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Investors welcome Future Made in Australia bills

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia Fund passed Parliament late last week. It will fuel local manufacturing of clean energy assets and critical minerals essential to battery storage. The bills establish the voluntary Guarantee of Origin (GO) scheme to authenticate low-emissions ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... ingredients are there. "Australia has a natural resource endowment. We already have one-third of the world's critical minerals in the form of resources in the ground. We have a highly skilled workforce, a highly developed economy where we're ...

Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... costs come down a lot, then the battery plus solar configuration will really be a major competitor to wind and critical [minerals] technology," said Monique Miller, chief investment officer, of renewables and sustainable finance at Clean Energy Finance ...

Raising the bar on gold integrity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... (ICMM), the Mining Association of Canada's Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) and the WGC, with involvement from the Minerals Council of Australia as a TSM partner association. The two projects aim to simplify the landscape around voluntary industry-led ...

Green finance taxonomy in final throes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... incentives for investment." Graham says Australia's taxonomy will be the first in the world to include mining and critical minerals. This follows an initial public consultation process in May 2024. The consultation is open until the end of November.

Economic woes hit ESG trades

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian investors are confident in sectors like semiconductors, the energy sector, particularly renewables, and critical minerals - indicating a strategic choice to capitalise on the energy transition. IG market analyst Tony Sycamore said rising geopolitical ...

Industry lobbying weakens nature laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... of Australia (BCA) and other industry groups, including the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, the Minerals Council of Australia, the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, and ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... pioneering construction materials and industrial mineral manufacturing companies. Irwin has earlier held senior roles at Oz Minerals including chief commercial officer. QIC's head of infrastructure, Ross Israel welcomed the new executives. "The energy ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... government's end, it's investing $13.7 billion in production tax incentives for green hydrogen and processed critical minerals, along with $1.7 billion for an Innovation Fund to develop new industries like green metals and low carbon fuels. "In ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... economy. It is also consulting on the first three priority sectors under development: electricity generation and supply; minerals, mining and metals; and construction and the built environment. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) ...