@petemilne.bsky.social - Pete Milne

09 Apr 2026 03:07 +0000

The WA government has extended the licence of Alcoa's Wagerup alumina refinery, where 70% of the mercury in the processed bauxite is released into the atmosphere. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/doubling-of-mercury-emissions-from-alcoa-wagerup-prompts-appeals/

08 Apr 2026 05:18 +0000

Over the past decade, the company tax paid by Santos has been less than one-thousandth of its Australian revenue. From AAP. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/aussies-hit-as-gas-giants-reap-export-rewards-research/

27 Mar 2026 03:06 +0000

Cyclone Narelle has shut down 44pc of WA's gas supply and hit LNG exports just when they are needed most. Chevron's Wheatstone, Santos' Varanus Island and Woodside's NWS are all not producing. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/cyclone-narelle-shuts-44pc-of-wa-gas-supply/

26 Mar 2026 05:38 +0000

Woodside's North West Shelf gas export project - Australia's largest - is without power after Cyclone Narelle travelled along WA's Pilbara coast. >>>>> BREAKING NEWS <<<<< https://www.boilingcold.com.au/cyclone-closes-woodsides-north-west-shelf-australias-largest-gas-plant/

23 Mar 2026 07:39 +0000

Santos, which has seen its share price jump 19 per cent in a month due to a global oil and gas shortage, has quietly shut down its flagship Barossa LNG export project for several weeks. An exclusive from Boiling Cold. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/santos-shuts-down-barossa-lng-amidst-global-gas-crunch/

23 Mar 2026 03:15 +0000

Amid a global supply chain crisis Yara has been forced to shut down Australia's largest ammonia plant for 2 months ICYMI, the technical problems revealed by Boiling Cold on Saturday are a blow to the supply of fertiliser to farmers and explosives to WA's miners https://www.boilingcold.com.au/glitch-shuts-australias-biggest-maker-of-v/

20 Mar 2026 23:48 +0000

Glitch shuts Yara Pilbara, Australia's biggest maker of vital fertiliser input ammonia, for two months. The shutdown comes as a quarter of global trade in ammonia, used for urea fertiliser and mining explosives, is blocked by war. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/glitch-shuts-australias-biggest-maker-of-v/

19 Mar 2026 05:13 +0000

The forest and water supply disaster that is Alcoa in WA is brilliantly summarised by @thejuicemedia.com After 3 years covering Alcoa's misdeeds great to see it get the national attention it deserves (and very happy to see 3 headlines and two FOI documents of mine featured). https://youtu.be/FWrdQxmGlO8?si=dQb56jcMuLBSNX2E

13 Mar 2026 01:13 +0000

In Perth's hills, Alcoa is stopping Water Corp from inspecting mined water catchments, and in the city, government departments are blocking information flow to the utility. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/lack-of-oversight-at-alcoa-s-mines-raises-fresh-concerns-over-perth-s-drinking-water-20260306-p5o86r.html

09 Mar 2026 21:41 +0000

Wandoo oil off Western Australia gives Vermilion Energy a profit-free decade. No profit, falling production, inadequate maintenance, a safety plan in limbo and a big clean-up if exploration fails. Challenges aplenty at the Canadian company's only offshore facility. www.boilingcold.com.au/wa/ https://www.boilingcold.com.au/wa/

26 Feb 2026 21:47 +0000

Australian oil & gas companies are leaving investors in the dark about their exposure to a $44b decommissioning bill, disclosing much less information than UK and Canadian firms, according to @carbontracker.bsky.social https://www.boilingcold.com.au/australian-oil-gas-lags-in-disclosing-44b-clean-up-bill/

19 Feb 2026 09:39 +0000

Investors beware: after spending more than $40 million in WA's Canning Basin, Black Mountain Energy's continued pursuit of remote gas to frack appears to be throwing good money after bad. ANALYSIS. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/is-black-mountains-kimberley-dream-fracking-impossible/

18 Feb 2026 05:55 +0000

US miner Alcoa illegally cleared the habitat of endangered black cockatoos for six years. From AAP. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/alcoa-slugged-55-million-over-illegal-jarrah-forest-clearing/

13 Feb 2026 07:45 +0000

An oil spill off WA in December was deemed a rare event by Vermilion Energy; now it wants to drill seven wells, again judging the risk of an oil spill to be rare. Wandoo has been shut down by the regulator, NOPSEMA, until it is made safe. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/regulator-shuts-wandoo-oil-field-off-wa-after-oil-spill/

10 Feb 2026 07:43 +0000

Chief executive of Alcoa Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the miner had responded to all 60,000 comments on its crucial WA expansion plans— in fact, it responded to less than ten, and some were unacceptable. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/alcoa-misleads-investors-on-mining-approvals/

05 Feb 2026 04:13 +0000

WA fracking safeguards are half done and five years late as the state government prepares to decide on Black Mountain Energy’s plan for 20 fracking wells in the Kimberley near the Fitzroy River. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/wa-fracking-safeguards-are-half-done-and-five-years-late/

30 Jan 2026 01:16 +0000

Alcoa chief executive Bill Oplinger flags "pretty aggressive" cost cuts at its alumina refineries in response to lower prices, with its still-profitable large Pinjarra and Wagerup plants unlikely to be unscathed. https://www.boilingcold.com.au/alcoa-flags-pretty-aggressive-cost-cuts-at-alumina-refineries/