Matt Mckenzie

Peak electricity demand is forecast to fall in Western Australia across the next 10 years for the first time, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.

Marketing of food and beverage products into Asia can be challenging, no matter how long a business has been operating.

India could be the world’s next great growth story, and Australia is acting to strengthen its relationship with the country of more than 1.3 billion people.

Albemarle Corporation could have the whip hand in a further consolidation of Western Australia’s lithium industry, as its partner in the Greenbushes mine, Tianqi Lithium, seeks to sell a stake in its Kwinana refinery and/or the mine itself.

A $12.5 million submarine rescue facility to be built in Henderson will give Western Australia a central role in emergency rescues across the region; meanwhile a decision has still not been made on the best location for mid-life submarine maintenance docking.

Rio Tinto has committed to review its indigenous heritage approach and its plans in the Juukan area, near the Brockman mine, after the destruction of an ancient rock cave provoked national outrage; while community representatives have described their efforts leading up to the blast.

Unions and businesses have very different views about workplace casualisation, with the Morrison government hoping to square the circle as part of an upcoming industrial relations reform agenda.

A Pilbara Aboriginal group is calling for changes to heritage regulations after an archeologically significant rock shelter was impacted by a detonation on a mine site about seven years after operator Rio Tinto was given approval for the move.

The team behind a planned green hydrogen project to be built near Dongara are hoping to raise $1 billion by the end of the year, while BP is undertaking feasibility on a plant close to Geraldton, less than an hour’s drive north.