Colin Packham

Australia

Energy reporter for The Australian. Previously with the Australian Financial Review and Reuters. Views, especially reactionary football ones, my own.

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Articles

RC1 looks to developing Queen Alexandra

1 month ago | theaustralian.com.au | Colin Packham |Jack Quail |Richard Ferguson |Sarah Ison

Special Report: Redcastle Resources is firmly of the belief that 2025 will be a breakout year, pursuing its objective of becoming a gold developer with potential for early cash flow.
Long Shortz: Astute Metals

1 month ago | theaustralian.com.au | Colin Packham |Jack Quail |Richard Ferguson |Sarah Ison

StockheadTylah Tully chats with Astute Metals (ASX:ASE) executive director and CEO Matt Healy after the company released results from the first of six holes drilled in April at its Red Mountain project in Nevada. The drilling delivered the highest-grade intersection to date at Red Mountain, with lithium now intersected over a 5.6km strike length. Healy says with results like these, the project in on track to have some of the highest grade intercepts in Nevada. Watch the video to learn more.
Election 2025: Dutton gas plan will drop prices, says BlueScope

Mar 28, 2025 | theaustralian.com.au | Perry Williams |Colin Packham

You can now listen to The Australian's articles. Give us your feedback. You can now listen to The Australian's articles. Australia’s largest steelmaker, BlueScope, has backed Peter Dutton’s election plan to bring down gas prices through a reservation scheme as business chiefs say Anthony Albanese must come clean on Labor’s ability to meet its goal of doubling renewable energy by 2030.
Jilted renewable energy players look to data centres to revive projects

Mar 27, 2025 | theaustralian.com.au | Colin Packham

Renewable energy developments destined to miss out on securing hotly contested access to a transmission line in the south west of NSW are exploring the prospect of powering future data centres in a bid to keep their projects viable. Data centres are notoriously power intensive and their adaptation to the artificial intelligence age is putting greater demands on electricity consumption.
American Salars on hunt for lithium brine projects

Mar 23, 2025 | theaustralian.com.au | Dov Lieber |Anat Peled |Robyn Ironside |Colin Packham

American Salars M&A strategy is to pick up lithium projects while price stagnatesThe company is particularly focused on brine projects in ArgentinaPortfolio also includes projects in Canada and USASpecial Report: Canadian-listed American Salars is bucking the lithium trend by buying large landholdings – particularly brine projects in Argentina – at a time when other lithium players are panicking and selling due to weak prices.
Assays to bolster Resouro rare earth resource

Mar 16, 2025 | theaustralian.com.au | Robyn Ironside |James Kirby |Ariela Bard |Colin Packham

Tiros drill results contain significant mineralisation of titanium and rare earth elements in all holes 72% of holes contain high-grade mineralisation upwards of 6000ppm total rare earth oxides and/or 16% titanium dioxide Resouro now updating current 1.7Bt mineral resource estimate for Tiros Central Block Special report: The remaining infill and step-out diamond drill hole intercepts from Resouro Strategic Metals’ Tiros Project have backed up earlier assay results confirming the asset’s...
AFL news 2025: Richmond’s Sam Lalor named Round 1 Rising star, Luke Jackson commits to Freo

Mar 16, 2025 | theaustralian.com.au | Robyn Ironside |James Kirby |Ariela Bard |Colin Packham

News Sport NetworkWelcome to AFL Now – your home for all the daily breaking news from around the competition. What’s the Ken Hinkley-Josh Carr fallout at Alberton after Saturday night’s loss to Collingwood? Should Eagles fans be concerned about Harley Reid’s performance on Sunday? There is plenty of injury news around, too, and North Melbourne will challenge Jackson Archer’s three-game suspension for the collision with Bulldog Luke Clearly. Is the ban fair?
StockTake: GreenTech Metals

Mar 12, 2025 | theaustralian.com.au | Yoni Bashan |Greg Brown |Colin Packham |Matthew Luxmoore

StockheadWork in the Pilbara is humming for explorer GreenTech Metals (ASX:GRE) after two diamond drill holes confirmed down plunge copper potential. The drilling - which accounted for more than 1,100m - set out to test deep DHEM conductor plated at both the Shelby mineralised shoots. Success has been found at the drill bit with the intersection of semi-massive and blebby sulphides with widths of 10m and 7.23m and Shelby and Austin, respectively. Tune in to get the full picture.
Leaked polling shows regional support for renewables.

Jan 14, 2025 | antinuclear.net | Colin Packham |Christina MacPherson

Leaked polling shows regional support for renewables.
Senex to turn on the gas as Rinehart dials up heat on delays

Nov 26, 2024 | stockhead.com.au | Colin Packham

Senex Energy’s $1bn Atlas project, one of Australia’s first large-scale gas developments to come online in years, will deliver its first supplies to the market within a week – as joint owner Gina Rinehart said the project’s delays were indicative of Labor’s attempt to kill Australia’s resource sector. Additional gas to Australia’s east coast market is a major boost to the energy sector and the broader economy amid a looming supply crunch.