The world’s two biggest miners are teaming up in a bid to develop Australia’s first electric-smelting furnace.
Senex says gas-fired power plants will play a role in the clean energy transition by backing up renewable energy when wind isn’t blowing or the sun isn’t shining.
BlueScope Steel and Orica have thrown their support behind the government’s new climate policy after originally fearing it could pummel their competitiveness.
Australia’s biggest steelmaker faces the prospect of a large fine after one of its now former executives tried to form a cartel with nine other companies to fix the price of flat steel products.
Whether Jason Ellis’s tour of Asia to talk up BlueScope’s recommended price list for flat-steel products was an attempt to establish a cartel is likely to be the focus of a court ruling,expected early this year.
The Illawarra has the workforce,the industrial and academic know-how and the transport and energy links to be a major player in greener manufacturing.
Government research shows cyber crime is costing the Australian economy about $3.5 billion every year.
Jason Ellis pleaded guilty to one charge of obstructing a Commonwealth official during the ACCC's cartel investigation into the steel giant.
Australia's biggest steelmaker BlueScope has lifted its first-half earnings guidance by a hefty 39.7 per cent to $475 million.
Scott Morrison has turned his attention from his old fossil-fuel friend coal to another with his new energy plans.
Former BlueScope executive Jason Ellis faces a maximum one-year jail term after pleading guilty to one charge of obstructing a cartel investigation.