Alcoa is storing enough caustic bauxite residue to fill Optus Stadium more than 350 times in areas south of Perth that have failed to be certified as stable.
The burden of enforcing special arrangements to allow Alcoa to keep mining bauxite has forced WA’s environment regulator to severely cut its efforts to protect nature throughout the rest of the state.
The Environmental Protection Authority has warned Alcoa to provide the information it needs on time,or risk stricter conditions on its mining in WA forests.
A month after shedding 700 workers,Fortescue has posted an annual profit of $8.4 billion supporting a $2.2 billion payout to the miner’s biggest shareholders Andrew and Nicola Forrest.
The oil giant’s revenue has taken a $2 billion hit after it produced less oil and gas and sold it for lower prices in the six months to June.
The company could lose control of its Bayu Undan project on Friday unless it agrees to give Dili a share of the project for free.
Woodside has chased environmental approval for the $30 billion gas export plan for five years but is yet to start the process for a vital part of the project near pristine Scott Reef.
The Adelaide-based company says key projects are on time and on budget,but there are longer-term concerns about production from its key PNG assets.
Weeks ago Fortescue dumped a target to be a major producer of green hydrogen by 2030,but Andrew Forrest still insists his native Pilbara can supply the globe with green iron.
The Cook government will need to balance politically powerful producers against the state’s miners and manufacturers in its response over WA’s domestic gas policy.