Uranium Is Finally Running Hot, and Miners Can’t Keep Up

[ad_1] ADELAIDE, Australia—Miners are struggling to get enough uranium out of the ground. That is helping to push prices of the nuclear fuel to nearly 16-year highs. Cameco, one of the world’s biggest producers,…

Will the End of Fossil Fuels Spoil the Lucky Country’s Streak?

[ad_1] Australia has lived up to its nickname, the “Lucky Country,” partly thanks to abundant reserves of coal and natural gas. A fossil-fuel-free future—like the one envisioned at the COP28…

The Other I-Word Angering Voters Across Western World

[ad_1] From the U.S. to the U.K. to Australia, backlash builds against governments for failing to control surging immigration. [ad_2] Source link

The Next Chips to Transform EVs Could Be Made From Wood

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) ADELAIDE, Australia—Ivan Williams reckons he can help to break China’s dominance of a key ingredient of electric-vehicle batteries. To do so, he has been…

RBA Keeps Rates on Hold But Keeps Watch on Incoming Data

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 4, 2023 11:16 pm ET|WSJ Pro SYDNEY—The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates unchanged at a monthly policy meeting Tuesday, offering a reprieve to shoppers just…

Brookfield-Led Consortium’s $11 Billion Bid for Origin Energy Fails

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 4, 2023 1:41 am ET SYDNEY—An $11 billion bid for Origin Energy, one of Australia’s largest power companies, was rejected by its shareholders on Monday in a…

Alaska Air Reaches Deal to Buy Hawaiian Airlines

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 3, 2023 7:23 pm ET Alaska Air reached a roughly $1 billion deal to buy Hawaiian Airlines, a combination of two nearly century-old rivals that are dwarfed…

Australian Job Ads Dropped Sharply in November

[ad_1] SYDNEY—Further signs of an easing in conditions across Australia’s labor market emerged in November, with the ANZ-Indeed measure of job ads slumping sharply over the month. According to the…

Australian Food Retailers Face Inquiry Into Alleged Price Gouging

[ad_1] SYDNEY—Australia’s biggest food retailers are facing a parliamentary inquiry into alleged price gouging after the country’s center-left Labor government agreed on Sunday to an investigation amid an ongoing steep…

Expert reveals ‘inevitable’ reality coming for Aus

[ad_1] Australia is rapidly moving towards becoming a completely cashless society, with an expert revealing what this will actually mean for our country. Predictions say Australia will become a “technically…