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China plays long game on battery disruption

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... sector has led to numerous production facilities shutting down, including BHP's Nickel West in October. Critical Minerals Association said while mine closures and scaling back of production are essential cost cutting measures for miners in 'survival ...

Critical minerals get major boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... processing plant and related infrastructure. The latest NRFC equity investment follows $495 million from the Critical Minerals Facility, $200 million from Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and up to $115 million in federal export financing. ...

The big green investing trends of 2025

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate adaptation strategies will rise as the energy transition opens new investment opportunities. In Australia, critical minerals mining will be a priority to drive the transition, Bioy says. Lower interest rates, the EU's first Green Bond Standard ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Canberra's strategic industrial response to the US Inflation Reduction Act - totals over $21 bn. To boost critical minerals, Canberra will invest $8.8 bn over the decade, and introduce a $7 bn Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive from 2027. ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... director Tim Buckley said. The banks "must expand" their financing of energy infrastructure and value-added critical minerals, he added. "This goes hand-in-hand with the imperative to commit to enabling a science aligned progressive fossil fuel phase-out ...