Kilns in Europe have shut down amid energy security issues in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Australia’s Brickworks is still firing, chalking up a record $746 million underlying profit last financial year. 

But the nation’s biggest brick maker is worried about the future of energy security in Australia and its impact on the multinational business. 

Speaking at the annual meeting, chairman Robert Millner called on the federal government to ramp up access to natural gas, while also announcing the business was investigating the opportunity for hydrogen power in its factories.