The decision to ban fracking in Tasmania for at least another five years could adversely affect the state’s ability to attract investment in resources projects, according to the Tasmanian...
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Research in the United States has shown that applying a strong electric field to sections of the Keystone pipeline near Wichita, Kansas, can smooth oil flow and save pump energy. At present, pipeline...
A diesel fitter will spend 18 months behind bars after being found guilty of defrauding a labour hire company of $13,000 for work he falsely claimed was completed at a Central Queensland mine. Scott...
On Wednesday the Katherine Town Council in the Northern Territory became the second local government area in the state to pass a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in unconventional gas...
The first, of what could be many jobs, has been cut from Rio Tinto as it embarks on a program of “streamlining” the company’s operations. In a statement released this morning it was...
Government funding has been cut to two anti-mining environmental groups in the Northern Territory which could lead to the both organisations shutting their doors for the foreseeable future. According...
Black coal mining and mineral exploration have been ranked in the top 10 list of riskiest industries in 2015-16 by IBISWorld industry analysts. Petroleum refining and fuel manufacturing top the list...
One billion dollars worth of unconditional performance bonds have been returned to Western Australia’s resources industry since the introduction of the government’s Mining and...
One of Western Australia’s most notorious mining roads is now safer with the completion of safety upgrades to an 11 kilometre section of the Great Northern Highway. Traffic re-opened yesterday on the...
More mergers and takeovers of mining and resources companies in Australia are on the cards as the sector grapples with the continuing slide of the price of commodities, according to a new report...
