Glencore advances Newlands rehabilitation project

The Queensland Government will undertake a targeted review of the state’s financial provisioning scheme to better balance investment and financial rehabilitation risk in the resources sector.

BHP (ASX: BHP) electrical workers have comprehensively endorsed a ballot on work stoppages at the miner’s Port Hedland bulk port terminal following six months of negotiations.

Australia’s largest battery park approved Pacific Green, a global battery energy storage company, has secured a planning permit for the development of a grid-scale battery energy park in Portland, Victoria. Once constructed, it will become Australia’s largest battery energy park — providing up to 1GW of firming capacity — and will significantly boost energy storage capacity, securing the state’s energy stability and transition to net-zero emissions. Strategically positioned within an industrial zone, the energy park is near the Portland aluminium smelter and the Portland water treatment plant, enabling the asset to provide energy security to strategic...

Rio signs historic co-management agreement Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) Aboriginal Corporation have signed a co-management agreement to support a partnership built on genuine equity. The agreement is the overarching framework for Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations on PKKP Country and regulates how both parties will collaborate on proposals affecting heritage and social surroundings throughout the mine lifecycle. It is designed to provide certainty to the PKKP for the protection and management of...