Category: Politics & Regulation

Alcoa (ASX: AAI) will further modernise approvals frameworks for its WA mining activities as the Federal Government reforms its Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

The Queensland Government has opened expressions of interest (EOI) for its Mount Isa transformation study to assess future pathways for Queensland’s north-west region.

Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has launched the new Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus as she gears up to hold talks with the US in Washington this week.

Landowners in NSW have filed an environmental class action against Cadia Holdings, a subsidiary of Newmont, alleging they have been exposed to pollution from the Cadia mine.

BHP (ASX: BHP) is escalating its ‘same job, same pay’ case against the Mining and Energy Union to the High Court after the Federal Court dismissed the case in December.

The WA Government will extend Griffin Coal’s State Agreement from July 2026 by up to five years, allowing the Ewington Mine in Collie to continue supplying coal to industry and the privately owned Bluewaters Power Station.

Ties between China and Japan have further deteriorated this month after Beijing imposed export bans on dual-use items headed for Tokyo.

New details of the $1.2b Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) are emerging with the Federal Government confirming on Monday that antimony, gallium and rare earth elements are early priorities.

A Full Federal Court has ruled the Fair Work Commission (FWC) unlawfully narrowed workplace delegate rights in modern awards, ordering it to redo the award terms.

Last year, former Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek derailed Regis Resources’ (ASX: RRL) $1b McPhillamys gold project in NSW with a controversial Indigenous heritage ruling.Now more than a year later, the Federal Court in Sydney is hearing Regis’ case — with the company pleading that the decision should be deemed invalid due to alleged issues and failures on behalf of Minister Plibersek.

WorkSafe has reported that the 53-year-old worker killed at Agnico Eagle’s Fosterville gold mine in Victoria on December 5 was operating a cable bolter about 1.6km underground when he became entangled in the machinery.The death is the 53rd confirmed workplace fatality for 2025 — an increase from the 48 work-related deaths reported at the same time last year.