Lynas Rare Earths has blamed grid outages caused by Western Australia’s transition to green energy for a slump in production at its Kalgoorlie processing hub.
A renewable energy company owned by the Chinese government has been provided taxpayer-funded support under Chris Bowen’s flagship Capacity Investment Scheme.
Gina Rinehart has delivered a ringing endorsement of the Liberal Party’s move to abandon net zero emissions targets and said retirement of the “very bad policy” is overdue.
The discovery of asbestos in turbines at a Chinese-built wind farm in Tasmania has sparked a national regulatory response amid fears a large number of turbines across the country will be affected.