The productivity of Australia’s resource exploration industry is falling, according to a draft report — Mineral and Energy Resource Exploration — released by the Productivity Commission...
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A new labour market index launched by national resource industry employer group AMMA shows construction labour requirements on Australia’s mining, energy and infrastructure projects will peak at...
A decision to dismiss a third of the workforce employed at Boggabri Coal while retaining temporary overseas workers highlights the urgent need for legislation to address rorts within the 457 visa...
The Australian Government has t announced the 2013 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release comprising 31 areas across six basins in Commonwealth waters offshore of the Northern Territory, the...
Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray today announced the Government’s intention to change the way major petroleum activities in Commonwealth waters are assessed and approved. Currently...
Curtin University is celebrating three milestones in its Department of Spatial Sciences: 100 years of Mine Surveying, 50 years of Surveying and 25 years of Geographic Information Science. The oldest...
A new alliance between the AWU and the CFMEU Mining Division is set to dramatically boost the industrial strength of union members working in WA’s Pilbara iron ore mining industry, claims AWU...
The Federal Government and Geoscience Australia have just commissioned a new antenna calibration facility that will significantly improve the accuracy of satellite positioning technologies that...
Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray today welcomed the Commonwealth environmental approval of the Anketell Point Iron Ore Processing and Export Port project in Western Australia’s Pilbara...
The first digital opal map for the Australian continent, showing where gem-quality opal is most likely to be found, has been created by a team of researchers at the University of Sydney. The research...
