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Instos win big on Australian steel

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are backing Australian-owned steel producer BlueScope after it sensationally turned down a $13.2 billion takeover offer. AustralianSuper increased its holding in BlueScope Steel to 13.5% after SGH and Steel Dynamics launched ...

Australia to withstand fossil fuel sector decline: IMF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... energy transition. This includes natural gas which can act as a bridge fuel, iron ore and metallurgical coal needed for steel production, and critical minerals needed for renewable energy. In the latter case, the government has started the careful use ...

System-level climate risks material in every way: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... sector platforms. The emergence of initiatives such as the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative (IMTSI) and the Steel Purchaser Framework show the potential for industry-shifting collective action, it said. The publication said incentives must ...

Australia emerges as corporate climate leader: MSCI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... dominates clean tech revenues with rising success in renewable energy and EV adoption. However, its heavy industries such as steel and cement remain constrained due to expensive and outdated hydrogen-based and carbon-capture technology pathways. Companies ...

Rio Tinto expands renewable energy portfolio

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
Rio Tinto is expanding its renewable energy portfolio globally by investing in lower-emissions steel making and supporting greenfield renewable energy generation projects. The mining giant has signed a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) ...

South Australia key to green exports expansion: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... renewable energy potential and government ambition for green industry growth. The Malinauskas government has made green iron and steel a central policy object for the state economy. It is also a possible host for COP31 in 2026. The report also said investment ...

How Australia can benefit from the common ground taxonomy

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... ground in taxonomy, then China can buy more of Australia's low carbon beef, iron ore to help China to decarbonise its own steel industry, as well as reducing its carbon consumption," he added. "This is a benefit of harmonisation or interoperability. ...

UniSuper reduces its fossil fuel exposure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
UniSuper reduced its fossil fuel investments to 1.8% in FY25, down from 2.4% the previous year. In its annual climate report, the super fund said it achieved this by decreasing exposure to oil and gas pipeline revenue through the sell-down of APA Group ...

CBA slashes oil and gas financing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... Market Forces said: "Australia's biggest bank has officially ended any new finance for coal whether for power or making steel unless it's proven to be compatible with a safe and liveable climate." Meanwhile, Westpac, ANZ, NAB and Macquarie "cannot ...

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... urgently needed to put a price on the carbon emissions embedded in the production of industrial commodities such as iron and steel, aluminium and cement, which make up 15% of global emissions. "This will help correct the historic market failure to price ...