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$580m Kidston energy project granted special status

A former gold mine site may soon be a world-first generator of clean, green energy and jobs for North Queensland. Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dr...

Resources sector farewells industry ‘champions’

Tributes have been flowing this week after the retirement announcements of two resource industry leaders. Former resources and energy Minister Ian Macfarlane and Shadow Minister Gary Gray both...

Return of the black lung to face Senate inquiry

A Senate inquiry into the return of the deadly black lung disease has been announced this week. Six Queensland coal miners have been diagnosed with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung...

AGL exits gas exploration and production

AGL Energy Limited has announced that it will be stopping all exploration and production of all gas assets. Following a review, the company said it has made a strategic decision that exploration and...

Australia’s two largest solar plants go online in NSW

NSW Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts, traveled to Nyngan in regional NSW in late January to mark the official completion of Australia’s two largest solar plants at...

Unearthed hackathon

$750,000 to accelerate innovation in the resource sector

An Internet of Things-focused cluster will be established for the mining and energy resources sector to encourage innovation, facilitate collaboration and support access to new markets. Manufacturing...

AMMA calls for union deregistering

Resource industry employer group AMMA has called on the Federal Government to deregister the CFMEU and the MUA after the unions this week threatened crippling and unlawful strikes at a national level...