WA rock art expert scolds national counterparts for accepting Woodside donation

WA rock art expert scolds national counterparts for accepting Woodside donation

A senior WA-based rock art specialist has accused the Australian branch of the International Council on Monuments and Sites of “heritage-washing”.

  • byHamish Hastie

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Pilbara lithium leader’s profit crushed after price collapse

Pilbara lithium leader’s profit crushed after price collapse

The collapse in lithium prices has crushed full-year profits at Australia’s leading producer,Pilbara Minerals,and denied shareholders any dividends.

  • byMarion Rae
Their speed at building railways made them legends. What was their secret?

Their speed at building railways made them legends. What was their secret?

Brisbane Festival show Straight from the Strait ensures Torres Strait Islander workers of the WA mining boom are no longer unsung heroes.

  • byNick Dent
Australia’s green steel future threatened by lack of speed

Australia’s green steel future threatened by lack of speed

If the steel industry was a country it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after the United States and China.

  • byPeter Milne
Forrest’s Indigenous foes call for inquiry into Fortescue mining

Forrest’s Indigenous foes call for inquiry into Fortescue mining

The Yindjibarndi people chasing Fortescue for $500 million compensation now want the independent environment regulator to consider tightening the regulation of the high-grade Solomon mine.

  • byPeter Milne
Leaked letter reveals internal concerns about science on Australia’s next world heritage site

Leaked letter reveals internal concerns about science on Australia’s next world heritage site

Rock art monitoring in Western Australia’s north was being done without “integrity,diligence or governance”,a Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation employee wrote.

  • byHamish Hastie andPeter Milne
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Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype

Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype

A cautionary tale for Australian companies rushing into the clean fuel business:from optimism a few years ago,Yara now finds green hydrogen is a long way away.

  • byPeter Milne
Whitby removes former Chevron employee from Karratha gas plant appeal

Whitby removes former Chevron employee from Karratha gas plant appeal

Environment Minister Reece Whitby decided to remove Murdoch University Professor Simon McKirdy to maintain public confidence in the appeal committee’s work.

  • byHamish Hastie
In the remote Pilbara FIFO villages are all about employee experience

In the remote Pilbara FIFO villages are all about employee experience

If the food disappoints,rooms are not cleaned well or flights are late,management will hear about it – a remote workforce,like an army,marches on its stomach.

  • byPeter Milne
WA’s gas shortage is a joke – at the public’s expense
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WA’s gas shortage is a joke – at the public’s expense

Can you imagine Qatar or Saudi Arabia panicking about a gas or oil shortage? It would be a joke. And in the west,companies are laughing all the way to the bank.

  • byMark Ogge
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