,as it edges closer to making a final call on its nickel business in West Australia.

  • bySimon Johanson

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‘Light the way’:The SEC says it will be bold in getting more energy projects built

‘Light the way’:The SEC says it will be bold in getting more energy projects built

Victorian Labor’s big election promise has had a shaky start,but it now says it will start investing in projects the market is still unsure about.

  • byKieran Rooney
WA’s unlikely poster child can help it ditch ‘dig and ship’ reputation
Opinion
Opinion

WA’s unlikely poster child can help it ditch ‘dig and ship’ reputation

WA’s known for mining natural resources,not so much making things with them. But a new announcement will mean major changes for the state’s product offering.

  • byHeidi Lee
Power giants fear green scheme will shut out crucial projects

Power giants fear green scheme will shut out crucial projects

Pumped hydro projects are at risk of missing out on contracts under the federal government’s green energy financing scheme,despite warnings they are critically needed.

  • byNick Toscano
Why governments should subsidise household batteries to go with solar

Why governments should subsidise household batteries to go with solar

There are now 3.8 million households with solar. It’s time to push storage solutions,so households - and the grid - get the benefits by night as well as day.

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Bill shock means home batteries make financial sense,despite expense

Bill shock means home batteries make financial sense,despite expense

A quarter of a million households now have home batteries to store the electricity their rooftop solar generates and help them avoid sky-high power bills.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’
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Government

The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’

As major infrastructure project costs rise and deadlines extend across the country,a state election also approaches – and can help explain some of the bluster.

  • byMatt Dennien
Tonnes and tonnes of old solar panels with nowhere to go

Tonnes and tonnes of old solar panels with nowhere to go

The volume of solar waste in Victoria is expected to nearly double by 2030,prompting calls to boost the nation’s limited recycling sectors.

  • byKieran Rooney
Done right,the future is more than just wind turbines and solar fields
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Ross Garnaut

Done right,the future is more than just wind turbines and solar fields

There are political and economic risks in pumping public money into new tech,but the payoffs are potentially vast for new and old industries alike.

  • byNick O'Malley
‘Slave-like’:Solar panels may be great for the environment but at what human cost?

‘Slave-like’:Solar panels may be great for the environment but at what human cost?

Modern-day abolitionist Grace Forrest is now at the same level as Nelson Mandela,Malala Yousafzai,Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her cause is to curb forced and child labour while there’s time.

  • byRob Harris
Warning made-in-Australia ‘manufacturing fetishism’ will make Australia poorer

Warning made-in-Australia ‘manufacturing fetishism’ will make Australia poorer

While companies welcomed the budget boost promised to keep green tech in Australia,economist Saul Eslake says it will weaken the economy.

  • byMike Foley andShane Wright