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Queensland races ahead but NSW stuck at starting line

[hr]Writtinby Rick Wilkinson[hr] PPEA’s industry data figures for the first quarter of 2013 show natural gas companies have now signed 4017 land access agreements with Queensland landholders since...

Worker killed in rockfall at WA gold mine

A mine worker has been killed in an accident at the Harlequin gold mine near Norseman on the West Australian Goldfields. According to WA’s Department of Mines and Petroleum the 59 year old man...

Appeal into WA mine death acquittal

WA’s Department of Mines and Petroleum won its appeal against mining contractor HWE Mining Pty Ltd in Perth’s Supreme Court last Friday. The court ordered a retrial after upholding the...

Barrick Gold sells Kanowna in WA to Northern Star

Barrick Gold has sold its interest in the Kanowna operation in Western Australia to Northern Start Resources for $75 million cash, but its cost-cutting initiatives haven’t saved it from a...

Fatality at Telfer mine in the Pilbara

A worker has been crushed to death at Newcrest’s Telfer gold and copper mine in the Pilbara, WA. The accident happened yesterday morning around 9.30am and is believed to have occurred near a...

3D Seismic Survey by DMP in Harvey-Waroona, WA

Valuable geological data will be the target of a 3D Seismic Survey being conducted by the Department of Mines and Petroleum in the Harvey and Waroona shires during February and March next year...

Andy Well gold mine opens in WA

Australia’s newest gold mine was officially opened this morning by WA’s Minister for Mines & Petroleum,  Bill Marmion.  The Andy Well Gold Project, owned by Doray Minerals, is the...