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Green Iron/Steel

CEF in the media  |  Jul 17, 2025

OP ED | Landmark China green steel talks must be followed by action

PV Magazine

China has already moved to reduce its dependence on Australian iron ore via a joint venture in Guinea to unlock a vast new high-grade deposit. In the context of these shifting trade dynamics, failure to position Australia now in the green steel supply chain with China is an opportunity cost that threatens to blow a +$50bn annual hole in Australian exports. In the face of these enormous opportunities and risks, it was highly significant this week to hear the PM and Australian iron ore business leaders reaffirm their commitment to working in partnership with China to jointly drive steel sector decarbonisation. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Jul 14, 2025

INTERVIEW | ‘Huge risks’ and ‘huge opportunities’: Sector welcomes focus on green steel in China

ABC News

The Prime Minister has spent much of the day trying to guarantee the future of Australia’s critically important exports to China’s steel industry, wrapping up a high-level roundtable on green steel in Shanghai. Australian coal and iron ore exports have fuelled China’s construction boom and underwritten Australian prosperity for years, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the budget. But as China’s steel industry moves to decarbonise — as well as diversifying its imports and winding down production — Australia’s long resources boom faces an uncertain future. Read more
Media Releases  |  Jun 5, 2025

AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE | NEW REPORT: IN THE MIDST OF A TRADE WAR, THIS IS ONE TARIFF THE WORLD DESPERATELY NEEDS – AND AUSTRALIA SHOULD LEAD

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As Energy Minister Bowen flags a carbon tariff on some imports, Australia well placed to lead development of a path towards a regional Asian Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Read more
Media Releases  |  Jun 5, 2025

GLOBAL MEDIA RELEASE | NEW REPORT: IN THE MIDST OF A TRADE WAR, THIS IS ONE TARIFF ASIA DESPERATELY NEEDS  

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Australia is well placed to lead development of a path towards a regional Asian Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism involving China, Australia, Japan, Singapore and South Korea, as it bids to host COP31. China, as the world leader in decarbonisation and in steel, aluminum and cement, is key. Read more
CEF in the media  |  May 29, 2025

OP ED | Here’s a plan to unlock Australia’s clean commodity export potential

The Australian Financial Review

The answer is increasingly clear. Australia’s largest economic opportunity lies in transforming from a conventional commodity exporter into a global supplier of clean commodities like green iron, sustainable aviation fuel, green aluminium, and clean ammonia. This opportunity is well documented. Reports from The Superpower Institute, Climate Energy Finance, and others make the case for investment in value-added clean exports that align with global demand and climate trajectories. Read more
CEF in the media  |  May 8, 2025

Thirteen things on Labor’s climate and energy must-do list to change the system

Pearls & Irritations

Republished from RENEW ECONOMY, 7 May 2025 Tim Buckley, from Climate Energy Finance, says that with Labor returned to government, it is time to “grasp this moment of policy certainty” and use it to build investor confidence, crowding-in domestic and foreign financial capital at scale to underpin our transition. Read more
CEF in the media  |  May 6, 2025

Thirteen things on Labor’s climate and energy must-do list to change the system

Renew Economy

“Without customers, suppliers and governments working together to a common time-frame, these projects aren’t going to get built, and that’s why we’ve seen so many announcements in the press of companies going bankrupt because they can’t do the capital raising anymore, or projects being slowed right down” Read more
CEF in the media  |  Videos  |  Mar 28, 2025

INTERVIEW | Australia’s Budget Focus talk with ausbiz

AusBiz

The Australian budget was seen as sensible but incremental, without major structural changes. It focuses on cost-of-living relief, such as bulk billing and personal tax cuts. However, there were no new initiatives on decarbonization, despite previous investments like the Clean Iron and Green Aluminium funds. There is a need for Australia to pivot towards onshore manufacturing and value-adding exports, especially in green iron. The climate industry needs stronger support, with a bigger push for local content and supply chain capacity. There’s hope for continued progress in renewable energy and electrification to meet decarbonization targets by 2030. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Mar 26, 2025

Budget locks in green metals funding, ignores household energy opportunity

Renew Economy

“DER can be targeted to people most in need and leverage the existing grid capacity, rather than having to wait for massive capital cost blows, and come at a lower investment cost to the government,” he told Renew Economy. Buckley suggested spending $500 million on smart meters for 1 million low income households, and potentially batteries as well, to allow those people to start benefiting from negative midday power prices. It would come at a much lower capital cost to the federal budget, make use of existing grid capacity, and be cheaper than the increasingly expensive proposed and under-construction transmission lines paid for by the $19 billion Rewiring Australia fund, he says. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Feb 25, 2025

Green iron fund will lay foundations for Australia to become renewable energy superpower

Renew Economy

Building on the federal government’s $2 billiion Aluminium Production Tax Credit announcement to decarbonise the energy demand of the nation’s aluminium smelters – the largest source of emissions in the aluminium supply chain – the $1bn Green Iron Investment Fund leverages strategic public capital to crowd in private investment into value-added green iron projects. Comparatively, iron is the largest source of emissions in the steel value chain, with blast furnaces accounting for up to 87% of traditional, coal-based steel emissions. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Podcasts  |  Feb 23, 2025

PODCAST | Tim & Grant McDowell on Spark Club: Whyalla Steelworks

Spark Club Podcast

Tim shared some good news from Canberra with the Climate Capital Forum, joining a delegation to meet with upper and lower house politicians across the spectrum and spread a positive message on the need for the energy transition and reindustrialisation. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Feb 20, 2025

RADIO INTERVIEW | Tim Buckley on Illawarra Breakfast

ABC Illawarra

Tim Buckley from Climate Energy Finance joined Melinda James this morning on Illawarra Breakfast on ABC Illawarra to discuss the latest developments in the steel industry and green energy. Tune in for insights! Tim’s exclusive interview can be heard at this link from 2:15:00 to 2:23:35” Read more
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