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Fortescue makes slow start on push for fifth iron ore export record
Fortescue has refused to give up on a goal to set a fifth consecutive iron ore export record despite making a slow start to the new financial year.
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- Peter Ker
This Month
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- Japan
Gupta execs in talks with Japanese investors on Whyalla expansion
Liberty Primary Metals CEO Theuns Victor said Japanese investors had shown huge interest in the business’s transformation to carbon-neutral steelmaking.
- Michael Smith
Forrest ‘lost and lonely’, but on track for $240m US hydrogen funding
Fortescue’s green hydrogen project proposed for a remediated coal mine in Washington state is in line for huge subsidies from the Biden administration.
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- Matthew Cranston
Japanese giants challenged to prove ‘clean’ coal to hydrogen dream
Victorian minister Lily D’Ambrosio says a multi-billion dollar Japanese push to make hydrogen from La Trobe Valley coal must prove it can catch and store carbon.
- Elouise Fowler and Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Fortescue keeps faith in its green hydrogen unicorn hunt
Peter Coleman says buyers willing to sign up for 10-year green hydrogen contracts are like unicorns. But Fortescue’s Mark Hutchinson insists they are out there.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Opinion
We can’t afford the hydrogen debate to get bogged down
The scale and urgency of the net-zero transformation demands Australia adopt a technology-neutral, emissions-intensity focused hydrogen pathway that doesn’t exclude any fuels or technologies.
- Samantha McCulloch
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- Westpac
Pressure testing Australia’s hydrogen dream
Australia’s mighty push towards a clean hydrogen-powered future has been supercharged by optimism for its potential to solve the global decarbonisation challenge.
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Getting to net-zero for heavy vehicles will be tough
While batteries may be best for passenger cars, heavy trucks will need hydrogen power to replace diesel and petrol.
- Tony Davis
Explorer looks to tap ‘natural’ hydrogen opportunity
Gold Hydrogen expects to start drilling for hydrogen this month in a project it hopes will replace some of South Australia’s energy production.
- Christopher Niesche
Australia’s window of opportunity narrowing for hydrogen dominance
There’s no shortage of hydrogen hype, but how realistic are expectations that Australia can become a green hydrogen superpower?
- Ronald Mizen
Hydrogen still in slow-burn phase ahead of take-off
The low-carbon hydrogen market remains tiny, and few expect much growth any time soon, but it’s still seen as vital to transition to net-zero.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Fortescue becomes lead investor in $600m electrolyser firm fundraising
The investment in Electric Hydrogen builds on the company’s plan to become a manufacturer of the electrolysers that split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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- Peter Ker
September
Aussie hydrogen exports to Europe could be a pipedream, report warns
The Clean Air Task Force says Europe’s best bet is to get hydrogen by pipeline from nearby, or as ammonia from Qatar. But Australia might still get a look-in.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Nuclear overtakes coal as preferred energy source, but solar is king
Nuclear energy has stronger support than coal-fired power and there is net public backing to at least allow it to be considered
- Phillip Coorey
WA to impose royalty on hydrogen extraction
Western Australia plans to introduce a royalty on hydrogen production, but many of the big green hydrogen projects in the state won’t need to pay it.
- Peter Ker
‘Not even close’ as warming heads for 2.5 degrees: WoodMac
A hike in capex to $3 trillion a year is needed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, the firm says, which assumes Australia will adopt nuclear to reach net zero.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Hedge fund boss slams hydrogen bets as ‘complete waste of time’
High initial capital costs and storage challenges are two key short-term hurdles that must be cleared, according to sceptics.
- Sheryl Tian Tong Lee
Big hydrogen export dreams in Tasmania stall
Geoff Drucker’s Countrywide Hydrogen is shaping as a winner from Tasmania’s focus on domestic hydrogen consumption at the expense of big companies.
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- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Fortescue’s $70b vision is a matter of trust
The mining giant believes its green energy push will lead the market to rerate the stock to make it twice as valuable as it is today. Investors need more convincing.
- James Thomson
Andrew Forrest’s top brass insist they’re not yes men
Eleven executives have left the group since late 2020, coinciding with the FMG chairman laying out his vision to transform the iron ore miner into a clean energy firm.
- Elouise Fowler and Peter Ker
