13 . 12 . 2025
Green iron water guzzler
WA’s budding zero-emissions iron industry will drain vast amounts of water if Fortescue drawing upon an extra 60 Optus Stadiums’ worth of groundwater a year is anything to go by.
13 . 12 . 2025
Paul Murray: WA’s renewable energy gamble risks blackouts and leaves the power grid exposed
Regular readers of this column with a critical interest in the renewables transition – differentiated from those who are blinkered true believers – will know that the intermittent nature of wind and solar energy is the Achilles heel of the Albanese Government’s strategy.
12 . 12 . 2025
PM pledges cheap power to keep Tomago open, but cost remains hidden
Rio Tinto has agreed to keep open its troubled Tomago aluminium smelter in return for a Commonwealth-led deal that will provide it with billions of dollars in subsidised power from the Snowy Hydro project and other renewables sources, all firmed by gas.
12 . 12 . 2025
Caricature of life
Mining giant Hancock Prospecting took Christmas decorating to the max with a banner atop its West Perth headquarters depicting chair Gina Rinehart and top executives as cartoons driving haul trucks.
11 . 12 . 2025
🎄 Celebrating the 2025 Hancock Christmas Gathering 🎄
Today, teams from Hancock Prospecting, HanRoy, and Hancock Energy came together for our annual Christmas celebration. A chance to acknowledge another year of hard work and achievement as part of Australia’s most successful private company.
11 . 12 . 2025
Mining giant’s rising star Brandon Craig warns even green policy stalwarts like Canada are moving to protect their economies
‘If you want to compete, and your economy ends up at risk, you’ve got to make difficult choices,’ said Brandon Craig who questioned whether Australia’s IR, tax and climate targets were at odds with its natural resource ambitions.
11 . 12 . 2025
Hydrogen dreams meet reality as oil and gas groups abandon projects
BP and Exxon are some of the big companies that have halted plans for low-carbon plants in recent months
10 . 12 . 2025
The man you’ve NEVER heard of who Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has trusted for ‘more than three decades’: ‘An inspiration’
Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has paid tribute to the little-known engineer behind her multibillion-dollar mining empire.
09 . 12 . 2025
Dive into the 2026 South32 Rottnest Channel Swim Association and make your swim count.
In 2025 the RFDS has retrieved 60 men, women and children from Rottnest Island.
09 . 12 . 2025
Energy giant Chevron warns Albanese government gas plan risks investor confidence
US energy giant Chevron has warned the Albanese government its looming intervention into the east coast gas market may damage investor confidence, as new modelling shows an urgent pipeline of gas power plants could stall due to unfavourable economics.
Hancock Energy is a Hancock Prospecting company.
