Energy

Uranium One has announced it will be closing its Honeymoon uranium mine in South Australia, with around 90 people set to lose their jobs.

The workforce at Peabody’s Helensburgh Metropolitan Colliery have voted in favour of taking further industrial action after the company locked them out of the mine for three days.

A new uranium mine in South Australia has been given the green light by the state government.

Nuclear power is a clean energy source that will be used well into the future to help meet the world’s growing energy needs. Here we highlight uranium’s history, properties, and fundamentals moving forward.

The New Zealand government has paid $30 million in subsidy to sustain Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in Southland.

A nuclear energy conference has heard Australia needs to start having a serious discussion around the implementation of the technology.

In a move reminiscent of the Whitehaven Hoax, a bank is actually cutting coal from its investment portfolio. The University of Queensland’s Colin Hunt explains.

Peabody Energy have announced it will cut 400 positions across its NSW and QLD coal mines, blaming challenging market conditions for the move.

Delegates at this year’s Australian Uranium Conference say that despite the tough ride the metal has seen in recent years, a boom in price is imminent as world energy demands increase.

Addressing the fear of the uranium industry was the central theme of a uranium conference held in Adelaide last month. Vicky Validakis reports.

Major gas producers Santos and Origin have rejected calls by manufacturing lobbyists to reserve gas for domestic use.

According to modelling by research group RepuTex, scrapping the carbon tax without implementing other industry changes would put a stop to investment in Australia’s renewable energy sector.

New South Wales Labor minister Luke Foley has vented anger towards former colleagues for their demonstration of “shameless contempt” for environmental protection and coal exploration licence approvals.

The Australian Government’s Energy White Paper 2012 has been released, setting out Australia’s energy policy for the future.

Despite tax worries, groundbreaking M&A is still going ahead.