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Step on the Gas: Oil & gas roars ahead

David Byers, Chief Executive of The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) and his colleagues take a look at the future of oil and gas in this country and examine new...

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...

Fortescue profits up 260% in second half 2013

Fortescue Metals, the world’s fourth largest iron ore producer, is reporting a 260% jump in net profit for the second half of 2013, with earnings per share of 55 US cents, compared with 15...

New minerals survey in uncharted corner of Australia

A new 860-kilometre survey extending from Western Australia into South Australia will unearth information about a large uncharted corner of Australia, according to the South Australian Government...

Deaths in mining have doubled in past year

The number of deaths in mining has doubled over the past 12 months according to figures just released by SafeWork Australia. There were 10 fatalities on Australian mine worksites in 2013 compared to...