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From black to green: U.S. billionaire’s ‘Road to Damascus’

August 24, 2021 at 11:55 p.m.

BOSTON/JAKARTA/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Billionaire Tom Steyer has rapidly become one of America's most visible environmental advocates, vowing to punish lawmakers who oppose climate change action and pledging to spend up...

World Chefs: Blumenthal shuns New York for Melbourne

August 24, 2021 at 10:47 p.m.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - British chef Heston Blumenthal, famed for his bacon and egg ice cream, credits fans, friends and the "food explosion" in Australia for his decision to move The...

World Chefs: Blumenthal shuns New York for Melbourne

May 14, 2019 at 12:51 a.m.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - British chef Heston Blumenthal, famed for his bacon and egg ice cream, credits fans, friends and the "food explosion" in Australia for his decision to move The...

Australia permits dredge dumping near Great Barrier Reef for major coal port

August 24, 2021 at 7:57 p.m.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Great Barrier Reef watchdog gave the green light on Friday for millions of cubic meters of dredged mud to be dumped near the fragile reef to...

Coral or coal decision looms for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

August 24, 2021 at 7:51 p.m.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Great Barrier Reef watchdog is to decide by Friday whether to allow millions of cubic meters of dredged mud to be dumped near the fragile reef...

Australia’s Leighton hit by corruption reports; shares slump

August 24, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Leighton Holdings , Australia's biggest builder, came under fire on Thursday from media reports saying corruption and bribery were widespread at the company under previous management, sending...

BHP delays $14 billion Canada potash push as profit drops

August 24, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.

MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - Miner BHP Billiton mapped out a cautious approach to expanding into potash on Tuesday, keeping a $14 billion Canadian project alive but delaying production at the giant...

Australia’s Whitehaven clears hurdle to coal project

August 23, 2021 at 4:24 p.m.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Whitehaven Coal has won state approval to develop its most valuable project, the A$651 million ($673 million) Maules Creek mine, and now just needs federal clearance, Australia's...

Australia’s Whitehaven clears hurdle to coal project

December 24, 2018 at 11:03 p.m.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Whitehaven Coal has won state approval to develop its most valuable project, the A$651 million ($673 million) Maules Creek mine, and now just needs federal clearance, Australia's...

Rinehart’s Roy Hill iron ore construction start seen mid-2013

August 23, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart's $10-billion Roy Hill iron ore project aims to start construction on its Australian mine in mid-2013, later than hoped, as assessments by potential...

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