New figures released yesterday indicate that the mining industry continues to underpin the Australian economy with the production phase of the boom gathering momentum. Minister for Industry Ian...
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Gina Rinehart has raised $US7.2 billion to finance the Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara through a consortium of international financiers. Rinehart said the project would be a boon for the...
As the last purpose built mining town in Australia, Roxby Downs is a bit of an anomaly on the mining town landscape. Just 25 years old, the town has not been built on a century or more of mining or...
THE AGE: Australian taxpayers will lend $US100 million ($110.6 million) to a mining joint-venture run by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto in Chile, under the latest funding deal by Australia’s...
Resource industry employer group, AMMA, launched a scathing attack on Australian trade unions late yesterday after an article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald claiming “The Abbott...
High wages are jeopardizing the future of major energy projects, pushing companies to choose lower-wage economies, such as Canada and a few African nations, gas explorer and producer QGC warned...
The development of a Northern Australia economic policy will soon come to fruition with the Premiers of Queensland and Western Australia and the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory agreeing to...
[hr]Written By Noel Mullen[hr] The petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) regime was extended to all petroleum activities in Australia over a year ago. There have been teething problems and it is timely...
[hr]Written By Michael Bradley[hr] Natural gas is not only a critical part of Australian life, but also an extraordinary driver of our nation’s future prosperity. To help explain this, last year...
[hr]Written By Damian Dwyer[hr] Australia has vast gas reserves and resources. But relatively few Australians understand the remarkable economic opportunity offered by the country’s gasfields. The...
