Some of Australia’s biggest polluters continue to say one thing in public about the CPRS and tell their shareholders another.
Bluescope Steel
Seven years on, $15m spent: the cost of a personal injury case
The case Dr Angus Mackinnon brought against BlueScope is probably the longest and most expensive personal injury litigation in NSW’s living memory, says Richard Ackland. And it goes on.
Companies must justify their ETS whingeing
The hypocrisy — or, more accurately, blatant dishonesty — of some of our biggest polluters is on the public record. Roll up Boral, Bluescope Steel, Caltex, Rio Tinto, Woodside and Xstrata.
Morning Market Report: ASIC remove the shortening ban on financials
ASIC have ended the shortening ban early, while the market and the Dow are down.
Morning Market Report: A strong day in the market
Most sectors were up today, with the market up 82 and Dow up 101.
BlueScope steels itself for a capital crunch
Australia’s biggest steelmaker has surprised the market with a massive $2 billion plus fund raising.
Morning Market Report: Dow up 214
A four month high for the Dow as all sectors are up.
Steelmakers brace for inferno ahead
The Australian and world steel industries are struggling as demand continues to weaken.
SackWatch: The firings keep coming as job ads fall by 45%
Since Crikey published its sixth SackWatch update last week, the tips box has again been running rampant with fresh tales of shoulder-tapping in businesses across the nation, reports Andrew Crook.
A sad, profitable farewell for monopoly-busting Smorgon Steel
There was a tinge of sadness at the Smorgon Steel shareholders meeting in Melbourne this morning when the company that famously took on BHP’s steel monopoly in 1981 voted to be carved up by the Big Australian’s two steel offshoots.
