For the first time the Northern Territory Government has approved two petroleum exploration permits on Aboriginal land managed by the Northern Land Council (NLC). With the approval of the NLC, the...
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Over the weekend a 54-hour innovation event titled Unearthed Hackathon gave the resources industry a boost and helped build Western Australia’s growing technology sector. The event, which was...
Power-over-Ethernet and fibre optics – Luke Frost examines the latest power solutions to save installation and running costs on the mine site. As a transmission medium, fibre-optic cable provides...
When it comes to resources and mining, the policies of New South Wales’ opposition Labor party are teetering dangerously close to that of the Greens, according to the country’s peak gas...
Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum and Alcoa Mining have all been named in a list of Australia’s top 10 biggest climate polluters, released by the Australian Conservation Foundation yesterday. The...
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has released a statement arguing that the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) would be better off to push for the immediate...
Rio Tinto claims it shelled out $7.1 billion* in taxes worldwide in 2014 with around three quarters of this tipping into the Australian government’s coffers. In a statement released this...
New research from KPMG into the impacts of the workplace relations system on resource sector productivity and investment has shown that the industry’s recommended reforms could add up to $30.9...
The Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) Awards in New South Wales are now open for nominations, and NSW Mining is inviting businesses, companies and individuals to enter. To be eligible...
Queensland’s newly elected Labor party has indicated they will ban uranium mining in the state, causing consternation in the resources sector. The ban comes just three years after the decades...
